02/17/2012 20:05

Accept

Accept: 'Stalingrad'

2012-02-16 00:00 - April 6th 2012 is the day! The new Accept album 'Stalingrad' will be released worldwide. The previous record 'Blood of the Nations', which was released in August 2010 was a huge success and nominated over 50 times worldwide for the "Hardrock and Metal Album Of The Year" being the most successful album of Accept history. Following an extensive 180 show tour that took Accept round the world twice, the band retreated into the studio to produce a longplayer that shows them in their most purist form. 'Stalingrad' is a no compromise album from start to finish without a filler track anywhere to be found, sticking to the winning combination of working with producer Andy Sneap.

Because of the huge success of 'Blood of the Nations', the expectations on 'Stalingrad' are huge. Wolf Hoffmann comments: "We put ourselves under enormous pressure to bring out a new album right after this tour marathon, which brought us two times around the globe. But we are very proud about what we delivered with 'Stalingrad' and we hope our fans will like it as well".

'Stalingrad' will be available in stores like this:
- Ltd. CD + DVD
- CD
- 2 LP (red) in gatefold
- 2 LP (white/red) in gatefold - excl. Blast! Mailorder Edition

Track listing:
01. Hung, Drawn and Quartered
02. Stalingrad
03. Hellfire
04. Flash to Bang Time
05. Shadow Soldiers
06. Revolution
07. Against The World
08. Twist of Fate
09. The Quick and the Dead
10. Never Forget (bonus track)
11. The Galley

The DVD will include:

'Official Bootleg' Live @ Bang Your Head 2011
01. Princess of the Dawn
02. Pandemic
03. No Shelter!
Live @ Masters Of Rock 2010
04. Teutonic Terror
05. The Abyss
Video clips:
06. Teutonic Terror
07. Pandemic

(source: Nuclear Blast)

(older news about the topic:)

It's always quiet just before the storm... Accept's fifteen year break from the music business only served as a distant warning to the 2010 thunderous return of Accept to the metal forefront. Sweat soaked, table-sized club shows and triumphant appearances at the biggest rock festivals around the world created an excitement long not seen in the metal community. It was only natural that Accept's comeback album 'Blood of the Nations' entered the charts at #4, the band's highest entry in their legendary career. In addition, 'Blood of the Nations' charted high in countless other countries and cemented itself at #1 in many Reader Polls for a continuous 14 months! Accolades like "Album of the Year", "Metal Anthem of the Year" and many more kept pouring in. The fans, in admiration of their heroes, flocked in the thousands to their notorious live shows, and Nuclear Blast, their record company, was salivating with satisfaction!

Inspired by their fans' awe-inspiring reaction to their explosive live shows as well as the grandiose success of the comeback album, the band is now excited to jump right back into the studio and record another collection of heavy metal classics. To be called 'Stalingrad', the new Accept album is scheduled to be released via Nuclear Blast Records in the spring of 2012. It will once again be produced by English star producer Andy Sneap who has long become a part of the Accept family.

As the saying goes... No rest for the wicked! Following the release of Stalingrad, Accept will continue their unstoppable, teutonic terror in 2012 and beyond, invading stages from North to South, from East to West, leaving all nonbelievers in their metallic dust!

(source: Accept)