Accept : compilation de réenregistrements pour leurs 50 ans

[Everflow]

Tout est dans le titre, manque juste la tracklist et la pochette.

German heavy metal legends ACCEPT will celebrate their 50th anniversary in 2025-2026. To mark this mammoth milestone, the band will ring in the band's golden birthday with a very unique anniversary tour at the end of 2025. An anniversary album will be released early 2026.

Guitarist Wolf Hoffmann was not only significantly involved in the songwriting of every single ACCEPT song, his work has shaped an entire generation of metal musicians. As a founding and the longest standing member, Wolf has made the most impactful contribution to the band's unmistakable sound and success.

Since joining ACCEPT in 1976 at the age of just 16, Wolf played a central rôle in the band. His instantly recognizable and signature guitar style not only created the ACCEPT "sound" but influenced a plethora of other highly successful bands and guitarists. Because of Wolf's unflinching dedication, ACCEPT has become one of the most significantly defining bands in heavy metal. Not only did he lay the musical foundations for the band, he also carried the band through the highs and the lows that come with a long-term career — 50 years.

To celebrate its 50th anniversary, ACCEPT is embarking on a spectacular world tour that will take fans on a musical metal journey through time. Fans can look forward to a unique stage show with surprise guests, all the classic hits from the band's history as well as rarely performed songs.

Hoffmann comments: "It's an incredible honor to be able to look back on five decades of a musical career and share our music with so many people. But nothing lasts forever and who knows how much longer we'll be touring… This tour will be very special because we think 50 years of ACCEPT is a GREAT reason to celebrate in style!"

In spring 2026, ACCEPT will release a special album that covers the band's entire musical history. This anniversary album will contain a carefully curated selection of the best ACCEPT songs from the last five decades, re-recorded — partly with well-known surprise musical guests and colleagues, as well as with some rare tracks that have not been played so often before.

"We wanted to create something that captures the essence of ACCEPT while offering something new to our loyal fans," explains Wolf. "This album is a tribute to our journey and to everyone who has accompanied us along the way."

Over the past five decades, ACCEPT has sold millions of albums and inspired countless musicians. Their energetic live performances and iconic albums such as "Balls To The Wall", "Restless And Wild" and "Metal Heart" have left a lasting mark on the heavy metal genre. Hoffmann's guitar style and musical vision have made the band one of the most respected on the heavy metal scene.

After a hiatus in the band's career, Wolf was introduced to New Jersey singer Mark Tornillo in 2009. The chemistry and fit between them was so remarkable, ACCEPT reformed and almost immediately rose to global success with chart-topping albums. ACCEPT continues to be celebrated for each of their new records with Mark, who is now the longest-reigning frontman of ACCEPT, placing the Hoffmann-Tornillo partnership firmly in the Metal Hall Of Fame.

For decades, ACCEPT has been recognized as a guarantee of high quality and each of their albums has reached the top of the charts, delivering energy, melodies, killer riffs and an impressively powerful stage presence for 50 years.

ACCEPT states: "Celebrate with us! We invite the world of heavy metal to join us in the celebrations of this extraordinary anniversary!"

[jony]

Oui, plein d'invités. Et sans doute aucun ancien membre du groupe ce qui en dira long sur les relations d'Accept et ses anciens membres et la façon dont les départs se sont faits. Mais si ça trouve je me trompe et en réalité je m'en fiche.
Je n'ai toujours pas écouté le dernier. Celui d'avant était très chouette. Et ce réenregistrement, j'y poserai sans doute une oreille.
Et j'irai sans doute les voir à Toulouse. Et peut-être même que je me paierai une bière.

[weik]

Les classiques du groupe avec un son actuel ça va poudrer !!!!

[Everflow]

Oui, plein d'invités. Et sans doute aucun ancien membre du groupe ce qui en dira long sur les relations d'Accept et ses anciens membres et la façon dont les départs se sont faits. Mais si ça trouve je me trompe et en réalité je m'en fiche.
Je n'ai toujours pas écouté le dernier. Celui d'avant était très chouette. Et ce réenregistrement, j'y poserai sans doute une oreille.
Et j'irai sans doute les voir à Toulouse. Et peut-être même que je me paierai une bière.

La bière est plus probable que de voir Udo, Peter Baltes, Stefan Kaufmann et Herman Frank sur ce disque.

[Frank Hammer]

La bière est plus probable que de voir Udo, Peter Baltes, Stefan Kaufmann et Herman Frank sur ce disque.

Peut-être pas !

https://blabbermouth.net/news/accepts-w ... rsary-tour

Wolf Hoffmann Says Udo Dirkschneider and Peter Baltes are Welcome to Join Accept for 50th Anniversary Tour

[Everflow]

^Je le croirai quand je le verrai.

En attentant, un peu de news people, ce qui n'arrive pas souvent : Wolf a divorcé (sans doute il y a un bon moment?) de Gaby (alias Deaffy) l'historique manageuse et parolière d'Accept, pour se remarier avec une violoniste indienne qui est déjà apparu sur scène avec eux.
J'ai vérifié sur le dernier album Humanoid, Deaffy n'est effectivement plus du tout créditée pour les paroles, alors qu'elle avait participé à 6 titres sur Too Mean To Die.