VOLBEAT: New Video Interview With JON LARSEN

Jeremy Lafrentz of Backstage Entertainment conducted an interview with drummer Jon Larsen of Danish metal rock 'n' rollers VOLBEAT prior to the band's July 16 concert in Omaha, Nebraska with ICED EARTH. You can now watch the chat below.

In a recent interview with Metalholic.com, Larsen was asked when fans can expect to hear a new VOLBEAT studio album. "It kind of depends on when we think we're ready, actually," he replied. "Once this tour is over, we're gonna go home and hide out in the rehearsal room for awhile and see what we can come up with. I know Michael [Poulsen, vocals/guitar] already, of course, has a lot of ideas, a lot of riffs, melody lines, ideas for everything from artwork to lyrics to themes, the whole thing, but, of course, everything needs to get done. And if we're ready, then maybe late October, mid-November we will go into the studio. And if we're not ready, then we won't do it until next year."

On the topic of the departure of guitarist Thomas Bredahl and VOLBEAT's search for a replacement, Jon said, "Being in a band, I guess, to use that cliché, it's a bit like a marriage. In a normal relationship, sometimes things work out and sometimes things don't work out. When we're together, we're together 24/7 for several months or for however long, and, of course, we're four very different people, always have been. Sometimes you need to change things. When things don't work out, you change things, like you do in a normal relationship. If you are unhappy about your day job, you might wanna change that. I don't think that we're any more difficult than any other people. Sometimes changes happen."

He added, "There is something in the works [with regards to a new guitar player], [but we can't talk about it] yet."