Blood of the Nations

Occupation

• Mark Tornillo - Vocals
• Wolf Hoffmann - Guitar
• Herman Frank - Guitar
• Peter Baltes - Bass
• Stefan Schwarzmann - Drums

Blood of the Nations is the twelfth studio album by the German heavy metal band Accept. It was released in August 2010 via Nuclear Blast. It is the first album by the band since the dissolution of 1996 and the first without singer Udo Dirk Schneider Eat the Heat since 1989.

Formation and style

Instead Udo Dirk Schneider now be heard on vocals Mark Tornillo, who previously at TT Quick sang. Dirk Schneider, who had sung for some reunion shows with the band, wished Accept luck. The band stated that the relationship with Dirk Schneider was not the best, because that does not want to tour. About an acquaintance learned Accept in Nashville, new home of musician, Tornillo know who could sing the old songs good. Only by learning from Tornillo new start was made possible.

"Sometimes he reminds Udo, but he does not sound like someone who copied Udo, but brings himself with something that was not there before. In the second, we have spontaneously decided that we wanted a fresh start. "

Wolf Hoffmann stated that the band's album only wanted to produce himself, had, however, later changed his mind, so that Andy Sneap production took over, they had met through their friend and former Webmaster Ed Aborn.

Reception

Götz Kühnemund wrote in Rock Hard, that plate " one hundred percent sounds like Accept, one hundred percent fulfilled the expectations and one hundred percent hit the mark. " Is this - even in the face first, criticized by him demo recordings - was not to be expected. He forgave nine out of ten. The album was " Album of the Month " in the magazine. On the website Allmusic.com the sound of the album with "tough and heavy " was described. Mark Tornillo is a worthy replacement for Dirk Schneider. The rating was three and a half stars out of five.

Title list

All music by Baltes, Hoffmann, all texts of Tornillo, unless otherwise indicated. Among the songs Teutonic Terror and Pandemic music videos were filmed.