A punchy, crunchy album that’s undeniably Volbeat, yet marches to a fresh new metallic and melodic energy. The opening track, “Devils Are Awake,” starts with a thunderous, marching, syncopated rhythm before bursting into a punk riff that briefly yields to a choppy thrash rhythm before changing course again and injecting a melodic vocal rich and guitar harmony. From there, Volbeat rip, snarl, and spit fire, daring naysayers to criticize their unconventional arrangements.

The album also features the songs “By a Monster’s Hand,” “Time Will Heal,” “Demonic Depression,” “Acid Rain" and “In the Barn of The Goat Giving Birth to Satan’s Spawn in a Dying World of Doom.”