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U.D.O. Confirmed For Germany's ROCKHARZ Festival

U.D.O., the German metal band led by former ACCEPT vocalist Udo Dirkschneider, has been confirmed for the 2011 edition of the Rockharz Open Air festival, set to take place July 7-9 at Airport Ballenstedt in Harz, Germany. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: CALIBAN PAUL DI'ANNO END OF GRE...

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ACCEPT Frontman: 'We Have Every Intention Of Making More Records'

Jeffrey Easton of Metal Exiles recently conducted an interview with vocalist Mark Tornillo of reformed heavy metal legends ACCEPT. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Metal Exiles: You made a comment about not wanting to fill Udo's [Dirkschneider, former ACCEPT singer] shoes and after l...

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DEATH ANGEL, PAGAN'S MIND, Ex-THE GATHERING Members To Take Part In 'Winter Metal Symphony'

Current/former members of DEATH ANGEL, PAGAN'S MIND, THE GATHERING and TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA will participate in the third annual "Winter Metal Symphony" show (formerly "Christmas Metal Symphony"),set to take place January 22, 2011 at 013 in Tilburg, The Netherlands. As was the case with the las...

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U.D.O.: New Album Delayed

U.D.O., the German metal band led by former ACCEPT frontman Udo Dirkschneider, has issued the following update: "The release of the new [U.D.O.] album, 'Rev-Raptor', which was initially planned for January 14, 2011 [via AFM Records] was unfortunately postponed to March 18, 2011! The reason therefor...

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ACCEPT Guitarist: We Were Trying To Give Fans An Album That Could Have Been Written In The '80s

Phil Freeman of MSN's metal music section Headbang recently conducted an interview with guitarist Wolf Hoffmann of reformed heavy metal legends ACCEPT. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Headbang: So, the new record. People expect a certain vocal style from ACCEPT — how much did Mark [...

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ACCEPT Guitarist: 'We Are Already Thinking About And Writing For The Next Record'

Metal Asylum recently conducted an interview with guitarist Wolf Hoffmann of reformed heavy metal legends ACCEPT. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Metal Asylum: When ACCEPT reformed in the '90s, the songs on "Objection Overruled", "Death Row" and "Predator" were either hit or miss. C...

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ACCEPT Guitarist: 'We Are Excited Like Teenagers Now'

Jeb Wright of Classic Rock Revisited recently conducted an interview with guitarist Wolf Hoffmann of reformed heavy metal legends ACCEPT. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Classic Rock Revisited: ACCEPT had a great frontman in Udo [Dirkschneider]. Was [new singer] Mark [Tornillo] appr...

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ACCEPT Guitarist On Response To Reunion CD: A Lot Of Early Naysayers Have Apologized To Us

Peter Atkinson of KNAC.COM recently conducted an interview with guitarist Wolf Hoffmann of reformed heavy metal legends ACCEPT. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. KNAC.COM: Obviously some of your longtime, hardcore fans are still very into in the band? Hoffmann: I wasn't quite ready pe...

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ACCEPT Guitarist Says Reunion Feels Like It Was 'Meant To Be'

Ruben Mosqueda of Sleaze Roxx recently conducted an interview with guitarist Wolf Hoffmann of reformed heavy metal legends ACCEPT. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Sleaze Roxx: You guys reunited with Udo Dirkschneider from 2004 to 2005 and had a string of successful appearances at va...

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ACCEPT Guitarist: UDO DIRKSCHNEIDER Couldn't 'Write A Guitar Chord' Or 'A Sentence Of Lyrics'

Pat Prince of Goldmine magazine recently conducted an interview with guitarist Wolf Hoffmann of reformed heavy metal legends ACCEPT. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Goldmine: The new album is just the right thing for old ACCEPT fans. The sound is a combination of "Restless and Wild"...

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WOLF HOFFMANN On The Rebirth Of ACCEPT

Jay Nanda of the San Antonio Metal Music Examiner recently conducted an interview with guitarist Wolf Hoffmann of reformed heavy metal legends ACCEPT. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. San Antonio Metal Music Examiner: How would you categorize ACCEPT's return: comeback, rebirth, or re...

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U.D.O.: New Album Title, Release Date Revealed

U.D.O., the German metal band led by former ACCEPT frontman Udo Dirkschneider, has set "Rev Raptor" as the title of its new album, due on January 14, 2011 via AFM Records. 17 new songs were written for the CD, with 11 of them set to appear on the final product. On March 27, 2010, Jason ...

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ACCEPT's WOLF HOFFMANN To Guest On WJCU's 'Metal On Metal'

Guitarist Wolf Hoffmann of reformed heavy metal legends ACCEPT will guest on WJCU's "Metal On Metal" radio program on Friday, August 27 at 6:30 p.m. EST. Hoffmann will discuss the band's new lineup, the "Blood Of The Nations" album and forthcoming U.S. tour. You can listen to the show live at 88.7 F...

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Blood of the Nations

"Blood of the Nations" is another one of those albums from a reformed classic metal act that had me approaching with caution in anticipation of the big letdown. That letdown never happened. "Blood of the Nations" is the shot in the arm that fans of traditional heavy metal needed, not to mention that...

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Addicted to Metal

If it's well played and written with sizeable hooks I'm usually a sucker for this good time traditional/power metal stuff, be it EDGUY, DREAM EVIL, FIREWIND, or, as recently noted, SABATON. In the case of "Addicted to Metal" by Germany's KISSIN' DYNAMITE the times are indeed good; the style a blend...