ACCEPT have announced via their official website that legendary guitarist Wolf Hoffmann has joined Instagram. Wolf has been a photographer for many years, which he discussed briefly during an interview with Blackdiamond at Bloodstock 2013.
Check out some of Wolf‘s photos from the bands recent tour in Russia:
Follow Wolf on Instagram here.
ACCEPT are currently working on their next album, the follow up to the hugely successful “Stalingrad” which was released in 2012. Stay tuned for more details.
Teutonic metallers ACCEPT have posted a Christmas message for all their fans around the world, both via their facebook page and official website. You can see the message below:
As previously posted, ACCEPT have recently come to the end of their Stalingrad World Tour 2013 and will be working on their next album, stay tuned for more news!
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Fan-filmed video footage of the first two shows of this year’s Christmas Metal Symphony European tour — which kicked off this past Friday night (December 13) in Trollhättan, Sweden and played again last night (Saturday, December 14) in Kristianstad, Sweden — can be seen below.
Trollhättan fan-filmed video footage:
Magnum Opum Rockestra (under conductor Marcel Heijnen), a 32-strong orchestra accompanied by the METALFORCE 1 rock band and led by singers/vocalists which influenced the metal scene in recent years and decades, are taking part in the Christmas Metal Symphony European tour. Musical director of the production is Joost van den Broek. Singers taking part in the trek include Joey Belladonna (ANTHRAX), Chuck Billy (TESTAMENT), Udo Dirkschneider (U.D.O., ex-ACCEPT), Michael Kiske (HELLOWEEN, UNISONIC) and Floor Jansen (REVAMP, NIGHTWISH, AFTER FOREVER).
It is a well-known fact in the world of international metal fans that Tilburg in The Netherlands was host of this impressive metal show for two years. As a direct result of the succes of these shows, the requests for bringing it to the rest of Europe kept growing. Nowthe time is right to fulfill these wishes and bring this monster on the road.
Christmas Metal Symphony comes with six fantastic international metal vocalists, a six-piece metal band with musicians from bands like EPICA, AFTER FOREVER and STREAM OF PASSION and an impressive 32-piece symphonic orchestra.
The heavy backbone of the show is METALFORCE 1. These musicians were handpicked by Joost van den Broek and these Santa’s Little Helpers contain some of the finest metal artists:
* Marcel Coenen (SUN CAGED) – Guitar
* Johan Van Stratum (STREAM OF PASSION) – Bass
* Abel Carnizales (LABIRINTHO) – Guitar
* Jeffrey Revet (STREAM OF PASSION) – Keyboards
* Koen Herfst (EPICA) – Drums
* Joost Van Den Broek (AFTER FOREVER) – Keyboards
Over the last 35 years of metalmusic, bands have written many concept albums and concept shows; great stories and fantastic songs. The team of Christmas Metal Symphony therefore decided that with the impressive heritage of all these great metal songs ever written, it would be a shame not to use them. So for this reason you can expect performances of your all time favorite metal songs, by some of the best international artists who are part of that great metal history themselves. All of this in a great Christmas and metal setting and brought to you as a full metal show; loud and extremely powerful… just like the doctor ordered!
Legendary metallers ACCEPT, have issued a statement via their official website and facebook page at the end of their Stalingrad World Tour 2013:
“We are on our way home from Europe – STALINGRAD TOUR 2013 came to an end in Zuerich yesterday! THANX to our fans, we had a great run and the best of times. You inspired us and lifted us up to the next level! We will work harder than ever to “pay you back” by giving you the best album we can write right now and the best performance ever, when we hit the road again. We all want to thank you, our fans and friends, family and the many, many professionals who are working tirelessly on our career. Stay tuned… more soon…… about the new album and… where and when we will see you all again…. ACCEPT.”
Check out some footage from the Stalingrad World Tour 2013:
Metal Shock Finland wishes the legendary ACCEPT guitarist Wolf Hoffmann a very happy 54th METAL birthday today! Wolf has been a major force with the Teutonic metallers since 1976 and ACCEPT are yet again going from strength to strength, following their resurgence on release of 2010’s critically acclaimed “Blood Of The Nations” album, proving all the doubters wrong.
Riding high on the huge success in 2010, ACCEPT then went on to unleash their next classic album “Stalingrad” on the world in 2012. Since then, the band have played festivals worldwide and are now coming to the end of their massively successful Stalingrad World Tour, with just two dates left to play this week in Eindhoven and Zurich. For more details check the official ACCEPT website at this location.
Check out an interview at this location from earlier in 2013 with Metal Shock Finland Chief Editor Mohsen Fayyazi, where Wolf was discussing his new signature Framus guitar.
Check out some recent footage from the tour in Helsinki, Finland last month:
Wolf Hoffmann, Bloodstock Open Air 2013
Legendary metallers ACCEPT have posted a Thanksgiving message to their fans via their official facebook page and their website too. You can read the message on the poster below.
The band are on their way to Russia for the final part of their hugely successful Stalingrad World Tour and they will also play their first dates in the Ukraine, as we previously announced.
Check out ACCEPT‘s recent performance in Helsinki, Finland:
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