The influences from METALLICA, SLAYER and BLACK SABBATH are more than evident and they go along greatly with their more Rockabilly and Psychobilly elements. In “Servant Of The Mind”, VOLBEAT brings back the elements that made them popular to the metal fans in the past.
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Even from the most Rock n Roll track on the album, “Wait A Minute My Girl” full with piano and saxophone, it is obvious that the Danes have an appetite for more up tempo songs and heavy guitars. Heavy riffs are succeeded by melodic Rock choruses and the characteristic smooth but powerful vocals of Poulsen. “Temple of Ekur” that opens the album sets the tone for what’s to come. They don’t reinvent the wheel of course, but they play ball where they know best: Mixing Metal, Punk and Rock n Roll.
I feel like we should compensate for that this year.” We’ve been doing nothing for two years, apart from recording the album, of course: it’s the first time since I started playing bass that I haven’t played a show in two years. “We go out in mid-May for a lot of festival shows, and then we go out again in late August, September, for a full-scale European tour. I’ve seen 18 shows by The Cure and I’ve never heard him make even one tiny mistake. Simon Gallup has always been a favorite of mine. And then, of course, there was the first Black Sabbath album with the bass solos by Geezer Butler.” The bass is such a big part of their sound.
I play faster and better, I think, with my fingers.” For many years, I was just playing riffs with a pick, but then I joined Volbeat and I really got the feeling of being a bass player back, because suddenly there was room for interesting basslines. “I scaled down all my licks and all of the ideas I had. I was very young and I played with my fingers at the time, but after a couple of albums, I found out that the thing I wanted to do just didn’t fit in with a death metal band, so I started to play with a pick. “When I started playing bass, I was in a melodic death metal band called Withering Surface. I joined Volbeat and I really got the feeling of being a bass player back, because suddenly there was room for interesting basslines We go from pop-punk to rockabilly to Black Sabbath-inspired riff-based songs on this album, and the bass is a big part of the sound.” “And then, on a totally different song like The Sacred Stones, I wanted a different feeling – more of a Geezer Butler kind of vibe. It has this kind of rockabilly beat, so I mimicked an upright bass on the bass guitar. When we have chord progressions, instead of just playing the root note, I really like to play an almost walking bassline. “Well, maybe there was a lick that was a little bit too much, so I scaled it down.
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