Danish

rock Rock most often refers to: * Rock (geology), a naturally occurring solid aggregate of minerals or mineraloids * Rock music, a genre of popular music Rock or Rocks may also refer to: Places United Kingdom * Rock, Caerphilly, a location in Wales ...

band

Volbeat Volbeat are a Danish rock band formed in Copenhagen in 2001. They play a fusion of rock and roll, heavy metal, and rockabilly. Their current line-up consists of vocalist and guitarist Michael Poulsen, guitarist Rob Caggiano, drummer Jon Lars ...

has released eight

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s, three

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s, three

video album A music video is a video of variable duration, that integrates a music song or a music album with imagery that is produced for promotional or musical artistic purposes. Modern music videos are primarily made and used as a music marketing device ...

s, twenty-seven

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and twenty-three

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s. Volbeat was founded in

Copenhagen Copenhagen ( or .; da, København ) is the capital and most populous city of Denmark, with a proper population of around 815.000 in the last quarter of 2022; and some 1.370,000 in the urban area; and the wider Copenhagen metropolitan ar ...

in 2001 by former

Dominus Dominus or domini may refer to: * Dominus (title), a title of sovereignty, clergy and other uses Art, entertainment, and media * Dominus (band), a Danish death metal band * Dominus (DC Comics), an alien character in DC Comics * Dominus (Marv ...

member,

Michael Poulsen Michael Schøn Poulsen (born 1 April 1975) is a Danish singer, guitarist and songwriter. He is the lead vocalist, rhythm guitarist and main songwriter of rock band Volbeat. Prior to Volbeat, Poulsen was the vocalist for the death metal band Domi ...

. The line up was completed by guitarist Teddy Vang, bassist

Anders Kjølholm Anders Nielsen (born 4 March 1974), known professionally as Anders Kjølholm, is a Danish bassist, best known as the former bassist of the Danish heavy metal band Volbeat. Before Volbeat, he was the bassist in Dominus, which also featured Volbea ...

and drummer

Jon Larsen Jon Larsen (born 7 January 1959) is a gypsy jazz guitarist, record producer, painter, and amateur scientific researcher. He is the founder of the group Hot Club de Norvège. In 2007 he received the Buddy Award for his lifelong contribution to ...

. Volbeat recorded their self-titled demo in 2002, followed by another demo called ''Beat the Meat''.

Franz Gottschalk Franz Gottschalk is a Danish guitarist and bassist. He played in the death metal band Illdisposed and is a former member of Volbeat, Dominus and Hypodermic. Gottschalk who is known under his nickname "Hellboss" was a member of the band Hypodermi ...

replaced Teddy Vang before the second demo was recorded. The band was signed by Rebel Monster Records, a sublabel of Mascot Records. ''

The Strength/The Sound/The Songs ''The Strength / The Sound / The Songs'' is the debut studio album by Danish rock band Volbeat. Released in 2005, the album initially failed to chart. However, in July 2006 the album entered the Danish Charts, peaking at number 18. The album would ...

'' was released as Volbeat's debut album in September 2005 and reached number eighteen on the

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chart in Denmark. The second album, ''

Rock the Rebel/Metal the Devil ''Rock the Rebel/Metal the Devil'' is the second studio album by Danish rock band Volbeat, released in 2007. The album debuted at #1 on the Danish Albums chart in 2007, making it Volbeat's first album to do so. The song "Mr. & Mrs. Ness" continue ...

'', was recorded in autumn of 2006. When the recordings were finished, Gottschalk was forced to leave the band. He was replaced by

Thomas Bredahl Thomas Bredahl (born 2 November 1980) is a Danish music manager, former guitarist and singer. He was lead guitarist of Volbeat and is now the guitarist of Gob Squad. Bredahl joined Volbeat in 2006, and the band announced his departure on November 2 ...

. ''Rock the Rebel/Metal the Devil'' was released in February 2007 and peaked at number one in Denmark. Their third album, ''

Guitar Gangsters & Cadillac Blood ''Guitar Gangsters & Cadillac Blood'' is the third studio album by Danish rock band Volbeat, released on 1 September 2008. It reached the #1 position on both the Danish and Finnish album charts, staying on the former for 35 consecutive weeks, w ...

'', was released on 29 August 2008 and debuted at number one in both Denmark and

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. Volbeat's long-awaited fourth album, '' Beyond Hell/Above Heaven'', was released in September 2010. It debuted at number one in Denmark, Finland and Sweden, and became their first appearance on the ''Billboard'' 200 in the

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. The album's

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, "

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", reached the top twenty in Denmark, Finland and Sweden. They even made a cover for

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's '' Blacklist'' cover album.

Albums

Studio albums

Live albums

Video albums

Singles

Other charted and certified songs

Music videos

Notes

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Volbeat Discography Heavy metal group discographies Discographies of Danish artists