Accept
Autor: shadow evil 666 | Publicado: 2011-05-01T12:46:00-07:00

Accept é uma banda de heavy metal da Alemanha que teve importante papel no desenvolvimento do speed metal e power metal na Europa. Tem influências aparentes de Judas Priest e AC/DC.  Devido ao vocal arranhado de Udo e a seu estilo sonoro, o grupo serve  de influência para quase todas as bandas de metal melódico, e são um dos  precursores do power/speed Metal. Seus temas líricos são: problemas sociais, sexo, rock/metal e fantasia.
No final da década de 1970 e início da de 1980, a Alemanha começava a despontar como um dos grandes berços do rock and roll. E foi nesse país e nessa época, que o vocalista Udo Dirkschneider, depois de algumas breves experiências musicais, montou o Accept.
Após a formação estar completa com Wolf Hoffmann e Jorg Fischer nas guitarras, Peter Baltes no baixo e Frank Friedrich na bateria, a banda lança o álbum de estréia auto-intitulado em 1979.  Apesar da voz de Udo ter sido o grande destaque do disco, Peter Baltes  foi quem cantou nas faixas "Sounds Of War" e "Seawinds". No ano  seguinte, I’m a Rebel serviu para marcar a entrada do baterista Stefan Kaufmann e foi só em Breaker, de 1981, que o grupo começou a ter uma estrutura realmente profissional, com produtor, empresário e tudo mais.
Já nacionalmente conhecidos, o Accept decide então dar um grande passo e lança Restless and Wild em escala mundial. O álbum, de 1982, é aclamado pela mídia e é até hoje reconhecido como um dos mais importantes do heavy metal. A faixa de abertura "Fast As a Shark" torna-se um dos maiores hits do grupo.
O guitarrista Jan Koemmet substitui Jorg Fischer e é lançado, em 1983, o clássico Balls To The Wall. A faixa-título ganha um videoclipe bastante executado e rende grandes turnês. Dois anos depois, sai Metal Heart, que contou com o mesmo produtor do Scorpions, e com a volta de Fischer ao grupo. Quase que simultaneamente, é lançado o EP ao vivo Kaizoku-Ban que trazia faixas como "Head Over Heels", "Love Child" e "Living For Tonight".
Em 1986, "Russian  Roulette", marcou o rompimento do Accept. Por divergências artísticas,  Jorg Fischer e o vocalista Udo abandonam o grupo. Este último se lança  em carreira solo e somente três anos depois chega às lojas o novo  trabalho dos alemães. Eat the Heat trazia David Reece nos vocais e Jim Stacey  na guitarra. Apesar da inegável qualidade do disco, os fãs não  aceitaram muito bem os novos integrantes. Novos desentendimentos entre  os próprios membros e problemas de saúde com Stefan Kaufmann levaram ao  encerramento das atividades do grupo.
Um álbum ao vivo com a antiga formação, intitulado Staying A Life, foi lançado em 1990  e trazia todos os grandes sucessos como "Neon Nights", "Son Of A Bitch"  e "Dogs On Leads". A volta do Accept, porém, com Udo de volta aos  vocais, não demorou. Em 1992, Objection Overruled chegou para reconquistar o público, mas desta vez como um quarteto, já que Wolf Hofmann ficou sendo o único guitarrista. Death Row, editado na seqüência, foi a despedida de Stefan Kaufmann no grupo.
Em 1996 os alemães lançaram seu último trabalho. Predator contou nas baquetas com Michael Cartellone, que tocou com Ted Nugent, e depois desse lançamento decidiram encerrar em definitivo as atividades da banda.
Udo Dirkschneider retomou sua carreira solo com o U. D. O. e o duplo ao vivo The Final Chapter, saiu dois anos depois. Em 2001 e 2002 foram lançados A Tribute To Accept e A Tribute To AcceptII, respectivamente, no qual bandas consagradas como Primal Fear, Darkane, Therion e Dimmu Borgir fizeram suas versões para os clássicos do Accept.
Em 2004, para alegria dos fãs da banda, chegava às lojas o CD e DVD Metal Blast From The Past.  O material foi gravado durante uma turnê mundial do grupo na década de  1980 e reúne além de grandes sucessos da carreira, extras e galeria de  fotos.
Em 2005, depois de  inúmeras apresentações pelos quatro cantos do mundo, o grupo anunciou  que tiraria umas férias dos palcos. O concerto de despedida aconteceu em  Kaverna, na Bulgária.
Em 2009, a banda se reúne novamente, agora com o Mark Tornillo nos vocais, e em 2010 lança o décimo segundo álbum de estúdio: Blood of the Nations. Ao contrário das expectativas, o álbum tornou-se um sucesso nas paradas musicais, ficando na quarta posição na Media Control Charts. Nesse ano a banda tocou pela segunda vez no Rock Hard Festival.


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&nbsp;Russian Roulette - 1986


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&nbsp;Objection Overruled - 1993


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&nbsp;Predator - 1996


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