Volbeat frontman Michael Poulsen has formed a new death metal band called Asinhell.The trio announced the release of their debut album, titled villain’s hourand released the first single “Fall of the Loyal Soldier” at the same time.
While fans are most familiar with Volbeat’s metal-rock vibe, Poulsen actually dabbled in death metal long before forming his successful rock band. Before Volbeat, the Danish musician led the death metal band Dominus, which released a series of albums and EPs in the decade between 1991 and 2001.
Now, Poulsen is back to his extreme roots with Asinghal. Instead of serving as the lead singer himself, he hired singer Marc Grewe (former member of Morgoth) as the lead singer. Drummer Morten Toft Hansen (from the Danish band Raunchy) rounds out the line-up.
“We’re excited to share our first taste of Asinhell with Fall of the Loyal Soldier,” Poulsen said in a release. “This song is a tribute to bands I love, like Bolt Thrower, Entombed, Autopsy, Grave, and Darkthrone. They’re the reason we’re able to do this in the first place, and we’re proud to make our impact the best it can be.”
He continued, “This album is inspired by old school death metal from the late 80s and early 90s, and one of our brightest inspirations is a powerful death, led by the legendary Chuck Schuldiner. There’s a lot of death in it. Schuldiner Na is one of my favorite death metal singers, the other is our singer Mark. So for me, this song is a combination of my two favorite songs. As Chuck said, ‘Let the metal flow ‘!”
Asinhell signs a deal with Metal Blade Records villain’s hour (Latin for “Ungodly Hour”), which will be available on September 29, book here.
Meanwhile, Volbeat will kick off their North American tour with Halestorm in Toronto on July 12.Tickets are can be found here.
Watch the lyric video for Asinhell’s “Fall of the Loyal Warrior” and check out the artwork and tracklist villain’s hourthe following.
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villain’s hour Track list:
01. The Fall of the Loyal Warrior
02. Inner killing
03. Dead Man’s Island
04. Trophies
05. Ultimate Sin
06. The Law of Wolves
07. Doomsday Desert
08. Hot Fortune Teller
09. Wicked Hour
10. Join Hell