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Metal Heart is the sixth studio album by German Heavy Metal Band Accept. I first got it around when it came out (yes, I’m that old) and I still have the Vinyl version somewhere. Back in the day, I loved it. I loved how classical music was incorporated into the songs and I had never heard that before. These days, I’m rather disappointed if there isn’t any kind of that classical touch on an Accept...
The album art of Breaker is both kinda funny and immensely childish. I love the humor of it but I also hate the stupidity of it. I guess it was made that way to rebel against something. Hardrock- and Heavy Metal music were not really mainstream and I guess that Accept what to show that their music wasn’t for everybody. Maybe it’s even a comment to some critics who might have complained about Ud0 Dirkshneider’s...
I’m a Rebel was an album that I when I was in my teens, thought was quite an old Accept album. Of course, as it came out when I was 10 years old, it was kinda old when I was 15 or 16. But it wasn’t so much the age of the album that was the issue I think. It was more the punkish attitude on the title song of the album. I love it,...
Restless and Wild came out a bit before I got really interested in Accept. Balls to the Wall was the album that had me open ut my ears for them. I did have a friend who owned their previous album Breaker and there are songs on there I love. But I never got that album myself back in the day and he refused to play it when I came to visit him. I still don’t...
I’m kind of on a quest for writing about all records made by Accept. At least the studio albums. I was never much for live albums anyway for some strange reason. There are exceptions of course. This is the first album released by Accept and it’s pretty obvious when you hear it. There are a couple of songs in the beginning that I like but as a whole, this album sounds so dated. Not to...
Imagine that! Once upon a time, I dismissed Accept and Death Row as something on the decline. That the band would probably never be able to perform at the same level as before, let it be known that Accept hasn’t sounded like “before” since then; they’ve sounded even better! So, this is the album that came between Objection Overruled and Predator, both of which I’ve written about before. Why I missed this one? I donät...
Objection Overruled wasn’t as strong an album as Predator from 1996, and I’m not quite sure I can explain why. It sounds a bit more – ordinary if one can express it that way? It’s less standout, simply put. The melodies aren’t as interesting. But, of course, it’s a competently performed album in every way. You get roughly what you expect from Accept; they stick to the style and philosophy when it comes to sound...
My love for Accepts definite breakthrough album Balls to the Wall at the time made me buy a few more albums by Accept. I still have Russian Roulette on vinyl somewhere but I can’t say that I listen to it very often änymore. At least not on vinyl. But it was, more or less, Udo Dirkscheider’s last album with the band. Ok, they had a reunion a few years later and a couple of other...
If you want the traditional Accept sound you might as well skip Eat the Heat. It’s not really a bad album, it just doesn’t sound like Accept. Another singer didn’t really fit the sound. It’s ok to have on in the background but nothing to really dig into. At least not for me. Eat the Heat is a minor album in the Accept legacy. But there are plenty of other Hardrock albums from those days...
Balls to the Wall was one of the first Hardrock/Metal albums that really got to me. It was exciting back in the day and it still has that nerve that gets to you. It’s still really good and has aged very well! Musically I would like to include them in NWOBHM but since they’re from Germany and not Britain that will be a problem. Besides, New Wave of British Heavy Metal is more of a...
