Accept Release First Album Trailer For Blind Rage
Pioneering German heavy metallers ACCEPT have released the first of three online trailers for their upcoming new album Blind Rage, due out in North America on August 19th. Episode One features guitar player Wolf Hoffman discussing how the album title and artwork were selected. “It’s really about aggression,” he says. “Metal has never been about love and peace. It’s always been in-your-face.”
Watch the video on the Nuclear Blast YouTube channel.
Blind Rage was produced by renowned audio engineer Andy Sneap (EXODUS, MEGADETH, OPETH). The album is available as an exclusive mail-order import edition, import box set, import vinyl, digi-pak, and jewel-case CD versions. Pre-order bundles include an exclusive artwork t-shirt + a poster & photo card and can be purchased now at the Nuclear Blast USA Webshop.
“Stampede” is ACCEPT’s latest video, directed by Greg Aronowitz (Batman & Robin, A.I. Artificial Intelligence, The Lost World: Jurassic Park).
Behind the scenes photo by Alan Hess from the “Stampede” video
The digital single can be purchased from the following outlets:
The track listing for Blind Rage is:
01. Stampede
02. Dying Breed
03. Dark Side Of My Heart
04. Fall Of The Empire
05. Trail Of Tears
06. Wanna Be Free
07. 200 Years
08. Bloodbath Mastermind
09. From The Ashes We Rise
10. The Curse
11. Final Journey
BONUS DVD:
Live in Chile 2013
Prior to the overseas launch of ACCEPT’s headlining European tour on September 19th in Copenhagen, Denmark, and after several upcoming festival appearances including the legendary Wacken Open Air Festival, the band will perform four exclusive U.S. live performances in mid-September. Their September 12th show at the historic Saban Theatre in Beverly Hills, California includes special guests METAL CHURCH and RAVEN.
The exclusive U.S. ACCEPT shows and their line-ups are as follows:
09/11/14 Belly Up Tavern – Solana Beach, CA – with METAL CHURCH
(advanced tickets HERE)
09/12/14 Saban Theatre – Beverly Hills, CA – with METAL CHURCH & RAVEN
(advanced tickets HERE)
09/13/14 Count’s Vamp’d – Las Vegas, NV – ACCEPT only
(advanced tickets HERE)
09/15/14 The Gramercy Theatre – New York, NY – with RAVEN
(advanced tickets HERE)
MORE ABOUT ACCEPT (Wolf Hoffmann ~ Guitars, Peter Baltes ~ Bass, Hermann Frank ~ Guitars, Stefan Schwarzmann ~ Drums, Mark Tornillo ~ Lead Vocals)
Built around the songwriting nucleus of Hoffmann and bassist Peter Baltes, ACCEPT‘s beginnings can be traced back to the late 1970s. The German band played a pivotal role in the development of speed and thrash metal, which emerged in the early to mid-1980s. Along with Judas Priest and Iron Maiden, ACCEPT has delivered an undeniable impact on the global metal scene by writing & performing an innovative, pioneering body of work which include some of the most influential metal albums of all time, including 1982’s Restless and Wild (which debuted “Fast As A Shark,” the first speed metal song ever recorded), 1984’s Balls To The Wall (the group’s most well-known song to date which has become a worldwide metal anthem) and 1985’s Metal Heart. ACCEPT‘s premier status as ambassadors of the genre has led to pop culture crossover into film (The Wrestler), television (“Justified,” “Beavis and Butthead”), and the video games realm (Grand Theft Auto, Guitar Hero). ACCEPT’s popularity and status as one of the world’s exemplary heavy metal bands has allowed them to flourish for decades with no sign of slowing down. The band’s two previous albums ~ Blood of the Nations (2010) and Stalingrad (2012) ~ have charted internationally, topping both critic and fan polls in the process.
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