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ACCEPT / U.D.O

UDO DIRKSCHNEIDER – My Way (2022)

Metal legend UDO DIRKSCHNEIDER has turned 70 few days ago and to celebrate properly, the German is releasing his most personal album to date. “My Way” contains 17 cover versions of songs that have influenced the musician and singer the most. Among them are all kinds of classics (by QUEEN, AC/DC, LED ZEPELIN, etc.) but also some that you might not have expected from Udo.
Behind all the tracks there is not only a very personal story, but also a sometimes surprising arrangement, which in spite of their very individual implementation but live and breathe Udo’s handwriting at any time.
The cover album also makes one thing clear: just how many in the music industry have come and gone over the years. Yet, Udo Dirkschneider is still here…

ACCEPT / DIRKSCHNEIDER & THE OLD GANG / U.D.O

U.D.O. – Game Over [Japanese Edition +1] (2021)

While he recently released the debut album of DIRKSCHNEIDER & THE OLD GANG with former ACCEPT bandmates Peter Baltes and Stefan Kaufmann, Udo Dirkschneider’s own band U.D.O. is still active, and ready to release their new album “Game Over” this week. This Japanese Edition will be released tomorrow, including an exclusive bonus track.
There’s a lot of U.D.O. to sink your teeth into here. 17 tracks in total on this Japan version. 17 tracks of heavy, hard rock and classic metal to head-bang too. Age is but a number when it comes to Udo Dirkschneider and his vocals sound as amazing as they did 40 years ago. At least into the studio.
Though the rest of the band are no slouches; throwing out the riffs, hooks, beats and solos like this is some sort of retirement record…

ACCEPT / DIRKSCHNEIDER & THE OLD GANG

DIRKSCHNEIDER & THE OLD GANG – Every Heart Is Burning (2021)

DIRKSCHNEIDER & THE OLD GANG, the project featuring former ACCEPT members Udo Dirkschneider (vocals), Peter Baltes (bass) and Stefan Kaufmann (guitar), are ready to release their debut EP “Every Heart Is Burning” tomorrow via AFM Records on CD, a 12-inch vinyl and a download.
DIRKSCHNEIDER & THE OLD GANG, which is rounded out by Udo’s son Sven Dirkschneider (drums), Manuela Bibert (vocals) and Mathias Dieth (guitar), are a resume of German’s metal history, and yes, the songs on “Every Heart Is Burning” sounds a lot like classic ACCEPT…

ACCEPT / U.D.O

U.D.O. – Live In Bulgaria Pandemic Survival Show (2021)

Last year forced many to face tough challenges, but U.D.O. managed to play a show on September 18, 2020 under pandemic conditions in front of 2,500 fans at the Roman Amphitheatre in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, making it one of few rock n’ roll shows under coronavirus.
“Live In Bulgaria Pandemic Survival Show” captures the German metal band fronted by ex-ACCEPT singer Udo Dirkschneider performing his most recent fan favorites, but there were a number of tracks that had rarely been played live, and because the situation was extra special, U.D.O. delighted the audience by playing some ACCEPT hits like ‘Metal Heart’, ‘Balls to the Wall’, and more…

ACCEPT / REMASTER / U.D.O / WOLF HOFFMANN

ACCEPT – I’m A Rebel [Japan SHM-CD remastered Ltd numbered mini-LP] Out Of Print

To complete ACCEPT‘s early albums reissue here’s the out of print, Japanese remastered Ltd numbered mini-LP release of the band’s second effort, “I’m A Rebel“, pressed on SHM-CD.
The album finds Accept continuing to search for their musical direction, experimenting with a more commercial sound than on their debut, some kind oh Scorpions meets AC/DC. Bassist Peter Baltes once again sings lead vocals on two tracks, the slower-paced songs “No Time to Lose” and “The King”.
The title track was written by Alex Young, eldest brother of record producer and musician George Young and AC/DC guitarists Angus Young and Malcolm Young. The song became the basis for the band’s first music video and single.

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ACCEPT – Too Mean To Die (2021)

To be released next week, “Too Mean To Die” is the (now) German/American quintet ACCEPT 16th studio effort, and the album’s title seems like an appropriate moniker. This marks the first record in the band’s four-decade career not to feature original bassist Peter Baltes, leaving guitarist Wolf Hoffmann as the Accept’s lone original member and primary composer.
But Hoffmann hasn’t forgotten how to craft a meaty riff and pounding, melodic juggernaut rhythms. Every element that makes up a classic ACCEPT record is present here.
In fact – and while ACCEPT has not released a bad album this decade since the band’s rebirth with Mark Tornillo – “Too Mean To Die” should be the best; all killer and no filler.

ACCEPT / ALICE COOPER / CREYE / DAVID LEE ROTH / DEGREED / JOHN DIVA / JOSEPH WILLIAMS / RONNIE DIO / V.A. - Advanced Releases sampler / V.A..

V.A. – 0dayrox Advanced Releases January / March 2021 – Vol.1

New Year, new very good music / albums to come. Here we have our classic 0dayrox Advanced Releases, the first 2021 batch, featuring top class artists / singles.
Among the numbers into this “January / March 2021 – Vol.1” advances we find new music from CREYE, ALICE COOPER, DEGREED, Toto’a STEVE LUKATHER & JOSEPH WILLIAMS solo albums, DIO, ACCEPT, DAVID LEE ROTH’s tribute to Eddie Van Halen, and many more.
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ACCEPT / U.D.O

U.D.O. & Das Musikkorps Der Bundeswehr – We Are One (2020)

There comes a time in nearly every veteran metal musician’s life when the urge to collaborate with an orchestra becomes irresistible. It’s actually quite surprising that Udo Dirkschneider waited so long to conjure a project as unashamedly overblown as his new effort “We Are One”, but if anyone has earned the right to tick off the few remaining goals from his to-do list, it’s the none-more-metal ex-ACCEPT frontman.
Admittedly, the appeal of U.D.O. — Dirkschneider’s titular crew, on and off, since 1987 — has always been noticeably narrower than that of his former band, but he is one of metal’s most adored vocalists nonetheless, with a towering legacy and some of the genre’s greatest ever anthems on his CV.

ACCEPT / BLACK STAR RIDERS / CREYE / DEGREED / H.E.A.T / MARENNA / NEAL SCHON / TYKETTO / V.A. - Advanced Releases sampler / V.A..

V.A. – 0dayrox Advanced Releases August-Sept. 2019 – Vol.4

There’s a very interesting batch of new releases this 2019 Summer, so let’s go with our classic 0dayrox Advanced Releases singles. BLACK STAR RIDERS just presented a brand new single, “Ain’t The End Of The World”, taken from the band’s forthcoming fourth album “Another State Of Grace” set for release on September 6 via Nuclear Blast. “Ain’t The End Of...

ACCEPT / WOLF HOFFMANN

ACCEPT – Symphonic Terror / Live At Wacken (2018)

German / American metal legends ACCEPT will release a live set, “Symphonic Terror – Live At Wacken 2017”, on November 23 via Nuclear Blast. Fans can expect a unique Accept show, recorded last year at the legendary Wacken Open Air festival, where the band played the biggest and most extraordinary show of its career in front of 80,000, on top...

ACCEPT / U.D.O

U.D.O. – Steelfactory [Japanese Edition +1] (2018)

After honoring the classic ACCEPT songs live with his other project DIRKSCHNEIDER in the last couple of years, it’s definitely time for vocalist Udo Dirkschneider to release a new U.D.O. studio album. To be released next week, the songs on “Steelfactory” are clearly influenced by these recent shows – the simple straightness of the anthem-like songs make it a timeless...

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ACCEPT – Hungry Years [Remixed[ (2018)

Universal Music Germany has just reissued ACCEPT‘s “Hungry Years – Remixed“. After the success of the band’s album ‘Balls To The Wall’ and their entry into the American market with ‘Metal Heart’, Accept and their recording label agreed to make a compilation of their early catalog, at the time unreleased in the US.But according to times (1986), these songs needed...

ACCEPT – The Rise Of Chaos (2017)

ACCEPT / WOLF HOFFMANN

ACCEPT – The Rise Of Chaos (2017)

Continuing the post-reunion run of albums that has firmly re-established ACCEPT as modern guardians of old-school values, new album “The Rise Of Chaos” is unlikely to attract those who remain impervious to the atavistic truth of heavy metal, but Maiden and Priest aside, it’s hard to think of another band of this vintage that hit the bull’s-eye with such consistency....

V.A. – 0dayrox Advanced Releases July 2017 – Vol.1

ACCEPT / EUROPE / MR. BIG / NICKELBACK / SANTA CRUZ / STYX / V.A. - Advanced Releases sampler / V.A..

V.A. – 0dayrox Advanced Releases July 2017 – Vol.1

As usual 0dayrox brings to you all the fresh buzz from the Melodic Rock / AOR world. Let’s check the advanced singles from the most relevant releases in months to come. KRYPTONITE is the new amazing project to release their debut CD via Frontiers Music in August. The line-up is impressive: Jake Samuels from The Poodles, Alessandro Del Vecchio (Lionville),...

ACCEPT – Restless And Live [2CD] (2017)

ACCEPT / WOLF HOFFMANN

ACCEPT – Restless And Live [2CD] (2017)

When metal titans ACCEPT returned to the stage in 2009, nobody knew that this reunion would also lead to a union of older and younger metal generations, nor that guitar matador Wolf Hoffmann and his fellows were just starting the most successful chapter of their band’s history. After nearly seven years, countless live sensations and three successful studio albums (with...