Speaking about how the new VOLBEAT music compares to 2019's 'Rewind, Replay, Rebound' album, Poulsen said: 'I know for sure that what I'm writing right now is not really similar. 'There's a lot of heavy stuff in some of the new songs that I've got.' 'I can't wait to start working on these songs in the studio when the time is right, because there's a certain energy that really, really takes me back to the beginning,' he said. In June, Poulsen told 'Whiplash', the KLOS radio show hosted by Full Metal Jackie, that he was 'very much inspired' to write new VOLBEAT songs. But, yeah, it's a really great time to be creative and do stuff that we normally wouldn't have time to do, and things like that.' I haven't been idle like this in I don't even know how long - 25 years, 30 years. It's nice to not be traveling all over the place for once. 'Obviously, this whole coronavirus pandemic is a terrible thing, and at this point, it's gone on way too long,' he added. But yeah, it's been a lot of fun, just coming up with new ideas. Where the stuff ends up, I'm not really sure yet. So I've been super creative they've been super creative… The past couple of months, I've just been writing music - just getting ideas out just my own stuff. It's really all we can do at this point - is just create and write music. ' Michael's been writing a bunch of stuff,' he said. Last August, VOLBEAT guitarist Rob Caggiano told Matt Pinfield of 'Raise Your Horns' that he and his bandmates have been writing new music during the coronavirus pandemic. These new limited vinyl variants celebrate both the legacy of the album and the future that will bring countless more performances of these songs to the stage. The album has gone on to be certified double platinum in their home country, gold in Germany and has generated over 180 million streams and (still) counting. The album, which includes their first single, a cover of Dusty Springfield's 'I Only Wanna Be With You' and fan favorites 'Pool Of Booze, Booze, Booza' and 'Soulweeper', crashed into the Danish charts and earned the band a slew of Danish Music Awards. 'The Strength / The Sound / The Songs' was first released by Mascot Records in 2005, launching the band on to the greater European music stage with bone-shaking performances at Roskilde, Download and Pinkpop. A glow-in-the-dark pressing will be available in all shops and online, while a limited number of unique marble editions will be available through Volbeat.dk and EMP. Mascot Records will release the 15th-anniversary limited-edition vinyl pressings of VOLBEAT's debut album, 'The Strength / The Sound / The Songs', on March 26.

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