VOLBEAT — Michael Poulsen (vocals, guitar), and Jon Larsen (drums), and Kaspar Boye Larsen (bass) — are thrilled to announce their ninth album God Of Angels Trust. The album is set for release on June 6 via longtime label Vertigo/Universal.
Today the band also reveal extensive touring plans to coincide, with the global trek “Greatest Of All Tours Worldwide” kicking off in June. Full details including the headline UK arena dates in November with special guests Bush and Gel are further below.
Fans can immediately get a first taste of new music via the video for first single “By A Monster’s Hand.” The track is a relentless mid-tempo riff assault, blending crushing rhythms with intricate, unpredictable hooks.
The video was produced by Ghost Atomic and directed by Adam Rothlein, the same team that crafted videos for prior Volbeat hits “Shotgun Blues,” “Die To Live,” and “Leviathan.”
GOD OF ANGELS TRUST TRACK LISTING:
Devils Are Awake
By A Monster’s Hand
Acid Rain
Demonic Depression
In The Barn Of The Goat Giving Birth To Satan’s Spawn In A Dying World Of Doom
Time Will Heal
Better Be Fueled Than Tamed
At The End Of The Sirens
Lonely Fields
Enlighten The Disorder (By A Monster’s Hand Part 2)
With God Of Angels Trust, the Danish band — who have notched up ten #1 songs on the Billboard Mainstream Rock airplay chart, the most ever for a band based outside North America — have thrown caution to the wind, ignored comfort zones, and paid little heed to traditional songwriting in the search for something more immediate and surprising.
The end result will thrill VOLBEAT‘s dedicated legion of fans.
“In the past, I’ve taken a long time to write and obsessed over so many elements of the songs before finishing them,” says Poulsen. “This time, I wanted to make a Volbeat record without thinking too much about it. Instead of following any kind of structure I said, ‘Okay, there are no rules. I can do anything I want. I can start with a chorus or do songs that are just a bunch of verses stacked on top of each other. Anything goes.’ That was freeing for me and made it exciting to write this album.”
2025 EU/UK HEADLINE:
WITH SPECIAL GUESTS BUSH + GEL:
September 18 – Herning, DK – Jyske Bank Boxen
September 19 – Copenhagen, DK – Royal Arena
September 23 – Amsterdam, NL – Ziggo Dome
September 24 – Antwerp, BE – Sportpaleis
September 26 – Stuttgart, DE – Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle
September 27 – Cologne, DE – LANXESS Arena
September 28 – Oberhausen, DE – Rudolf Weber-ARENA
September 30 – Vienna, AT – Wiener Stadthalle
October 3 – Prague, CZ – O2 universum
October 4 – Berlin, DE – Uber Arena
October 6 – Munich, DE – Olympiahalle
October 8 – Frankfurt, DE – Festhalle
October 10 – Leipzig, DE – QUARTERBACK Immobilien Arena
October 11 – Hamburg, DE – Barclays Arena
October 13 – Warsaw, PL – COS Torwar
October 15 – Tampere, FI – Nokia Arena
October 17 – Stockholm, SE – 3Arena
October 18 – Oslo, NO – Unity Arena
October 19 – Gothenburg, SE – Scandinavium
October 21 – Hannover, DE – ZAG Arena
October 22 – Rotterdam, NL – Rotterdam Ahoy
October 23 – Esch-Sur-Alzette, LU – Rockhal
October 25 – Zurich, CH – Hallenstadion
October 28 – Bilbao, ES – CUBEC – Bilbao Exhibition Centre
October 30 – Barcelona, ES – Sant Jordi Club
October 31 – Madrid, ES – Palacio Vistalegre
November 2 – Paris, FR – Zénith Paris – La Villette
November 5 – Nottingham, UK – Motorpoint Arena
November 6 – Cardiff, UK – Utilita Arena
November 8 – Manchester, UK – AO Arena
November 10 – Glasgow, UK – OVO Hydro
November 12 – Birmingham, UK – Utilita Arena
November 13 – London, UK – OVO Arena Wembley
VOLBEAT will return to the road on the “Greatest Of All Tours Worldwide,” beginning in June and running throughout 2025. The tour begins in June with a co-headline Canadian run with Three Days Grace and special guests Wage War, which will be followed by headline treks in the U.S. with special guests Halestorm and The Ghost Inside, and Europe and the UK with special guests Bush and Gel. All dates are below.
Fans who pre-order the album from volbeat.dk or select Universal Music Group webstores through 5pm local time on Sunday, March 9 will receive a code to access tickets before anyone else starting Monday, March 10 at 10am local time. Regular on-sales begin Friday, March 14 at 10am local time.