Artist · chart history
Volbeat
Band Copenhagen Denmark Formed 2001 Danish rock band
Volbeat formed in 2001 in Copenhagen, Denmark. Volbeat has 64 chart appearances on 41 radio countdowns from 14 stations on RockLists, spanning 2010–2025. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Still Counting”, which appears on 12 lists with a best position of #15. The station that charted Volbeat most often is Studio Brussel (Flanders, Belgium), with 21 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 2011.
Volbeat do the unlikely thing and make it sound obvious: old-school rock and roll swagger bolted onto heavy metal thunder, with rockabilly twang in the corners. Singer and guitarist Michael Poulsen and drummer Jon Larsen have been there since the band started in Copenhagen in 2001, and Poulsen's croon-to-roar vocals are the hinge the whole sound turns on.
The debut, The Strength/The Sound/The Songs, came in 2005. Rock the Rebel/Metal the Devil, in 2007, went platinum, and "Sad Man's Tongue" shows why: a greasy, stomping shuffle with a grin on its face. Guitar Gangsters & Cadillac Blood, in 2008, went to number 1 in Denmark, with "Still Counting" stacking up the riffs, and Beyond Hell / Above Heaven, in 2010, took them around the world, going gold as far off as the United States on the back of "Heaven Nor Hell".
The lineup kept shifting around the core, with guitarists Teddy Vang, Franz Gottschalk and Thomas Bredahl and bassist Anders Kjølholm passing through, and Rob Caggiano joining in 2013 and Kaspar Boye Larsen on bass from 2016. Outlaw Gentlemen & Shady Ladies brought the galloping "Doc Holliday", followed by Seal the Deal & Let's Boogie, Rewind, Replay, Rebound, Servant of the Mind with its "Shotgun Blues", and God of Angels Trust in 2025.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by Volbeat on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Still Counting | 12 | #15 | – | 2012 | |
| 2 | Sad Man's Tongue | 7 | #22 | – | – | |
| 3 | Black Rose | 3 | #3 | – | 2017 | |
| 4 | Fallen | 5 | #10 | – | 2011 | |
| 5 | A Warrior's Call | 5 | #28 | – | 2011 | |
| 6 | Shotgun Blues | 4 | #16 | – | 2021 | |
| 7 | Heaven Nor Hell | 9 | #27 | – | 2012 | |
| 8 | Seal the Deal | 2 | #2 | – | 2017 | |
| 9 | Die to Live | 2 | #11 | – | 2020 | |
| 10 | Time Will Heal | 1 | #3 | – | 2025 | |
| 11 | Hangman's Body Count | 1 | #2 | – | 2013 | |
| 12 | By a Monster's Hand | 2 | #29 | – | 2025 | |
| 13 | Wait a Minute My Girl | 1 | #20 | – | 2021 | |
| 14 | Dead But Rising | 1 | #13 | – | 2014 | |
| 15 | Leviathan | 1 | #41 | – | 2020 | |
| 16 | Last Day Under the Sun | 1 | #13 | – | 2019 | |
| 17 | Temple of Ekur | 1 | #50 | – | 2022 | |
| 18 | The Devil's Bleeding Crown | 2 | #68 | – | 2016 | |
| 19 | The Hangman's Body Count | 1 | #63 | – | 2013 | |
| 20 | The Last Day Under The Sun | 1 | #17 | – | – | |
| 21 | Becoming | 1 | #67 | – | 2022 | |
| 22 | Doc Holliday | 1 | #28 | – | 2014 |
Albums with charting songs
Where each song was first released, from MusicBrainz.
Year-end chart timeline
Combined year-end countdown points per year. Taller bars mean more songs placing higher across more stations.
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