Volbeat's Michael Poulsen cut his teeth playing death metal, so while his current band traffics in a particularly radio-friendly brand of psychobilly-tinged hard rock, the fact that they've collaborated with all sorts of more-extreme-leaning heavy-metal royalty makes sense. In the past, the Danish/American crew, which also features former Anthrax guitarist Rob Caggiano have teamed with King Diamond ("Room 24") and Napalm Death's Barney Greenway ("Evelyn"); today, July 18th, they've unleashed a new cut featuring a shredding solo from none other than Gary Holt — you know, the dude who plays guitar in Slayer and Exodus. Stream the song, "Cheapside Sloggers," above.
"I wanted to add something new and not typical, so why not bring in Gary Holt? He is a great guitar player, and the solo sounds great," says Poulsen.
The single comes ahead of the group's highly anticipated seventh album Rewind, Replay, Rebound, which is set to be released via Republic Records on August 2nd. See the cover art and track listing below. Volbeat will join Slipknot, Gojira and Behemoth next week to kick off the first-ever Knotfest Roadshow tour.
Rewind, Replay, Rebound track listing:
Standard CD/2LP
01. Last Day Under The Sun
02. Pelvis On Fire
03. Rewind The Exit
04. Die To Live (feat. Neil Fallon)
05. When We Were Kids
06. Sorry Sack of Bones
07. Cloud 9
08. Cheapside Sloggers
09. Maybe I Believe
10. Parasite
11. Leviathan
12. The Awakening of Bonnie Parker
13. The Everlasting
14. 7:24
Deluxe 2CD/Digital
Disc 1:
01. Last Day Under The Sun
02. Pelvis On Fire
03. Rewind The Exit
04. Die To Live (feat. Neil Fallon)
05. When We Were Kids
06. Sorry Sack of Bones
07. Cloud 9
08. Cheapside Sloggers
09. Maybe I Believe
10. Parasite
11. Leviathan
12. The Awakening of Bonnie Parker
13. The Everlasting
14. 7:24
Disc 2:
01. Under The Influence
02. Immortal But Destructible
03. Die To Live
04. Last Day Under The Sun (Demo)
05. Rewind The Exit (Demo)
06. When We Were Kids (Demo)
07. Maybe I Believe (Demo)
08. Leviathan (Demo)
Rewind, Replay, Rebound track listing:
Standard CD/2LP
01. Last Day Under The Sun
02. Pelvis On Fire
03. Rewind The Exit
04. Die To Live (feat. Neil Fallon)
05. When We Were Kids
06. Sorry Sack of Bones
07. Cloud 9
08. Cheapside Sloggers
09. Maybe I Believe
10. Parasite
11. Leviathan
12. The Awakening of Bonnie Parker
13. The Everlasting
14. 7:24
Deluxe 2CD/Digital
Disc 1:
01. Last Day Under The Sun
02. Pelvis On Fire
03. Rewind The Exit
04. Die To Live (feat. Neil Fallon)
05. When We Were Kids
06. Sorry Sack of Bones
07. Cloud 9
08. Cheapside Sloggers
09. Maybe I Believe
10. Parasite
11. Leviathan
12. The Awakening of Bonnie Parker
13. The Everlasting
14. 7:24
Disc 2:
01. Under The Influence
02. Immortal But Destructible
03. Die To Live
04. Last Day Under The Sun (Demo)
05. Rewind The Exit (Demo)
06. When We Were Kids (Demo)
07. Maybe I Believe (Demo)
08. Leviathan (Demo)