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New volbeat album 20149/6/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() Up until that first round of the chorus hits (at which point you’ll proceed to belt out the lyrics), you could swear this is another new track, such is the originality they’ve brought to it. And like their cover of “I Only Wanna Be With You” (again, don’t lie, you know the words, it’s an awesome version), it’s bloody awesome. Now, don’t lie, I know you know this chorus word-perfect, it’s on every Dad Rocks CD ever made. One of the highlights has to be their stab at the Georgia Satellites song “Battleship Chains”. ![]() And the breakdown…man, that breakdown is one of the best they’ve done and it’s the high point in an already great song. Kicking things off with “The Devil’s Bleeding Crown”, it’s one of those Volbeat songs where you have to turn it up, stick it on repeat and blast down the motorway at top speed. But musically, nothing even sounds like it’s in the ballpark. The only comparison you could get away with is Michael Poulsen’s Elvis Presley and Johnny Cash-esque vocals. Volbeat have that distinctive sound that I’ve not heard in any other band be it contemporaries, influences or bands trying to mimic them. However, that’s about the only bad thing, if you can even call it bad. Seal the Deal… is very much like its predecessor, it’s a bit more reined in and there’s a radio-friendly gloss to it to the point where a few of the songs would feel at home on Outlaw Gentleman… The same applies with slowly or drastically changing sound between albums. Volbeat haven’t changed up their sound significantly in six albums which works well for some bands and not so well for others. That’s where new album Seal the Deal & Let’s Boogie comes in. Mainly the two preceding Outlaw Gentlemen & Shady Ladies: Guitar Gangsters & Cadillac Blood and Beyond Hell/Above Heaven. The leaps and bounds they made in venue size showed it worked in their favour and in fairness, it wasn’t bad by any stretch, it’s just…they’ve done better. It was more Volbeat which is never a bad thing but a bit more radio-friendly. ![]() I was just getting into Volbeat when I heard it and it was hyped up to the heavens as if they’d reinvented the wheel. Let’s be honest, the last Volbeat album wasn’t their best. ![]()
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