He is writing songs with Lewis Capaldi and swapping sweets ... wisdom are sometimes delivered tongue in cheek. "I was home for Christmas and not sure what to do now that the tour was over.

Podcast: The Writer’s Voice Listen to Joyce Carol Oates read “The Frenzy ... in this fraught period before Christmas, after which, he has decided, his life will shatter and reorganize ...

"In the past, I've taken a long time to write and obsessed over so many elements of the songs before finishing them," says frontman Michael Poulsen. "This time, I wanted to make a Volbeat record ...