Keeping in the spirit of co-headlining with devil-worshippers Ghost, Volbeat delivered a pair of back-to-back Beelzebub ditties, “The Devil’s Bleeding Crown” and “The Devil Rages On.” But it was on “The Sacred Stones” in which Volbeat sounded like they were channeling Ronnie James Dio-era Black Sabbath that gave the devil his due. On “Wait A Minute My Girl,” Volbeat was joined by a saxophonist and a keyboardist, which helped to musically flesh out the number while making it one of the more playful and spirited of the evening. Showing his kinship to the “Man in Black,” Poulsen sang a snippet of Johnny Cash’s “Ring of Fire,” which segued into the outlaw blues of “Sad Man’s Tongue,” a solid rocker on its own merit. A great singer and a melodic tunesmith, Poulsen belted out the lyrics about a free-spirited femme fatale that could easily be the death of him as the Volbeat diehards in the audience sang along in approval. Poulsen dedicated the crowd-pleaser “Lola Montez” to the single ladies in the audience. While Ghost had the elaborate stage show and costumes, Volbeat performed on a stripped-down stage and wore black work clothes. In addition to having Forge’s best demonic vocals of the night, “Mummy Dust” was completed with suggestive pelvic thrushes aimed at the audience, a cheesy keytar solo and confetti cannons shooting out silver paper bits and mock 666-dollar bills.įor their encore, Ghost’s cover of Metallica’s “Enter Sandman” was absolutely epic, followed by two of their catchier songs, “Dance Macabre” and “Square Hammer.” Volbeat rocks DCUĭespite playing first on the co-headlining bill, Denmark’s Volbeat quickly proved that they’re not playing second fiddle to anyone, not even Ghost. Ghost scorched the stage on the damnation ditty “Year Zero.” Starting off with Gregorian-inspired chants namedropping Lucifer and his various Christian names, Forge paraded on stage with one of his sacrilegious papal getups as ready-made hellfire erupted from behind the altar.Ĭoming out with a sparkling baby blue sequin jacket and a skinny black scarf, Forge closed the main set by promising the audience riches beyond their greedy appetites on the deliciously depraved and decadent ditty “Mummy Dust.”
“Hunter’s Moon,” which is featured on the soundtrack of last year’s “Halloween Kills” soundtrack, proved to fits nicely in the Ghost repertoire with its spooky imagery of graveyard rendezvous, childhood haunts and unfinished homicidal business.
Ghost frontman Tobais Forge onstage at the DCU Center.
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