That song felt like one of those kinds of songs from the ’60s that has that Little Richard or Elvis Presley feeling with a little Ramones on top of it. On the album’s first single, “Wait a Minute My Girl” I think we all got sad and were afraid of losing family members and friends and didn’t know what was going to happen. Of course, the pandemic is and was a really sad thing and very serious, and I totally understand that, too. I think the spontaneous side of the material is a little bit more loose and has a lot of inspiration. Like, now it’s time to start writing an album and go out on tour, whereas this was more spontaneous, because it came out of nowhere. Sometimes when you’re on album cycles, it feels like you already know your schedule ahead of everything. I think after doing lots of interviews about how I started doing death metal and then started Volbeat - I think that inspired me to pick up the heavy stuff again, and it felt really fun.
The lockdown gave us nothing else to do, and I didn’t know what was going to happen when I picked up the guitar. We were not busy on the road and didn’t have to think about going back home and writing. With this album, I think suddenly there was nothing else to do. I always feel like I’m in a happy place when I’m writing, and sometimes it’s okay to not be in a happy place, because material comes out of that, too. On being in a happy place when writing Servant of the Mind How do we want the new Volbeat album to sound? It felt like the first Volbeat album coming out of lockdown, and I think the combination of us bringing back some of those heavy riffs from the beginning and the experience we have as songwriters and musicians comes through. This time around, after the lockdown it felt like starting all over again. We like to challenge ourselves for each album, so we don’t make the same record over and over again. On how Volbeat like to mix things up from album to album You have to feel it, and it has to come naturally. The heavy stuff is in our DNA, and it’s something that’s easy for us to get back to. This album shows the heavy side of Volbeat a little bit more. I think it’s a combination of a lot of things, and it’s definitely that the material is a little bit more like it was back when we started playing. But, it’s not like budgets are an issue for us these days, but for some reason, I wrote the whole album in three months, and we ended up being in the studio for just two and a half weeks, and everything was done. It was probably around the first two or three Volbeat albums when we didn’t use much time in the studio, because the budget wasn’t there, so we had to work with what was available. I don’t remember the last time we were so fast about everything. On how writing and recording Servant of the Mind was different from previous Volbeat albums I’m pretty sure this new album will be another great chapter in the Volbeat history. I think if you ask the Volbeat fans, I think they’ll also agree that our albums keep on being relevant. The great thing is we still have the hunger and desire to continue making records. We were at our peak at the time the pandemic was raging, so we’re very satisfied with our career. We’re very happy that we’re still here, going strong, perhaps stronger than ever, if you take away the pandemic. On Servant of the Mind being Volbeat’s eighth studio album and the band’s staying power
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Read the interview below, followed by a full stream of the new album. Poulsen sat down with Heavy Consequence for a conversation about the new album, Volbeat’s evolution as a band, the upcoming tour with Ghost, and the group’s involvement with Metallica’s Blacklist album. Editor's Pick Ghost and Volbeat Announce Co-Headlining 2022 US Arena Tour
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