Elsewhere, they bring some greased-back energy to "My Body", a cover of the hit song by U.S. The band's metal roots come to the fore via the heavy riffage of "Dead But Rising" and "The Nameless One", while the ghostly "The Lonesome Rider" – which finds Michael duetting with Sarah Blackwood of Canadian band WALK OFF THE EARTH like a modern-day Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash - beats with a rockabilly heart. You can hear echoes of classic '50s rock 'n' roll in the soaring "Pearl Hart", and the live classic-in-waiting "Lola Montez". If it was a car, it would be a 1973 Stutz Blackhawk with monster truck wheels - vintage and modern, stylish and muscular. But "Outlaw Gentlemen & Shady Ladies" is no country and western record. You can hear it again in the rampaging "Black Bart", which Poulsen describes as "our country- MOTÖRHEAD song," and in the banjos that pepper the chorus of the hard-as-steel "Doc Holliday", a tribute to the legendary lawman and associate of the Wyatt Earp gang. You can hear the influence of the Old West right from the start in "Let's Shake Some Dust", an evocative intro track that features harmonica from acclaimed blues harp player Paul Lamb. I have my own soundtrack when I see those kind of pictures."
He offers, "Sometimes it's just about the right feeling - the scenery, the lines, the dusty look. Watching the old spaghetti westerns he's watched with his father provided a catalyst for inspiration. Poulsen would close the curtains, turn off the light and draw inspiration from the old Western movies he'd watched as a child with his father. It was there that the album truly began to take shape. Even though it's very inspiring to write on the road, it's more comfortable to write at home." after touring a lot over there, and isolated ourselves in our own homes for six months to finish off the album. The band leader recalls, "We came back from the U.S. When the band eventually returned to Denmark, it was time to go to work.
"Melody, lyrics, everything - it's just working non-stop in my head," he shares. That's where Poulsen began playing around with ideas and riffs, recording them on his mobile phone and directly to an amp. It tips its fedora to everything from the bad men (and women) of the old west to the old school metal bands who influenced the young Michael Poulsen to form his first band, DOMINUS, back in the early 90s.Īs with so many classic albums, the seeds of "Outlaw Gentlemen & Shady Ladies" were sown on the road in Europe and the U.S. It's everything that VOLBEAT are all about, but taken even further." The album title is a phrase that evokes another time, an era when elegant lawbreakers were the rock stars of the day. "You've got everything - the rockabilly stuff, the melodies, the ultra-heavy stuff, the Western motifs and the big rock songs.
"It's a new vibe for VOLBEAT," says Poulsen. "Outlaw Gentlemen & Shady Ladies" finds the core trio of Michael Poulsen (vocals/guitar), Anders Kjølholm (bass) and Jon Larsen (drums) joined by former ANTHRAX/ THE DAMNED THINGS guitarist Rob Caggiano, who produced the album with longtime VOLBEAT co-producer Jacob Hansen. Elsewhere, "Room 24", featuring King Diamond, was inspired by a terrifying experience in a hotel room somewhere in the heart of America. "The Nameless One" is a cautionary tale of dabbling in the dark arts, featuring the mysterious and sinister character of the title. Some are real - like the noble lady outlaw Pearl Hart, who held up a stagecoach to buy medicine for her dying mother, or Lola Montez, the erotic dancer with her infamous "Spider Dance," or " Black Bart," the gentleman highwayman who wrote poems for the people he robbed. Seamlessly bringing together all of the band's influences and reshaping them into something gleaming and new, "Outlaw Gentlemen & Shady Ladies" is a record that's rich with stories and characters woven throughout its lyrics. The song comes off the band's fifth studio album, "Outlaw Gentlemen & Shady Ladies", which will be released in Germany, Austria and Switzerland on April 5, in the rest of Europe on April 8, and in North America on April 9 via Vertigo/ Republic Records/ Universal Music. "Cape Of Our Hero", the new video from Danish metal rock 'n' rollers VOLBEAT, can be seen below.
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