Tonight’s set in particular, seems to favour 2010’s Beyond Hell/ Above Heaven. The problem with a band like Volbeat is that they have so many good songs, and styles, that any concert set list is bound to disappoint a portion of attendees. Like every other night on the tour, they launch into ‘ Hallelujah Goat’ from 2008’s Guitar Gangsters & Cadillac Blood. Following a short Motörhead interlude, a smartly dressed Poulsen emerges, with bassist Anders Kjølholm, drummer Jon Larsen, and the newly added guitarist Rob Caggiano (previously of Anthrax). Impeccably on time for a rock show, the house lights dim not long after Toronto’s own Danko Jones leaves the stage. Regardless, 2500 people have “ignored God’s day” (as lead singer Michael Poulsen puts it), and trekked to the city’s most loathed venue to check them out. Maybe it’s their solid four-album catalogue (five as of April 9 th), their heart-felt lyrics that lurk beneath a tough exterior, or their inability to stay within the confines of any genre. How does a non-mainstream band from Denmark sell out a major Toronto venue? Moreover, how does one actually manage to have a good time at the Sound Academy? It seems, my friends, that Volbeat has the secret formula. Feel the Pain Tomorrow Volbeat at Sound Academy
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