Volbeat release new single “In the Barn of the Goat Giving Birth to Satan’s Spawn in a Dying World of Doom”

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Volbeat, made up of Michael Poulsen, and Jon Larsen, and Kaspar Boye Larsen, recently announced their ninth album, God Of Angels Trust, out June 6, for which they have just released the second single for. The new single, titled “In the Barn of the Goat Giving Birth to Satan’s Spawn in a Dying World of Doom,” was released on April 4.

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Poulsen shares the origin story, saying, “I had so much fun writing these lyrics. It’s about the outcasts and fallen angels of God — all the angels that were cast out of Heaven. And I’m being told to collect them in this big wagon and bring them to a barn.”

He continues, “There’s a ritual going on where the fallen angels are being sacrificed to Satan’s spawn to create soldiers for a new dark kingdom. So, instead of inviting my lady out to go to the cinema, I say, ‘I have something better. You have to see what’s going on in this barn… we’ve been invited to see the birth of Satan’s spawn and watch the world go down. How about that?”

He admits,”I think some people will read the lyrics and go, ‘What’s wrong with this dude?’ But, it’s all for fun. It’s like a silly horror movie. Or is it?”

“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.”

Poulsen started working on songs for the follow-up to 2021’s Servant of the Mind in the summer of 2024. Driven equally by his excitement to record a new Volbeat album and by his determination not to follow convention, Poulsen worked on songs for a mere three weeks with bandmates drummer Jon Larsen and bassist Kaspar Boye Larsen. Amazingly, they worked on a new song at every rehearsal. Three weeks into the process, Volbeat had arranged half of God Of Angels Trust. That’s when Poulsen decided that having no rules meant he could follow his muse wherever it took him, and he veered off on a different path. He and the band still wrote and rehearsed two songs a week, but they started composing more familiar rock songs that drew from traditional elements.

The band entered the studio with their longtime producer Jacob Hansen in the fall of 2024. As with the songwriting, Poulsen wanted to work quickly and rely on instinct, so they just plugged in and started to play. To keep the music sounding urgent and immediate, Volbeat recorded live in the studio, playing as few takes as possible before moving from one song to the next.

When it came time to add lead guitar, there was no question that Volbeat would tap Flemming C. Lund, who currently tours with the band and worked with Michael in Asinhell. A mere 13 days after they started working with Hansen, Volbeat were finished.

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)”

Volbeat will return to the road on the “Greatest Of All Tours Worldwide,” beginning this summer and running throughout 2025. The tour commences in June, with a co-headline Canadian run alongside Three Days Grace and special guests Wage War, which will be followed by headline treks in the U.S., featuring special guests Halestorm and The Ghost Inside, and Europe and the U.K. with special guests Bush and Witch Fever, including today’s newly-announced second show at Copenhagen’s Royal Arena on September 20. All dates are shown below.

Canadian Shows with Three Days Grace and Wage War

Date	City	Venue
6/7	Vancouver, BC	Rogers Arena
6/9	Calgary, AB	Scotiabank Saddledome
6/10	Edmonton, AB	Rogers Place
6/12	Saskatoon, SK	SaskTel Centre
6/13	Winnipeg, MB	Canada Life Centre
6/16	Laval, QC	Place Bell
6/17	Quebec City, QC	Videotron Centre
6/19	Toronto, ON	Budweiser Stage
6/21	London, ON	Canada Life Place
6/22	Ottawa, ON	Canadian Tire Centre

U.S. Shows with Halestorm and The Ghost Inside

Date	City	Venue
7/17	Denver, CO	Ball Arena
7/19	Salt Lake City, UT	Utah First Credit Union Amphitheatre
7/21	Auburn, WA	White River Amphitheatre
7/22	Ridgefield, WA	Cascades Amphitheater
7/24	Wheatland, CA	Toyota Amphitheatre
7/25	Inglewood, CA	Kia Forum
7/26	Phoenix, AZ	Talking Stick Resort Amphitheatre
7/28	Irving, TX	The Pavilion at Toyota Music Factory
7/29	Houston, TX	713 Music Hall
7/31	Rogers, AR	Walmart AMP
8/2	Franklin, TN	FirstBank Amphitheater
8/3	Alpharetta, GA	Ameris Bank Amphitheatre
8/4	Tampa, FL	MIDFLORIDA Credit Union Amphitheatre
8/6	Charlotte, NC	PNC Music Pavilion
8/7	Bristow, VA	Jiffy Lube Live
8/9	Camden, NJ	Freedom Mortgage Pavilion
8/10	Holmdel, NJ	PNC Bank Arts Center
8/12	Bangor, ME	Maine Savings Amphitheater
8/13	Gilford, NH	BankNH Pavilion
8/14	Mansfield, MA	Xfinity Center
8/16	Hershey, PA	Giant Center
8/17	Cincinnati, OH	Riverbend Music Center
8/19	Clarkston, MI	Pine Knob Music Theatre
8/21	Noblesville, IN	Ruoff Music Center
8/22	Tinley Park, IL	Credit Union 1 Amphitheatre

Europe and UK Shows with Bush and Witch Fever

Date	City	Venue
9/18	Herning, DK	Jyske Bank Boxen
9/19	Copenhagen, DK	Royal Arena*
9/20	Copenhagen, DK	Royal Arena
9/23	Amsterdam, NL	Ziggo Dome
9/24	Antwerp, BE	Sportpaleis
9/26	Stuttgart, DE	Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle*
9/27	Cologne, DE	LANXESS Arena*
9/28	Oberhausen, DE	Rudolf Weber-ARENA*
9/30	Vienna, AT	Wiener Stadthalle*
10/1	Vienna, AT	Wiener Stadthalle
10/3	Prague, CZ	O2 universum
10/4	Berlin, DE	Uber Arena*
10/6	Munich, DE	Olympiahalle*
10/7	Munich, DE	Olympiahalle*
10/8	Frankfurt, DE	Festhalle*
10/10	Leipzig, DE	QUARTERBACK Immobilien Arena*
10/11	Hamburg, DE	Barclays Arena*
10/13	Warsaw, PL	COS Torwar
10/15	Tampere, FI	Nokia Arena
10/17	Stockholm, SE	3Arena
10/18	Oslo, NO	Unity Arena
10/19	Gothenburg, SE	Scandinavium*
10/21	Hannover, DE	ZAG Arena*
10/22	Rotterdam, NL	Rotterdam Ahoy
10/23	Esch-Sur-Alzette, LU	Rockhal
10/25	Zurich, CH	Hallenstadion
10/28	Bilbao, ES	Bilbao Exhibition Centre
10/30	Barcelona, ES	Sant Jordi Club
10/31	Madrid, ES	Palacio Vistalegre
11/2	Paris, FR	La Villette
11/5	Nottingham, UK	Motorpoint Arena
11/6	Cardiff, UK	Utilita Arena
11/8	Manchester, UK	AO Arena
11/10	Glasgow, UK	OVO Hydro
11/12	Birmingham, UK	Utilita Arena
11/13	London, UK	OVO Arena Wembley

* Sold out (at time of posting)

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Volbeat release new single “In the Barn of the Goat Giving Birth to Satan’s Spawn in a Dying World of Doom”

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