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ACCEPT: Third Album Trailer Revealed

Posted by aliblackdiamond on July 19, 2017
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Heavy metal pioneers ACCEPT are back in the game with a new studio album! The record entitled “The Rise Of Chaos”, will be unleashed on August 4th, 2017. The band’s 4th studio release through Nuclear Blast will continue the tradition of its three predecessors – “Blood Of The Nations”, “Stalingrad”, and “Blind Rage” – with grandeur and precision.

The band have released their third album trailer in which Wolf Hoffmann explains the album title and why it fits so perfectly in today’s world. If you want to find out about the connection between the new ACCEPT album and the rise of chaos in our world, watch the clip here:

Wolf states: “The more you look at the news nowadays, the more the album title fits because times get pretty chaotic these days. Things seem to be getting more and more extreme. Violence and terror will often result in even more violence. Stephen Hawking or somebody once said that in a hundred years from now, there won’t be any more people on this planet. We will be all extinct one day because we might have killed ourselves. Who knows? But it’s certainly an interesting thought…”

“»The Rise Of Chaos« is something I have been thinking about often. Wherever we go – there is some hidden as well as some visible destruction and it kind of changes the world we know. What was there today – can be gone tomorrow and it’s somehow irritating, because it happens on so many levels and no one knows what comes next. The cover portrays our last stage set-up – but now clearly “destroyed” – like… after a catastrophe”, explains Wolf Hoffmann.

“The Rise Of Chaos” is available in the following formats:
DIGI
CD
BOX (DIGI, 2LP PIC, slipmat, poster, photo card)
2LP 180g (black) in gatefold

NB Mailorder EXCLUSIVE:
2LP 180g (red) in gatefold
2LP (orange+red splatter)
2LP 180g (NB anniversary green) in gatefold
2LP Gold vinyl (framed)
Silver Mirror Board BOX

Below is the track list for »The Rise Of Chaos«:
01. Die By The Sword
02. Hole In The Head
03. The Rise Of Chaos
04. Koolaid
05. No Regrets
06. Analog Man
07. What’s Done Is Done
08. Worlds Colliding
09. Carry The Weight
10. Race To Extinction

The cover artwork of the new record was created by the Hungarian artist Gyula Havancsák.

More info:
www.acceptworldwide.com
www.facebook.de/accepttheband
www.nuclearblast.de/accept

HEAVY METAL Christmas Flame List; A Gift From The Chief Editor

Posted by Stargazer on December 24, 2016
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It’s Christmas time and a time for celebrating, even if you’re alone! Aside from watching films and making love, we all love listening to our favourite music at full volume. Our Chief Editor has made a flammable list for you to rock with your loved ones, friends or even by yourself!

“I’ve made this for almost everyone – for those who have fallen in love this year or those who are still together after many years, those who lost their loves or friends or family members, those who are apart from each other and those who have new family members. And for those who are tired of this sad and horrible year and wish a brighter and better 2017. So here you go, rock it and don’t forget you love your neighbours, so rock it louder!
Merry Christmas!

Mohsen Stargazer Fayazi.”

1.  Royal Hunt – ‘Heart On A Platter’ (“Devil’s Dozen” 2015)
2. Wolf –  ‘Love At First Bite’ (“Ravenous” 2009)
3. Twilight Force – ‘To the Stars’ (“Heroes Of Mighty Magic” 2016)
4. Kingdom Come – ‘Loving You’ (“Kingdom Come” 1988)
5. Myrath – ‘Through Your Eyes’ (“Legacy” 2016)
6. Wolf Hoffmann – ‘Symphony No. 40’ (“Headbangers Symphony” 2016)
7. Judas Priest – ‘Between The Hammer & The Anvil’ (“Painkiller” 1990)
8. Iced Earth – ‘Watching Over Me’ (“Something Wicked This Way Comes” 1998)
9. Gamma Ray – ‘Rebellion In Dreamland’ (“Land Of The Free” 1995)
10. Accept – ‘Shadow Soldiers’ (“Stalingrad” 2012)
11. Black Sabbath – ‘Heaven And Hell’ (“Heaven And Hell” 1980) In memory of Ronnie James Dio R.I.P.
12. Queen – ‘The Show Must Go on’ (“Innuendo” 1991) In memory of Freddie Mercury R.I.P.
13. Motörhead – ‘Ace Of Spades’ (“Motörhead” 1980) In memory of Lemmy Kilmister R.I.P.

  • With the sad news today, we would like to remember Rick Parfitt from the legendary Status Quo, R.I.P.

WOLF HOFFMANN: “The new album feels as ACCEPT as ever, maybe a bit heavier”

Posted by aliblackdiamond on December 9, 2016
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Interview By Alison Booth

As their fans know very well, metal giants ACCEPT never rest on their laurels! The band are in the middle of recording their highly anticipated next album and are also set to release a brand new live package “Restless And Live” on 13th January via Nuclear Blast. This package will include the entire show ACCEPT played at Bang Your Head Festival 2015 on Blu-ray/DVD plus two live CDs, with different recordings from during the European tour.

Metal Shock Finland Senior Manager Alison Booth, recently celebrated the fourth anniversary of her radio show Blackdiamond’s Metal Mayhem on http://www.totalrock.com. Metal veteran, guitarist Wolf Hoffmann joined the celebrations on  the show to chat about the new “Restless And Live” release, the forthcoming new ACCEPT album and much more! The whole radio show will soon be available to hear at this location, but you can hear the chat with Wolf (plus a song in between!) on the audio player below, along with a few excerpts to read:

Discussing “Restless And Live”:

“We wanted to have our own production featured as much as possible for the DVD, we didn’t really know how it was going to turn out. We just watched the footage afterwards and thought ‘wow, it’s awesome!’ looks really good, the edits are really cool, so we decided to release it. We figured it’s a good time for a live DVD.

What I think is important to mention too was that we didn’t just do the cheap way and did the audio CD from the exact same footage as the DVD – no, we used recordings from all over the world and across Europe. There’s a lot of material on the audio CD’s that’s completely different from the DVD part. Andy Sneap mixed them all, it took him forever, it’s a lot of different tracks! ”

Talking about the forthcoming tour with SABATON:

“I think this is gonna be a fun experience for us. It’s one of those things we spontaneously agreed to because it also gave us a chance to leave the studio for a while. We’ve been locked up in the studio working on the new Accept album for some time now. We can actually leave all that, go on the road, have a little bit of fun! It’s not our tour, it’s really Sabaton’s tour – we can just go out there and enjoy playing for a while in front of audiences, then go back to the studio and finish what we started.”

Working with Andy Sneap and the new ACCEPT album:

“This is the fourth time in a row with the same producer, it’s a world record for Accept for sure! Every time we work together it turns out fantastic, we love what the final result is. We have a great working relationship, so why change it if it works, right?“

“The only thing I can tell you is that it feels as Accept as ever. It feels maybe a slightly bit heavier for now, but these things are always hard to say when you’re in the middle of it. Man, it’s gonna sound like Accept as always, there’s not gonna be any weird surprises – we’re not gonna go soft, we’re not gonna go jazz! We’re really just trying to get better at what we already do.

We’re trying our best to get it done in time for next year, July or August. We’ve got a bunch of basic tracks done, a lot of vocals are done, so we’re looking pretty good at this point.”

“Headbangers Symphony” fan reaction:

“I didn’t know how it was going to go, but everybody loves it, it’s amazing! People are much more open minded and into this kinda stuff than I thought they would be.”

On more future classical work:

“There might well be, there’s a time and a place for all that. Right now I’m working on the new Accept album and when that’s done and we’re touring with it, maybe by that time I start thinking about new ideas for another classical project, I’d love to do it. First and foremost I’d like to do some shows with it though, that would be the more immediate thing for me to think about, to perform this stuff live on stage and get some shows under our belt. That would be fantastic and what I’m really looking forward to because this music’s really meant to be played live, I can’t wait for that to happen!

There are some definite plans next year, I can’t tell you yet. I can officially tell you it will happen.”

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Wolf Hoffmann will celebrate his birthday on 10th December, so we wish him a very Happy Birthday!

For more information on Blackdiamond’s Metal Mayhem, visit the official Facebook page here and the official website at this location.

Check out the official ACCEPT website here.

ACCEPT: Release First Trailer For “Restless And Live”

Posted by Stargazer on November 25, 2016
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Metal icons, ACCEPT, recently made the release of their new live package called “Restless And Live”, public. This package will include the entire show ACCEPT played at Bang Your Head!!! Festival 2015 on Blu-ray/DVD plus two Live CDs with different recordings during the European tour. The release will be available in stores from January 13th, 2017 (Nuclear Blast). To provide you with a taster of this new masterpiece, the band led by axe man Wolf Hoffmann presents their first trailer for their upcoming Blu-ray/DVD today. In this clip, Wolf and ACCEPT producer Andy Sneap talk about the setlist and about new as well as old classics from ACCEPT. If you don’t want to miss this stimulating discussion.

“When you do a live show you obviously have an opener and an ending, and in between you only have a certain amount of songs that you can choose from, because especially at festivals you only get a limited amount of time to play. When we do headline shows we have a little more room to play with and we can pick a few more songs.”, comments Wolf Hoffmann. “What is interesting to me is, that when you listen to the stuff back to back there doesn’t seem to be any discrepancy between the stuff that we recorded or wrote 30 years ago and our more recent material! And the fans tell me the same thing, it really blends together rather well.”

Pre-order “Restless And Live” now on NuclearBlast.de.

“Restless And Live” – Tracklisting:

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01. Stampede
02. Stalingrad
03. London Leatherboys
04. Restless And Wild
05. Dying Breed
06. Final Journey
07. Shadow Soldiers
08. Losers And Winners
09. 200 Years
10. Midnight Mover
11. No Shelter
12. Princess Of The Dawn
13. Dark Side Of My Heart
14. Pandemic
15. Fast As A Shark
16. Metal Heart
17. Teutonic Terror
18. Balls To The Wall

CD1
01. Stampede
02. Stalingrad
03. Hellfire
04. London Leatherboys
05. Living For Tonite
06. 200 Years
07. Demon’s Night
08. Dying Breed
09. Final Journey
10. From The Ashes We Rise
11. Losers And Winners
12. No Shelter
13. Shadow Soldiers
14. Midnight Mover

CD2
01. Starlight
02. Restless And Wild
03. Son Of A Bitch
04. Pandemic
05. Dark Side Of My Heart
06. The Curse
07. Flash Rockin’ Man
08. Bulletproof
09. Fall Of The Empire
10. Fast As A Shark
11. Metal Heart
12. Teutonic Terror
13. Balls To The Wall

4LP (140g, 33 RPM)
Side A
01. Stampede
02. Stalingrad
03. Hellfire
Side B
01. London Leatherboys
02. Living For Tonite
03. 200 Years
04. Demon’s Night
Side C
01. Dying Breed
02. Final Journey
03. From The Ashes We Rise
Side D
01. Losers And Winners
02. No Shelter
03. Shadow Soldiers
04. Midnight Mover
Side E
01. Starlight
02. Restless And Wild
03. Son Of A Bitch
04. Pandemic
Side F
01. Dark Side Of My Heart
02. The Curse
03. Flash Rockin’ Man
Side G
01. Bulletproof
02. Fall Of The Empire
03. Fast As A Shark
Side H
01. Metal Heart
02. Teutonic Terror
03. Balls To The Wall

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The Metal Voice Interview: “Wolf Hoffmann Would consider an ACCEPT Symphonic Project in the future”

Posted by tarjavirmakari on July 5, 2016
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Jimmy Kay and Alan Dixon from Canada’s The Metal Voice recently spoke with Accept guitarist Wolf Hoffmann  about his new classical solo album entitled Headbangers Symphony which was released on July 1st  2016 on Nuclear Blast

On the release of his new Classical/ Metal solo album that was ten years in the making

”I’m super duper excited, I couldn’t be more excited to be quite honest. It’s been in the making for a long time finally presented to the world. My favorite pieces on the album are the first two tracks ‘Scherzo’ and ‘Night on Bald Mountain’ and that’s maybe why I put them at the front of the cd. I think they turned out to be really metal . They were pretty aggressive and in your face and seemed to be perfect openers for this album. This album is just a random collection of some my favorite classical tunes.”

“With a lot of these pieces I take the main theme and start playing it on electric guitar and see how it feels and then I try to think what else I can come up with that sort of makes sense to me. I try to say to myself what would I do this if it were my idea and then I just go crazy and see what other riffs fit that mood and what other stuff I can come up with that sort of would make sense to me and then I treat it as my own piece in a way. The only  big difference between the  previous  classical solo I did was  that  I am using orchestral players on this album. I hired a full blown orchestra in the Czech Republic.  It turned out great and it was well worth the effort and the money time spent.

When asked if Accept would even consider doing a symphonic recording

“You never know I wouldn’t  rule it out at this point. I’ve always said no but now that this album is out and sounds quite heavy and I see how well heavy guitar riffs and orchestra really blend together.  I’m really encouraged to go there one day to play some orchestral stuff with Accept, you never know. ”

“One thing is for sure I would definitely like to perform this classical stuff with an orchestra live somewhere on stage. On time special occasion gig some where the whole material with an orchestra on stage with a big production, light show. That’s what my dream is, I can just picture it in my head and i would love to make it come true.”

On how  Brexit will affect metal bands

“Well it will make things a little more complicated getting in and out of the country for example if you are planning on doing a UK tour  in the future , you will probably have to get work permits and visas and things like that and have to deal with customs  and you have to pay hefty fees to get some lawyers, some immigration people to work on it, it’s just a pain. The EU did away with all of that so it was beautiful you can do a whole European tour and not have to worry about anything you just go from country to country , without any paperwork any proof that trouble.”

Watch the interview here:

WOLF HOFFMANN: Second Album Trailer Released

Posted by aliblackdiamond on June 23, 2016
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ACCEPT‘s guitar powerhouse, WOLF HOFFMANN, is set to release his second solo album entitled “Headbangers Symphony”, completely dedicated to the grand classic maestros, next week through Nuclear Blast. In joyful anticipation of this new record, the second trailer has been released today. Watch it here:

If you missed part I, watch it here:

“Headbangers Symphony”  Track Listing:

01. Scherzo (L. v. Beethoven)
02. Night On Bald Mountain (M. Mussorgsky)
03. Je Crois Entendre Encore (G. Bizet)
04. Double Cello Concerto in G Minor (A. Vivaldi)
05. Adagio (T. Albinoni)
06. Symphony No. 40 (W. A. Mozart )
07. Swan Lake (P. Tchaikovsky)
08. Madame Butterfly (G. Puccini)
09. Pathétique (L. v. Beethoven)
10. Meditation (J. Massenet)
11. Air On The G String (J. S. Bach)

Pre-orders for “Headbangers Symphony” are available here.

More info:
www.acceptworldwide.com/accept-discography/wolf-hoffmann-headbangers-symphony/
www.nuclearblast.de/wolfhoffmann

Check out our new interview with Wolf Hoffmann at this location.

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