Asinhell

Volbeat frontman Michael Poulsen has returned to his death metal roots with his new band Asinhell. Rekindling the death metal fire that fueled his first band Dominus, Poulsen began jamming on riffs with longtime friend and neighbor, drummer Morten Toft Hansen (Raunchy).

The two started playing in Morten’s tiny garage: no mics, no P.A., just a drum kit & a combo amp turned all the way up like they used when they were teenagers. Soon the pair were completing a new song every time they got together.

When it came time to add vocals, Michael turned to his good friend who also happened to be one of his all-time favorite death metal growlers, Marc Grewe (Insidious Disease, ex-Morgoth).

“I had known Michael quite a long time and he always mentioned that we should do a death metal project one day, but I never took him too seriously because he was so busy with Volbeat,” Grewe says. “Then he called for real & said, ‘Yeah, I want to do it now. Are you up for it?’ Immediately, I was like, “Yes, of course!”

With Asinhell fully formed, the three convened with Volbeat producer Jacob Hansen to produce, mix and play bass on their debut album. When it was time to add lead guitar to the album, Michael looked no further than friend and The Arcane Order axeman Flemming C. Lund. The resulting album, Impii Hora (Latin for Ungodly Hour), is a tribute to Poulsen’s favorite old-school groups. The songs are rooted in crushing riffs yet injected with strong guitar hooks and shout-along refrains.