Servant of the mind (CD ) | Volbeat

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Finally, the wait is over: Volbeat announce their eighth studio album, Servant of the Mind.

For Servant of the Mind, Volbeat once again combine their unique mix of Heavy Metal , psychobilly, and punk'n'roll with Michael Poulsen's flair for storytelling and his skills as an exceptional songwriter.

To announce the album, Volbeat release a new single into the world: In the anthemic 'Shotgun Blues,' Poulsen tells of ghostly experiences when moving into a new home. 'Every time you move into a house, you bring dead people with you,' he explains. 'I sometimes experience really strange things there... not entirely of this world.'

In many of the new songs, Volbeat tell elaborate and fascinating stories. 'The Sacred Stones,' for example, recounts an 'earthly being who has succumbed to the dark side. It now embarks on a mission and comes into contact with dark forces and fallen angels.' The track 'The Devil Rages' explores the idea of the devil taking on a human form. The opening number, 'Temple of Ekur,' on the other hand, returns to the ancient themes that were present in previous songs like 'The Gates of Babylon,' while 'Lasse's Birgita,' the epic finale of the album, tells the story of the first witch burnings in Sweden in 1471.

The upcoming work, Servant of the Mind, written and recorded during the pandemic shutdown, focuses more inwardly but doesn't hold back and is just as loud and driving as previous albums.