Predator (Album)
Occupation
- Udo Dirk Schneider - vocals
- Wolf Hoffmann - Guitar
- Peter Baltes - bass guitar, lead vocals on Lay It Down, It Is not Over Yet and Primitive
- Michael Cartellone - drums, except for primitives
Predator is the eleventh studio album by the German heavy metal band Accept. It was released on 15 January 1996 at RCA Records.
Formation and style
The album was recorded with Michael Wagener in Nashville, Tennessee. Since Stefan Kaufmann could no longer be working for the band because of a back injury, has guest drummer Michael Cartellone ( Damn Yankees) to play the drums on the album. During the recordings, the atmosphere in the band was already bad, so that the separation was to be expected. Three songs were sung by bassist Peter Baltes, which is not met with Udo Dirk Schneider on reciprocal love.
Reception
Predator in Germany reached 56th place Jason Anderson of Allmusic.com awarded two stars out of five. The album sounded uninspired and was unnecessary. . " There's no momentum and no magic on Predator, a lifeless and unfortunate offering from one of metal 's finest outfits " Alex Straka of Powermetal.de took on the album " Light and Shadow" true " horny hammers " stood " Rohrkrepierern " against: " Everyone has their own opinion. I personally find that Accept have taken an inglorious farewell with a very streaky glass. "