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Victory | Don’t Talk Science

by Nikiforos Skoumas Staff Writer German guitar hero Herman Frank is both an underground legend and a protagonist of the current metal scene. Having played guitar on the iconic album Balls to the Wall, he has rejoined the reunited Accept. Through the ’80s and ’90s Frank’s main musical [...]

U.D.O. : Rev-Raptor

by Erik Tweedy Staff Writer In 1986, the band Accept was on top of its game and was one of the biggest metal bands touring Europe, and then it all instantly fell apart. In search of a solo career, lead singer Udo Dirkschneider unceremoniously left the band, leaving his fellow band mates to fend for [...]

Borealis : Fall From Grace

by Franco Cerchiari Staff Writer With wicked fast guitars, soaring vocals, pounding drums and keyboards adding a progressive edge, Canada’s Borealis roars back with this massive attack on the senses. Touches of Symphony X, Evergrey with the metal of Accept only enhance this progressive metal [...]

Mark Tornillo of Accept

by Alex Barbieri Staff Writer In 2010, Accept not only returned to metal, they ripped the genre a new a**hole. Blood of the Nations has, almost unanimously, been heralded as 2010’s metal album of the year. It is also—according the band’s official website—turning out to be “the most [...]

Accept Live in Hollywood

October 19, 2010 at the Key Club in West Hollywood, CA by Erik Tweedy Staff Writer The last time Accept played in Southern California, President Bill Clinton was in office and the world had yet to hear of stains on a blue dress. 17 years have passed and the wait for Accept’s return was well worth [...]

Accept Blood of the Nations

by Erik Tweedy Staff Writer Accept is back! After a 14-year hiatus the iconic German metal band have returned in full force with their new studio album Blood of the Nations, featuring new lead vocalist Mark Tornillo. From the first guitar riffs of “Beat the Bastards,” you know this is an [...]