WOLF HOFFMANN On 'Blind Rage': 'It's Another Typical Old-School Record By ACCEPT'

Pat and Dan of "The Shred Shack" on MyWCWP 89.7FM recently conducted an interview with guitarist Wolf Hoffmann of German/American metallers ACCEPT. You can now listen to the chat in the YouTube clip below. A couple of excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET).

On ACCEPT's latest album, "Blind Rage":

Wolf: "I think it's another typical old-school record by ACCEPT, and it's getting a great response. It actually entered the German chart at No. 1, which is a first for us as well, so [it's getting] an overwhelming response so far. I think what people like about it is that it's got, like I said, the old-school vibe to it with a modern sound. So we didn't really try to change anything; we just tried to write typical ACCEPT songs, only better — better than ever."

On whether it was a conscious decision to go back to the sound and style of ACCEPT's 2010 album, "Blood Of The Nations":

Wolf: "I think these last three albums, all with Mark Tornillo [on vocals] are sort of in the same pocket. But I would have to agree that this one sounds a little more mature and more along the lines of 'Blood Of The Nations'. I think, overall, all three of them have been super successful for us, and some fans even tell me that this new reincarnation of ACCEPT sounds better to them than anything we've ever done, so that makes us very happy. I think, overall, we're doing the right thing here."

On taking time with the songwriting process for each album:

Wolf: "A lot of time goes into making an album. I mean, the one thing we don't ever wanna do is just crank one out and say, 'Ah, it's fine. It's good enough. They don't know the difference.' I hate that. I really wanna put all my heart and soul into what I do and I wanna make sure it's the best it can possibly be at the time. And that, sometimes, is… it's not easy. You can't crank it out in a couple of weeks or anything; it really takes months and months. I think one of the reasons why this album is so successful is because Peter [Baltes, bass] started songwriting last summer, or spring, actually, during these festival shows and we continued all the way into Christmas time last year, so it was a good, solid six to eight months that we spent working on this stuff just about every day, and I think that makes for more mature stuff, because you can have the luxury of putting a song aside for a few weeks and listening to it again and again and again and reworking it until it's finally there."