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![Rob Caggiano performs onstage with Volbeat at the Mercedes-Benz Arena in Berlin, Germany on December 5, 2022](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/QM3Amw7mz7YZi5WPEhEQhh-320-80.jpg)
Rob Caggiano has left Volbeat
By Jackson Maxwell published
The rest of the Danish hard-rock group wished Caggiano, who they referred to as a “brother,” “all the best with everything he does in the future”
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Volbeat’s Kaspar Larsen: “We go from pop-punk to rockabilly to Black Sabbath on this album, and the bass is a big part of the sound”
By Bass Player Staff published
The art of writing bass parts that are neither too experimental nor too boring, explained by Kaspar Larsen of Denmark’s premier rock exports, Volbeat
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Volbeat’s Michael Poulsen and Rob Caggiano on chasing away pandemic anxiety with a Boss HM-2 and the rush of a new album
By Jon Wiederhorn published
Servant of the Mind finds the Danish/American rock-metal stalwarts engage their mindset of the early days for an album of instinctive, heavy and therapeutic energy
![Michael Poulsen](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/JWjfAmBpgUw8uLnzZzA3L6-320-80.jpg)
Volbeat's Michael Poulsen: “I’ve been asked if I want to have any guitar lessons, and I say, ‘No f**king way,’ because it might ruin what I’ve got”
By Ellie Rogers published
The power of the Danish rockers comes from Poulsen’s mighty riffs. But as a self-taught player, he admits: “I’m pretty terrible at solos!”
![Andrew Savage of Parquet Courts performs during 2019 Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival on June 14, 2019 in Manchester, Tennessee.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/SDKtsaTen6ykMAmDCSY6vJ-320-80.jpg)
From certified ragers to haunting, meditative fretboard excursions: here are this week's essential guitar tracks
By Michael Astley-Brown, Jackson Maxwell, Sam Roche, Matt Owen published
Breathe some life into your fall playlist with new songs from Parquet Courts, Tom Morello and Bring Me The Horizon, Volbeat, Weakened Friends, Ariel Posen, Alt-J, Unprocessed and more
![Michael Poulsen of Volbeat](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/8cBMiPe4gMiXNi9GbUXjed-320-80.jpg)
Volbeat announce new album Servant of the Mind, share destructive new single, Shotgun Blues
By Sam Roche published
The Danish rockers' eighth studio album arrives December 3 via EMI
![(from left) Rob Caggiano and Michael Poulsen of Volbeat perform on stage at Sala La Riviera on October 09, 2019 in Madrid, Spain](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/SDMM4FsUm6g4xVAta8Wa2M-320-80.jpg)
Hear Volbeat's galloping, anthemic take on Metallica's Don’t Tread on Me
By Jackson Maxwell published
Rob Caggiano adds some eerie, psychedelic leads to a Black Album classic in the latest selection from The Metallica Blacklist
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Rob Caggiano waxes lyrical on his new Jackson signature, the Shadowcaster
By Brad Angle published
The Volbeat lead guitarist also talks ongoing projects outside of the band, his current rig and working as both a producer and a musician at once
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