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. 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. If you go back to the first record and to where we are now, you can hear how the band has developed its style, while keeping the signature sound.I don’t know if it was the fans’ complaints, the cover of “Don’t Tread On Me” for the “The Metallica Blacklist” or if Michael Poulsen missed playing heavy, but VOLBEAT’s new album is the most Metal (and perhaps the best) they have released in almost 10 years. "There are a lot of Volbeat signatures in it. "I don't think it would have sounded like this if not for the pandemic," he says. There are nods to the band's past on Servant of the Mind, as Poulsen acknowledges. Metallica breeze by, while more moderately paced tracks such as "The Sacred Stones" pack more of a punch. "I was in a good place and mood while at home, and had a captive audience of myself." "I wrote the whole album in three months," Poulsen says. Volbeat albums tend to be released every three years or so, but Servant of the Mind went faster. Several Volbeat songs have topped the Mainstream Rock chart, including "Wait A Minute My Girl" from this record, which became their ninth number-one single. It does however feature another batch of potential hit singles, adding to the plethora they've had over the past decade or so. Their eighth studio album Servant of the Mind doesn't feature any guests from harder genres.
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