Michael talks of raising their profile in the UK, while Rob says he’d love them to play the auspicious Royal Albert Hall. With Seal The Deal, they hope to expand on the ardour that countries like Denmark, Germany and America have for the band. He also harbours a deep admiration for the band Death, though that might not be immediately obvious if you’re only familiar with albums like Outlaw Gentlemen, even if King Diamond did cameo on that album’s Room 24. Beat – he’s long eclipsed his past, with albums that combine his love of artists such as Elvis Presley (James Hetfield refers to him as “Little Elvis” and is a longtime fan of the band) and Johnny Cash, as well as bands like Motörhead and Metallica. While Michael started out in death metal band Dominus – whose third album was called Vol. All five of their albums – from 2005’s The Strength / The Sound / The Songs to the aforementioned Outlaw Gentlemen – turned gold, with most of them far exceeding that. Volbeat have been a big deal in Denmark since day one. “We couldn’t do any more shows on that tour after that one,” says Rob, with something approaching understatement. The last time Volbeat played in their native Denmark (Rob aside – he’s a transplanted New Yorker who keeps his apartment back home even if he rarely gets to see it), they entered the record books for the biggest-ever show by a domestic rock band. We were having fun.” Their hard work paid off handsomely. You came home, there was no money left, but that was our holiday. We’ve all travelled around in nineseaters paying to play – that’s how it works in the beginning. “Bands who do the whole, ‘We’re on Facebook’ thing,’ I hate that crap.
“People call it ‘doing things the old-school way’, we call it ‘normal procedure’,” says Michael. They dragged themselves up through the club circuit, all across Europe and into America. Volbeat are no strangers to dimly lit bars. “This,” he says, waving his glass around, “would make a great rehearsal room.” “Yeah,” nods Michael.
“They sent a bottle of that into space to see how zero gravity would affect its flavour,” he says, “to see how it’d change its composition.” Band singer and leader Michael Poulsen snorts derisively, “I could piss in it and it’d change that!” Rob, a regular here, remains undeterred, unscrewing the top of another, less expensive bottle and pouring himself a shot.
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