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NEW ACCEPT EARLY REVIEW | ||||
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Just had a visit to my house by my old friend and new Accept singer Mark Tornillo. Mark was nice enough to drop in and play for me five early versions of songs from the new album the band is recording with prodcuer Andy Sneap. This is the bands first studio album with Mark as singer and will be out early next year. Taking my friendship with Mark out of this review, I can honestly say what I heard was simply killer! I heard seven tracks and they all smoked. Those brutal Wolf Hoffman riffs are in full force as is that killer tone and all the signature Accept sounds and choruses. Mark is a perfect fit. He captures the classic Accept sound with his vocals and screams, but also very much adds his own stamp to what I heard. There is nothing here for the fans of classic Accept not to love, and plenty of new things Mark brings to the table that are unique to him. Fans of TT Quick will know what Mark is about and how he really will do a great job as a member of this band. The songs I heard were not complete but still very solid. Titles included "The Abyss", "Locked & Loaded" (uptempo fast song), Shades Of Death (Epic, killer drums and vox with classical touches), No Shelter (another fast one), Blood Of Nations (for the military), Pandemic (classic Accept!), Teutonic Terror (possible title of the album). I am fully aware of how important Udo was to the sound of this band, but he did not want to be a part of this, so I am thrilled that Accept are back and thrilled for Mark as well. He brings his style which meshes perfect with classic Accept. The playing is top notch and the production even at this stage was crushing. I can not wait for the completed album and without question the return of Accept is something to look forward to for metal fans in 2010! (by Eddie Trunk) Visit the Blog-Trunk Report | ||||
Exclusive: ACCEPT In The Studio; Behind-The-Scenes Footage Posted Online | ||||
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BLABBERMOUTH.NET has uploaded exclusive behind-the-scenes footage from the recording sessions for the new ACCEPT album, which are taking place at Backstage studio in Derbyshire, England with acclaimed British producer and SABBAT guitarist Andy Sneap (MEGADETH, EXODUS, ARCH ENEMY, NEVERMORE). The six-and-a-half-minute clip, which includes interview footage with Sneap and members of the band, as well as audio samples of the group's new material, can be viewed below.
ACCEPT's as-yet-untitled effort — which will mark the recording debut of the band's new singer, Mark Tornillo (ex-TT QUICK) — will include around 12 songs and will be mixed at Backstage in January. A mid-2010 release via an as-yet-undetermined record label is expected. Longtime metal journalist and fan John Strednansky was the first outsider invited to listen to the new songs. "I had to promise to keep this to myself as the band wanted to keep the sessions top secret, but I cannot control myself!" he said. "This new stuff is mind-blowing!" He continued, "I got to hear 15 new tracks and one was better than the next! "Holy smoke!!! ACCEPT is reborn and better than ever! "We all know that they have been writing songs with Mark but that they’d be able to recapture the metal spirit of the Eighties this perfectly... well, that blew me away! No way has it been 13 years since the last record.... The songs are heavy, melodic and have a killer groove, Wolf's [Hoffmann] guitar playing smokes all over the place. There are fast songs, and then there are those epic numbers! The music is stunning and will surprise everyone! Mark is singing from his heart and soul and sounds brilliant; he truly amazed me.... And you get the ingenious Andy Sneap producing this thing! Very cool indeed… I can't wait for 2010 and for this masterpiece to come out! BRILLIANT." Tornillo added: "I am not going to try to fill Udo Dirkschneider's shoes. I am different. What I will do is be true to myself. However, when we play the old stuff, I will try to also be true to the originals. The fans deserve that. They want to hear ACCEPT so I will do the best to make it sound like ACCEPT, be it on this new album or on stage." ACCEPT 2009 is: Wolf Hoffmann: Guitar Peter Baltes: Bass Herman Frank: Guitar Mark Tornillo: Vocals Stefan Schwarzmann: Drums Regarding Tornillo's addition to ACCEPT, Hoffmann previously said, "It all happened in minutes. Peter and I were working on some tunes in a studio in New Jersey. Somebody suggested we give this guy Mark a call to see if he would join us on vocals. So when he arrived we started jamming on some old ACCEPT tunes — just for fun. As soon as Mark started singing we looked at each other and realized the impossible just happened: we found a new voice for ACCEPT! The timing could not have been better! Now or never... We are re-energized and excited..." TT QUICK was a popular club band during the 1980s in the New York and New Jersey area and was known for the guitar work of David Dipietro and the powerful vocals of Mark Tornillo. Dipietro's skills were especially singled out as he had given lessons to both Zakk Wylde of the OZZY OSBOURNE band and SKID ROW's Dave Sabo. TT QUICK disbanded and later reunited sporadically and released a few more albums, including a live CD from one of their reunion gigs ("Thrown Together Live") and a studio effort, "Ink", which came out in 2000. Watch this video: | ||||
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