★★★★★
"Volbeat has created a potent batch of musical moonshine on 'Outlaw Gentlemen & Shady Ladies.'" There have been other metal bands that have incorporated country elements and themes into their sound, but seldom has it been done as seamlessly as Volbeat does it on "Outlaw Gentlemen & Shady Ladies." It's a fantastic blend of thrashing guitars, mournful freight-train harmonicas and Ennio Morricone moments that wouldn't have been out of place in a 1960s Clint Eastwood spaghetti western...
- www.metalunderground.com
2013-05-30
★★★★★
Volbeat is a rock band from Copenhagen who, despite being established since shortly after the turn of the century, you probably haven't heard of until recently. The band's commercial success has largely been relegated to their homeland of Denmark, where all of their albums have achieved at least gold status...
- www.reviewrinserepeat.com
2011-01-03
★★★★★
Once more I'm not sure what the fuss is all about. Volbeat returns with their fourth work Beyond Hell/Above Heaven. To their recognition and burgeoning international appeal Volbeat toured the States with Nightwish and Metallica in 2009 and AC/DC in Europe this year. Their blend of melodic rock, heavy metal, rockabilly, and plain hard rock returns along with Michael Poulsen's definitive and recognizable vocals...
- www.dangerdog.com
2010-12-06
★★★★★
Once more I'm not sure what the fuss is all about. Volbeat returns with their fourth work Beyond Hell/Above Heaven. To their recognition and burgeoning international appeal Volbeat toured the States with Nightwish and Metallica in 2009 and AC/DC in Europe this year. Their blend of melodic rock, heavy metal, rockabilly, and plain hard rock returns along with Michael Poulsen's definitive and recognizable vocals...
- www.dangerdog.com
2010-12-06
★★★★★
If you do a little research on Denmark's Volbeat via Goggle (or other search engines) for their biography or reviews, you will find some odd and perplexing information. Some describe Volbeat as simply a 'Danish heavy metal band.' Others add that they incorporate rockabilly or even Johnny Cash into their style. Frankly, on 'Guitar Gangsters And Cadillac Blood,' I don't hear it...
- www.dangerdog.com
2010-12-06
★★★★★
Sometimes, you'll listen to some music that you don't like at first, but later do. Sometimes, you'll listen to some music that you might even hate at first, but eventually learn to love, or at least not mind too much. Sometimes, however, you'll listen to some music that you not only hate instantly, but that would make you scratch open your wrists with rusty nails and vomit into the wounds rather than be subjected to it again...
- hangout.altsounds.com
2010-11-02
★★★★★
Here's a hot tip if you're going to one of Metallica's North American tourdates this autumn: Be there early. Denmark's Volbeat are low men on thebill but pack good iron on their third album: speed-metal essentials— compressed-fuzz guitars; guitarist-songwriter Michael Poulsen'soperatic Captain Ahab vocals — dusted with country love (a KittyWells cover, steel guitar) and rockabilly-Ramone swagger...
- www.rollingstone.com
2009-10-23