Rocktober '10s Song #3: "The Devil's Bleeding Crown" by Volbeat (2016)

For song #3, we're going across the pond.  Denmark's Volbeat has been making great music for well over a decade.  Their music weaves between metal, hard rock, groove metal, melodic metal, and psychobilly.  And like most Scandinavian music, even the hardest rocking Volbeat songs have a hook.

I like the band, but I've always thought lead singer Michael Poulsen's voice is sometimes too clean sounding.  That's not a knock or anything, but I like some of their songs better live because they sound a little more raw.

Anywho, I'm going with "The Devil's Bleeding Crown" from the band's 2016 album Seal The Deal & Let's Boogie.  The album was arguably the band's most successful to date, reaching #4 on the Billboard album chart -- making it the second-highest charting album by a Danish band or artist on the Billboard album chart -- as well as #1 on the album charts in eight other countries and the Top 10 in another six countries.

The song a hard rocker with a catchy chorus, and it became the band's fifth single that topped the Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks chart (they have had five more since then).  And the video is pretty cool and weird.