U.D.O., the German metal band led by former ACCEPT frontman Udo Dirkschneider, has issued the following update: "The release of the new [U.D.O.] album, 'Rev-Raptor', which was initially planned for January 14, 2011 [via AFM Records] was unfortunately postponed to March 18, 2011! The reason therefor is the sadly reappearance of Stefan's [Kaufmann, guitar] strong ...
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Phil Freeman of MSN's metal music section Headbang recently conducted an interview with guitarist Wolf Hoffmann of reformed heavy metal legends ACCEPT. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Headbang: So, the new record. People expect a certain vocal style from ACCEPT — how much did Mark [Tornillo] have to change ...
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Metal Asylum recently conducted an interview with guitarist Wolf Hoffmann of reformed heavy metal legends ACCEPT. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Metal Asylum: When ACCEPT reformed in the '90s, the songs on "Objection Overruled", "Death Row" and "Predator" were either hit or miss. Can you explain what was happening ...
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Jeb Wright of Classic Rock Revisited recently conducted an interview with guitarist Wolf Hoffmann of reformed heavy metal legends ACCEPT. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Classic Rock Revisited: ACCEPT had a great frontman in Udo [Dirkschneider]. Was [new singer] Mark [Tornillo] apprehensive about fronting a band who had such ...
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Peter Atkinson of KNAC.COM recently conducted an interview with guitarist Wolf Hoffmann of reformed heavy metal legends ACCEPT. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. KNAC.COM: Obviously some of your longtime, hardcore fans are still very into in the band? Hoffmann: I wasn't quite ready personally for how seriously people were ...
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Ruben Mosqueda of Sleaze Roxx recently conducted an interview with guitarist Wolf Hoffmann of reformed heavy metal legends ACCEPT. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Sleaze Roxx: You guys reunited with Udo Dirkschneider from 2004 to 2005 and had a string of successful appearances at various European festivals. What's the ...
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Pat Prince of Goldmine magazine recently conducted an interview with guitarist Wolf Hoffmann of reformed heavy metal legends ACCEPT. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Goldmine: The new album is just the right thing for old ACCEPT fans. The sound is a combination of "Restless and Wild" and "Balls to ...
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Jay Nanda of the San Antonio Metal Music Examiner recently conducted an interview with guitarist Wolf Hoffmann of reformed heavy metal legends ACCEPT. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. San Antonio Metal Music Examiner: How would you categorize ACCEPT's return: comeback, rebirth, or rejuvenation? Wolf: Well, a little bit of ...
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U.D.O., the German metal band led by former ACCEPT frontman Udo Dirkschneider, has set "Rev Raptor" as the title of its new album, due on January 14, 2011 via AFM Records. 17 new songs were written for the CD, with 11 of them set to appear on the final product. On March 27, 2010, Jason ...
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Guitarist Wolf Hoffmann of reformed heavy metal legends ACCEPT will guest on WJCU's "Metal On Metal" radio program on Friday, August 27 at 6:30 p.m. EST. Hoffmann will discuss the band's new lineup, the "Blood Of The Nations" album and forthcoming U.S. tour. You can listen to the show live at 88.7 FM in the ...
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"Blood of the Nations" is another one of those albums from a reformed classic metal act that had me approaching with caution in anticipation of the big letdown. That letdown never happened. "Blood of the Nations" is the shot in the arm that fans of traditional heavy metal needed, not to mention that when the ...
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If it's well played and written with sizeable hooks I'm usually a sucker for this good time traditional/power metal stuff, be it EDGUY, DREAM EVIL, FIREWIND, or, as recently noted, SABATON. In the case of "Addicted to Metal" by Germany's KISSIN' DYNAMITE the times are indeed good; the style a blend of '80s hair metal ...
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A three-and-a-half-minute German TV (RTL) report on this year's Wacken Open Air festival can be viewed below. Wacken Open Air, which celebrated its 20th anniversary last year, was honored with a Live Entertainment Award in 2008 in the "Festival Of The Year" category. This award recognizes distinguished achievements in live entertainment and is given out ...
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U.D.O., the German heavy metal band led by former ACCEPT frontman Udo Dirkschneider, has recorded the official "anthem" of the Wacken Open Air festival, which celebrated its 20th anniversary last year. According to the event organizers, you will be able to find "Wacken Hymne 2010" all over this year's festival, which kicked off today (Thursday, ...
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On March 27, 2010, Jason Saulnier of the "Good Time Metal Oldies" radio show conducted an interview with former ACCEPT and current U.D.O. frontman Udo Dirkschneider. You can now listen to the chat below. "Good Time Metal Oldies" airs Thursdays at 6:30 p.m. EST on CIFA 104.1 FM in Nova Scotia and Tuesday nights at ...
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U.D.O./ex-ACCEPT vocalist Udo Dirkschneider was interviewed by CrankItUp.se backstage at this year's Sweden Rock Festival, which was held June 9-12, 2010 in Sölvesborg in southern Sweden. Watch the chat below. U.D.O.'s new album, "Dominator", entered the official chart in Germany at position No. 27. This marks the highest German chart entry in U.D.O.'s history. A ...
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U.D.O., the German band led by former ex-ACCEPT frontman Udo Dirkschneider, took part in a press conference last night (Wednesday, June 9) at the Sweden Rock Festival in Sölvesborg in southern Sweden. You can watch raw video footage of the question-and-answer session in three parts below. U.D.O.'s new album, "Dominator", entered the official chart in ...
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Marko Syrjälä and Arto Lehtinen of Metal-Rules.com recently conducted an interview with guitarist Wolf Hoffman and vocalist Mark Tornillo of reformed German heavy metal legends ACCEPT. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Metal-Rules.com: Mark, when you first get the request to join ACCEPT, how did you feel back then? Did ...
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U.D.O., the German metal band fronted by former ACCEPT vocalist Udo Dirkschneider, will headline the second installment of the Stockholm Rock Out festival, set to take place September 10-11, 2010 at Gamla Tryckeriet in Alvik, Sweden. The festival billing is now shaping up as follows: GREAT WHITE (USA) U.D.O. (DE) LIZZY BORDEN (USA) KEEL (USA) ...
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"Teutonic Terror", the new video from reformed heavy metal legends ACCEPT, will make its online debut on MySpace on Wednesday, May 5 at 12:00 noon EST / 9:00 a.m. PST. The clip was shot in March with director Dave Blass of Grid41.com and it promises to be the "most metal" ACCEPT video ever. Asked about ...
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"The Abyss", a brand new song from reformed heavy metal legends ACCEPT, can be streamed below. The track comes off the band's new studio album, "Blood Of Nations", which is scheduled for release in North America on September 14 via Nuclear Blast Records. The band's 15th LP was recorded at Backstage Studio in Derbyshire, England ...
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Behind-the-scenes footage from the video shoot for "Teutonic Terror", a brand new song from reformed heavy metal legends ACCEPT, can be viewed below. The clip was shot in Los Angeles. Nuclear Blast Records has set a September 14 tentative North American release date for "Blood Of Nations", the new studio album from ACCEPT. The band's ...
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The first-ever concert by the new lineup of the reformed legendary heavy metal band ACCEPT — which is scheduled to take place on May 8 at the 750-capacity New York City's Gramercy Theatre — has officially sold out. States ACCEPT's guitarist and founding member Wolf Hoffmann: "We are so very happy and humbled! "When we ...
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The first-ever concert by the new lineup of the reformed legendary heavy metal band ACCEPT — which is scheduled to take place on May 8 at the 750-capacity New York City's Gramercy Theatre — has officially sold out. Following the New York City show, ACCEPT will head to Europe to perform special gigs in carefully ...
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Nuclear Blast Records has set a September 14 tentative North American release date for "Blood Of Nations", the new studio album from reformed heavy metal legends ACCEPT. The band's 15th LP was recorded at Backstage Studio in Derbyshire, England with acclaimed British producer and SABBAT guitarist Andy Sneap (MEGADETH, EXODUS, ARCH ENEMY, NEVERMORE). The CD ...
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Reformed heavy metal legends ACCEPT have inked a deal with Nuclear Blast Records. Due late summer, the band's 15th album, "Blood Of Nations", was recorded at Backstage Studio in Derbyshire, England with acclaimed British producer and SABBAT guitarist Andy Sneap (MEGADETH, EXODUS, ARCH ENEMY, NEVERMORE). The CD — which will mark the recording debut of ...
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Reformed heavy metal legends ACCEPT recently filmed a video for the song " Teutonic Terror" in Los Angeles. The track comes off the band's new album, "Blood Of Nations", which is scheduled for release late spring/early summer via an as-yet-undisclosed record label. The CD was recorded at Backstage Studio in Derbyshire, England with acclaimed British ...
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Aniruddh "Andrew" Bansal of Metal Assault conducted an interview with guitarist Oscar Dronjak of Swedish melodic metallers HAMMERFALL on March 27, 2010 at the House Of Blues in Hollywood, California. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Metal Assault: The guitars on the latest album were tuned down one whole step. ...
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"The Abyss", a brand new song from reformed heavy metal legends ACCEPT, was premiered on Eddie Trunk's "Friday Night Rocks" radio show last week on New York's Q104.3 FM and then again on KNAC.COM's "The Vault" this past Sunday, March 21 with host DJ Will. A reduced-quality, incomplete version of the track is now available ...
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Wolf Hoffmann (guitar), Peter Baltes (bass) and Mark Tornillo (vocals) of reformed heavy metal legends ACCEPT will guest on KNAC.COM's "The Vault" this Sunday, March 21 at 11:30 a.m. PST with host DJ Will. To listen to the program live via the Internet, go to www.knac.com. Following their eagerly awaited return to the ...
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