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Founded in 1976, ACCEPT, the long-standing legendary German titans of heavy metal, are back with a fiercely awaited and highly acclaimed new studio album, entitled Humanoid, released on the 26th of April, 2024 via Napalm Records.
Once again finalised by leading metal producer Andy Sneap (Judas Priest, Amon Amarth, Testament, Saxon, etc.) at his Backstage Recording Studios Ltd. in Derbyshire, UK, Humanoid is a towering musical achievement and another world class entry in the ACCEPT catalog, certain to rally fans from around the world. Humanoid will be available in various formats worldwide, some of them strictly limited.
Humanoid joins absolute genre classics like Balls To The Wall, certified Gold in USA and Canada, Metal Heart, and newer masterpieces like Blood of the Nations or the #1 album Blind Rage. Their albums regularly place in national Top 10 sales charts, with global sales in excess of 17 million to date.
ACCEPT have never shied away from hot button issues, and this album is no exception. Yet the band’s 17th studio album is certainly not a concept album. It deals with topics like AI and how our reliance on technology is gradually stripping away our individuality. ACCEPT offers a warning in this new album and title track single Humanoid. Since singer Mark Tornillo will never be an advocate for the digital age, he counterbalances the title track with raw emotions, frailties, significant Rites of Passage we encounter on the path of life and characteristics that make us uniquely human: feeling uncomfortable, getting older, dealing with hurt, disappointment, and the final stop for everyone: death.
Humanoid is a ferociously electrifying, dynamic and subtly nuanced platter with tongue in cheek humor, biblical references in “The Reckoning” – an ode to concert audiences – a thrilling new spin on the “Frankenstein” story and “Straight Up Jack” – a track that surely would have been a Bon Scott approved drinking song.
The opening track “Diving into Sin” gives listeners a hair-raising energetic jolt with its Middle Eastern influenced intro, and an almost aggressive, screaming vocal from Tornillo setting the rest of the album up for a most bountiful feast. "Unbreakable" is as much about the band as it is the bond between ACCEPT and their fans, in the concert arena – an easy going “Hey, let’s do this, ‘kind of rock song.” "Mind Games", on the other hand, has a vintage feel, circa “Metal Heart”. "No One Gets Out Alive" seems tailor made for live shows. It says that regardless of life's circumstances, rich, famous, or not, death is the great equalizer. The good ole’ drinking song, "Straight Up Jack"utilizes many euphemisms for ordering at the bar. Upbeat and aggressive with guitar interplay, "Southside Of Hell" ends the disc with a wonderful bit of wordplay, courtesy of Tornillo.
Humanoid is an album that targets the head, heart, gut and... balls! Listen for yourself!
Novacaine Rating: 10/10 - "First time being introduced to ACCEPT, I am not disappointed. Incredible album"
ACCEPT Tour Dates:
South American Headline Tour:
01.05.24 BR – Sao Paulo / Carioca Club
03.05.24 AR – Buenos Aires / Teatro Flores
05.05.24 CL – Santiago / Coliseo
07.05.24 PE – Lima / CC Festiva
09.05.24 CO – Bogota / Royal Center
11.05.24 SV – San Salvador / Gimnasio Adolfo Pineda Santa Tecla
13.05.24 MX – Mexico City / Sala Urbana
15.05.24 BR – Belo Horizonte / Mister Rock
17.05.24 BR – Brasília / Toinha
18.05.24 BR – São Paulo / Carioca Club
19.05.24 BR – Santo André / Santo Rock
European Headline Tour:
17.10.24 TR – Istanbul / KCP
28.10.24 FR – Toulouse / Le Bikini - Special Guest: Phil Campbell & The Bastard Sons
29.10.24 FR – Lyon / Transbordeur - Special Guest: Phil Campbell & The Bastard Sons
31.10.24 BE – Antwerp / Trix - Special Guest: Phil Campbell & The Bastard Sons
01.11.24 FR – Paris / Elysee Montmartre - Special Guest: Phil Campbell & The Bastard Sons
02.11.24 CH – Lausanne / Les Docks
03.11.24 CH – Zurich / Komplex - Special Guest: Phil Campbell & The Bastard Sons
05.11.24 DE – Saarbrücken / Garage - Special Guest: Phil Campbell & The Bastard Sons
06.11.24 DE – Oberhausen / Turbinenhalle - Special Guest: Phil Campbell & The Bastard Sons
07.11.24 DE – Langen / Stadthalle - Special Guest: Phil Campbell & The Bastard Sons
09.11.24 AT – Vienna / Simm City - Special Guest: Phil Campbell & The Bastard Sons
12.11.24 DE – Munich / Backstage - Special Guest: Phil Campbell & The Bastard Sons
13.11.24 DE – Berlin / Huxleys - Special Guest: Phil Campbell & The Bastard Sons
15.11.24 DE – Neu-Ulm / Ratiopharm Arena - Special Guest: Phil Campbell & The Bastard Sons
16.11.24 DE – Geiselwind / Eventcenter - Special Guest: Phil Campbell & The Bastard Sons
20.11.24 DE – Gera / KUK - Special Guest: Phil Campbell & The Bastard Sons
21.11.24 DE – Bremen / Aladin - Special Guest: Phil Campbell & The Bastard Sons
25.11.24 NO – Oslo / Rockefeller - Special Guest: Sister Sin
26.11.24 SE – Gothenburg / Trädgår’n - Special Guest: Sister Sin
28.11.24 SE – Skövde / Valhall - Special Guest: Sister Sin
29.11.24 SE – Karlstad / Nöjesfabriken - Special Guest: Sister Sin
30.11.24 SE – Stockholm / Fryshuset - Special Guest: Sister Sin
Festivals 2024:
05.-08.06.24 PL – Gdansk / Mystic Festival
19.-22.06.24 DK – Copenhagen / Copenhell
20.-22.06.24 ES – Cartagena / Rock Imperium Festival
26.-29.06.24 ES – Viveiro / Resurrection Festival
27.-30.06.24 FR – Clisson / Hellfest
11.15.07.24 HU – Dunaújváros / Rockmaraton
12.-14.07.24 BG – Mogilovo / Midalidare Rock in the Wine Valley
14.07.24 CZ – Visovice / Masters Of Rock
20.07.24 DE – Pyras / Pyras Open Air
21.07.24 GR – Athens / Release Athens
26.28.07.24 UK – Ebbw Vale / Steelhouse Festival
31.07.-03.08.24 DE – Wacken / Wacken Open Air
01.-03.08.24 SE – Rejmyre / Skogsröjet
20.10.24 ES – Mallorca / Full Metal Holidays
22.-23.11.24 DE – Weissenhäuser Strand – Metal Hammer Paradise
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