# Accept discography

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The discography of Accept, a German heavy metal band, consists of 17 studio albums, five live albums, nine compilations, 25 singles, four video albums and 11 music videos. Formed in Solingen in 1976, Accept originally consisted of lead vocalist Udo Dirkschneider, lead guitarist Wolf Hoffmann, rhythm guitarist Gerard Wahl (later replaced by Jörg Fischer), bassist Peter Baltes and drummer Frank Friedrich. The band signed to Brain Records and released their self-titled debut album in 1979, which failed to chart. After Friedrich was replaced by Stefan Kaufmann, I'm a Rebel, Breaker and Restless and Wild (the group's first release after Fischer's departure) followed over the next three years, the last of which gave Accept their debut on the UK Albums Chart when it reached number 98.
The band signed with RCA Records and released Balls to the Wall in 1983, their first album with Fischer's replacement Herman Frank. It was the band's first domestic success, registering at number 59 on the German Albums Chart. The album also charted in the United States and Canada, receiving gold certifications in both regions. With Fischer later returning, the band's commercial recognition increased with their next two releases, as Metal Heart and Russian Roulette gave Accept their first German top 20 and top 10 chart positions, respectively. Dirkschneider was fired in 1987, but the band (with David Reece and without Fischer again) returned in 1989 with Eat the Heat, which peaked at number 15 in Germany. After a final touring cycle, Accept broke up in late 1989.
Reuniting with Dirkschneider, Accept returned in 1992 to record their comeback album Objection Overruled. Released the following year, it reached number 17 on the German Albums Chart. The group's popularity began to reduce in the 1990s, however, as 1994's Death Row peaked at number 32 and 1996's Predator peaked at number 56. Again, the band broke up in 1997. After a brief touring cycle in 2005, Accept reformed in 2009 with Hoffmann, Baltes, Frank joined by returning drummer Stefan Schwarzmann and new vocalist Mark Tornillo. Signed to Nuclear Blast, the band peaked at number 4 with 2010's Blood of the Nations and number 6 with 2012's Stalingrad: Brothers in Death, before achieving their first German Albums Chart number one with Blind Rage, released in 2014.
Accept parted ways with Frank and Schwarzmann in 2014, with their places taken in April 2015 by Uwe Lulis and Christopher Williams, respectively. In 2017 the band reached number 9 in Germany with the live album Restless and Live: Blind Rage Live in Europe 2015, before issuing The Rise of Chaos later in the year and reaching the top three. Another live release, Symphonic Terror: Live at Wacken 2017, also reached the German Albums Chart top 20 in 2018.

## Albums
### Studio albums

List of studio albums, with selected chart positions and certifications :
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Certifications |
| Title | Album details | GER | AUT | CAN | FIN | FRA | NOR | SWE | SWI | UK | US | Certifications |
| Accept | Released: 16 January 1979 Label: Brain Format: LP | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| I'm a Rebel (titled Accept in the United States) | Released: 2 June 1980 Label: Brain Formats: LP, CS | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Breaker | Released: 16 March 1981 Label: Brain Formats: LP, CS | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Restless and Wild | Released: 2 October 1982 Label: Brain Formats: LP, CS | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7 | — | 98 | — | |
| Balls to the Wall | Released: 5 December 1983 Label: RCA Formats: LP, CS | 59 | — | 43 | — | — | — | 10 | — | — | 74 | MC: Gold RIAA: Gold |
| Metal Heart | Released: 4 March 1985 Label: RCA Formats: CD, LP, CS | 13 | — | 86 | — | — | 9 | 4 | 14 | 50 | 94 | |
| Russian Roulette | Released: 21 April 1986 Label: RCA Formats: CD, LP, CS | 5 | — | — | — | — | 16 | 9 | 23 | 80 | 114 | |
| Eat the Heat | Released: 30 May 1989 Label: RCA Formats: CD, LP, CS | 15 | — | — | — | — | 19 | 26 | — | — | 139 | |
| Objection Overruled | Released: 19 July 1993 Label: RCA Formats: CD, CS | 17 | — | — | — | — | — | 21 | 22 | — | — | |
| Death Row | Released: 1 October 1994 Label: RCA Formats: CD, LP, CS | 32 | — | — | — | — | — | 27 | — | — | — | |
| Predator | Released: 15 January 1996 Label: RCA Formats: CD, CS | 56 | — | — | 27 | — | — | 28 | 49 | — | — | |
| Blood of the Nations | Released: 20 August 2010 Label: Nuclear Blast Formats: CD, 2LP, DL | 4 | 19 | — | 9 | 72 | — | 7 | 15 | — | 187 | |
| Stalingrad | Released: 6 April 2012 Label: Nuclear Blast Formats: CD, 2LP, DL | 6 | 70 | — | 8 | 77 | 22 | 10 | 17 | — | 81 | |
| Blind Rage | Released: 15 August 2014 Label: Nuclear Blast Formats: CD, 2LP, DL | 1 | 18 | — | 1 | 48 | 19 | 16 | 9 | 85 | 35 | |
| The Rise of Chaos | Released: 4 August 2017 Label: Nuclear Blast Formats: CD, 2LP, DL | 3 | 13 | — | 5 | 96 | — | 10 | 4 | — | 140 | |
| Too Mean to Die | Released: 29 January 2021 Label: Nuclear Blast Formats: CD, 2LP, DL | 2 | 9 | — | 4 | 88 | — | 7 | 4 | — | — | |
| Humanoid | Released: 26 April 2024 Label: Napalm Formats: CD, LP, DL | 5 | 2 | — | 19 | — | — | 22 | 6 | — | — | |
| "—" denotes a release that did not chart or was not issued in that region. |||||||||||||

### Live albums

List of live albums, with selected chart positions :
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions |
| Title | Album details | GER | BEL Fla. | BEL Wal. | FIN | FRA | SWI | UK | US Hard | US Indie | US Rock |
| Kaizoku-Ban | Released: 1985 Label: RCA Formats: LP, CS | 50 | — | — | — | — | — | 91 | — | — | — |
| Staying a Life | Released: 21 October 1990 Label: RCA Formats: 2CD, 2LP, 2CS | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| All Areas – Worldwide | Released: 17 November 1997 Label: GUN Formats: 2CD, 2LP | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Restless and Live: Blind Rage Live in Europe 2015 | Released: 13 January 2017 Label: Nuclear Blast Formats: 2CD, 4LP, DL | 9 | 101 | 74 | 42 | 113 | 81 | — | 10 | 18 | 30 |
| Symphonic Terror: Live at Wacken 2017 | Released: 23 November 2018 Label: Nuclear Blast Formats: 2CD, 3LP, DL | 20 | — | 112 | — | — | 71 | — | — | — | — |
| "—" denotes a release that did not chart or was not issued in that region. ||||||||||||

### Compilations

List of compilation albums :
| Title | Album details |
| Best of Accept | Released: 1983 Label: Brain Formats: LP, CS |
| Midnight Highway (released in North America only) | Released: 1983 Label: PVC Formats: LP, CS |
| Hungry Years | Released: 1986 Label: Metronome Formats: LP, CS |
| The Collection | Released: 1991 Label: Castle Formats: CD, CS |
| No Substitutes (released in the United States only) | Released: 1992 Label: Sony Special Products Formats: CD, CS |
| Restless: The Best | Released: 1994 Label: Brain Formats: CD, CS |
| Steel Glove: The Collection | Released: January 1996 Label: Castle Format: CD |
| Hot & Slow: Classics, Rocks 'n' Ballads | Released: 28 November 2000 Label: RCA Format: CD |
| Playlist: The Very Best of Accept | Released: 29 January 2013 Label: Epic, Legacy Formats: CD, DL |

## Singles

List of singles, showing year released and album name :
| Title | Year | Album |
| "Lady Lou" | 1979 | Accept |
| "I'm a Rebel" | 1980 | I'm a Rebel |
| "Burning" | 1981 | Breaker |
| "Breaker" | 1981 | Breaker |
| "Starlight" | 1981 | Breaker |
| "Fast as a Shark" | 1983 | Restless and Wild |
| "Restless and Wild" | 1983 | Restless and Wild |
| "Balls to the Wall" | 1983 | Balls to the Wall |
| "Midnight Mover" | 1985 | Metal Heart |
| "Screaming for a Love-Bite" | 1985 | Metal Heart |
| "T.V. War" | 1986 | Russian Roulette |
| "Generation Clash" | 1989 | Eat the Heat |
| "I Don't Wanna Be Like You" | 1993 | Objection Overruled |
| "All or Nothing" | 1993 | Objection Overruled |
| "Slaves to Metal" | 1993 | Objection Overruled |
| "Bad Habits Die Hard" | 1994 | Death Row |
| "Hard Attack" | 1996 | Predator |
| "The Abyss" | 2010 | Blood of the Nations |
| "Stampede" | 2014 | Blind Rage |
| "Final Journey" | 2014 | Blind Rage |
| "Restless and Wild" (live) | 2016 | Restless and Live |
| "The Rise of Chaos" | 2017 | The Rise of Chaos |
| "Koolaid" | 2017 | The Rise of Chaos |
| "Balls to the Wall" (live) | 2018 | Symphonic Terror: Live at Wacken 2017 |
| "Breaker" (live) | 2018 | Symphonic Terror: Live at Wacken 2017 |
| "Life's a Bitch" | 2019 | Life's a Bitch |
| "Restless and Wild" (live) | 2019 | Life's a Bitch |
| "The Undertaker" | 2020 | Too Mean to Die |
| "Too Mean to Die" | 2020 | Too Mean to Die |
| "Zombie Apocalypse" | 2021 | Too Mean to Die |

## Videos
### Video albums

List of video albums :
| Title | Album details |
| Staying a Life | Released: 1991 Label: PolyGram Formats: VHS, LaserDisc |
| Metal Blast from the Past | Released: 22 July 2002 Label: BMG-Ariola Format: DVD |
| Restless and Live: Blind Rage Live in Europe 2015 | Released: 13 January 2017 Label: Nuclear Blast Formats: DVD, Blu-ray |
| Symphonic Terror: Live at Wacken 2017 | Released: 23 November 2018 Label: Nuclear Blast Formats: DVD, Blu-ray |

### Music videos

List of music videos, showing year released and director(s) name :
| Title | Year | Director(s) | Ref. |
| "I'm a Rebel" | 1980 | unknown | unknown |
| "Balls to the Wall" | 1984 | Julien Temple | |
| "Midnight Mover" | 1985 | Zbigniew Rybczyński | |
| "Generation Clash" | 1989 | unknown | unknown |
| "Protectors of Terror" | 1993 | unknown | unknown |
| "Slaves to Metal" | 1993 | unknown | unknown |
| "Death Row" | 1994 | unknown | unknown |
| "Teutonic Terror" | 2010 | Dave Blass | |
| "Pandemic" | 2011 | Dave Blass | |
| "Stampede" | 2014 | Dave Blass | |
| "The Rise of Chaos" | 2017 | Scott Diussa | |
| "The Undertaker" | 2020 | unknown | |