![]() ![]() "Servant Of The Mind" was written and recorded during the shutdown and quarantine necessitated by the COVID-19 pandemic. "Rarely has such a successful band sounded so ravenous," says Kerrang! magazine of the album. Revolver called "Servant Of The Mind" "excellent… the darkest and heaviest VOLBEAT offering yet." For the LP, the band, which consists of Poulsen, Jon Larsen (drums), Rob Caggiano (guitars) and Kaspar Boye Larsen (bass),took its signature heavy metal, psychobilly and punk 'n' roll sound up a notch while showcasing Poulsen's keen ability for songwriting and storytelling. 1 singles on the Mainstream Rock chart by an artist based outside of North America. 1 slot on on both the Billboard Mainstream Rock and Mediabase Active Rock charts, the band's tenth top-charter, and cements the group's record for having the most No. VOLBEAT's "Shotgun Blues" single, which is taken from "Servant Of The Mind", holds the No. And when we're doing those kinds of parts, we still have that '50s rock and roll inspiration that comes from Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis and Little Richard, and some punk elements that might take you back to some of the RAMONES stuff and really darker kind of CRAMPS stuff." ![]() And there's also some pretty old-school death metal influences, like DEATH and BOLT THROWER and ENTOMBED you can definitely hear that in between. ![]() "I do love the Ozzy material, but you can definitely hear the inspiration from the BLACK SABBATH Dio and Tony Martin era. "If you look at the more heavy side of the material, it's obvious that's a lot of old BLACK SABBATH inspiration - more from the Dio past and from the Tony Martin of BLACK SABBATH," he said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). During a recent appearance on "Whiplash", the KLOS radio show hosted by Full Metal Jackie, VOLBEAT frontman Michael Poulsen spoke about the musical inspiration for the band's eighth studio album, "Servant Of The Mind", which came out on December 3 via Republic Records. ![]()
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