Their newest offering is once again filled with their unique style of music, often called ‘Elvis Metal’. From their humble beginnings in the clubs of Copenhagen, to playing arenas and festivals around the world, Volbeat has come a long way. They are just a bit, meh.‘Rewind, Replay, Rebound’ is Volbeat’s seventh studio album: it’s crazy to think that this band is almost 20 years old. ‘Parasite’and ‘ leviathan’ are also tracks that I’d be glad to ignore. He is still here, now set him free, let him fly.” It’s awful. Hello Innocence, where did you go? The child that I know is still here. It’s sung in both a high voice and a low voice and with lyrics such as “Hello. Talking of sickly sweet, ‘When we were kids’ is not a pleasant listen. I would be happy to never hear it ever again. The intro is really promising, but when the verse and chorus kick in, uuurgh. The worst of the bunch is ‘Rewind the Exit’.It’s a poor song, sickly sweet and just awful. Sadly, there are three tracks that I just don’t like. Both of these songs add variety to the album which make them well worth a listen. There are other good songs on the album, specifically ‘Cheapside Sloggers’ and ” Sorry Sack of Bones’. However, it’s around the 2:50 mark where the song really kicks off. Big chugging riffs into a fast heavy verse leading to a slower paced chorus. ‘ The Everlasting” is possibly the heaviest song on the album. The second of my favorite tracks was a bit of a surprise. And the solo, being a combination of hard rock, stomping piano and a saxophone is really good. The addition Neil Fallon is a nice change in vocal style and this helps to reduce the issue I mentioned with Michael’s vocals. This is a proper Metalbilly tune and I can well imagine Gene Vincent approving. One of my two favorite tracks is ‘Die to Live’ which features Neil Fallon from Clutch. The out and out Elvis tribute ‘Pelvis on Fire’is up second which is just a fun song. As mentioned the song is perky, which given that the song is based on Johnny Cash crawling into a cave and wanting to die is impressive. It’s a really good summer song with an opening lick that I could imagine being written by Keith Richards or Angus Young. I can imagine that it would be played at a summer BBQ frequented by rockers. Highlightsįirst off the bat, the album’s opener ‘Last Day Under the Sun’ is an upbeat perky little number. Would I pay extra for a bunch of demo’s and two tracks that weren’t good enough to be on the main album and a version of a song without Neil Fallon? Probably not. The two new tunes are okay, you can certainly listen to them, indeed the solo on ‘ Immortal but Destructible’ is very nice. The new tracks are ‘Under the Influence’ ‘Immortal but Destructible’ and a version of ‘Die to Live’ without Neil Fallon which is weird. We were sent the Deluxe version of the album to review and with that you get three new tracks and some demo’s of the album’s main songs. They have a style and feeling to their songs that mean you know from the off that this is Volbeat. This is Volbeat’s seventh studio album, so there is little surprise that they know what they’re doing after all, they are the kings of Metalbilly (yes, it’s a real sub-genre). Yes, the echo/delay is still there and there are some weak songs, but overall there was enough variety to keep things interesting. However, I was pleasantly surprised when I was able to do just that. Upon picking up the album to review I knew it was going to be tough to give it the proper listen that I do when reviewing new albums. However, normally I can only listen to 4 or 5 tracks in a row before needed a break. To be fair, he’s Danish and singing in English which is impressive. The faux-elvis impersonation gets a bit boring track after track and for this I blame the production as his vocal track always has a slight delay/echo on it. It’s not that it’s bad, it just gets very samey quickly and that makes it annoying. However, after about 20 minutes I tend to get really bored and I lose interest. Before I even start the review, I want to make something very clear.