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Nice review Marty! This is a killer album. I love the production on it. And I've always been a big fan of TT Quick's music (saw them back in the 80's). Mark does fit right in. Can't wait to hear some old stuff done live with him!

I'd like to hear him do Balls To The Wall.

Lots of YouTube stuff with him live....Balls to the Wall too

Good Accept album. +10
Outstanding production. +3
Udo Dirkschneider is not singing - -5

By any other band, this is a classic, but due to the history it's always gonna have that aura of incompleteness. No offense to the new singer, but he really comes off as a Udo clone.

The lack of Udo and the fact that Accept plays it a bit safe ( Although I know no one is complaining about some good oldschool heavy metal. ) knocks it down some for sure. I'd give it like 80/100. Solid album but I'm not screaming for more.

You two are ridiculous.

If we had it Ken's way, we would no longer be critical about anything!

It'd be ridiculous to say this album was on some sort of classic, or " awesome " level, sir. Definitely not going to get the most spins out of my Accept albums.

Incorrect. The point is that, having Udo in the band or not is no reason to negatively judge an album, even if slightly. It's stupid. Suggesting that it would be a fucking classic if another band had released it is stupid. That's not critical thinking at all.

You are suggesting people's emotions have no effect on how they view music. I don't like a guy coming in and pretending to be Udo on an Accept release. It reflects poorly on the band and Udo that they can't put the personal bullshit aside and make some money together. Who the hell is going to complain about Accept with three guitarists? Especially when the third guy was the long time drummer?

Emotions shouldn't have any effect on how people view music when those emotions stem from things that have NOTHING TO DO WITH THE MUSIC! Who cares if Udo and the band don't get along? They're human beings; that shit happens. It has nothing to do with whether or not the music is good. If you're the kind of fan that lets that sort of bullshit affect the way you hear music, you're listening to it for the wrong reasons.

It's the art that matters, nothing else.

And pretending to be Udo? That's the dude's voice! That's how he sounds. Had the band gotten some yahoo that didn't sound similar to Udo, you'd probably complain about that, too.

If he sounds like anyone, I'd say he sounds like Chris Boltendahl from Grave Digger. I'm not aware of anyone currently who really sounds like Udo.

This album is killer, very strong songwriting throughout.

That's just wrong. The guy maybe channeling UDO (and one would have to do that in order to sing for Accept, wtf!) but he's definitely his own man and not a Udo clone. In fact, his voice reminds me a lot of late David Wayne of Metal Church fame, and sometimes he's reminiscent of Jon Oliva. Marty thinks he's a younger Di'anno, GeneralDiomedes mentions Boltendahl... I don't know who's right, maybe everyone in a certain degree, but for sure someone able to draw so many comparisons can never be "just a Udo clone".

And technically, he's actually a much better singer than Udo. Just listen to Kill The Pain.

Well I think he sounds a lot like Justin Bieber but I could be wrong.

+1

He might not sound exactly like udo but he certainly isn't trying to sound too different.

What if a person's favorite part of accept was Udo's vocals? And i think he meant that other bands are not held to the same standard as accept, so this album could possibly be the best in another band's catalogue but not accept's.

Exactly. I expect Udo. I don't expect Udo when a new band shows up that sounds just like Accept.

A disappointing album, or any element in any fashion, by a band you have feelings for is tough to take and you wouldn't even expect it from someone new.

I like different things and new ideas more than anyone, but not replacing the guy who's been on all the albums, except one of them 22 years ago.

Unless their name is Mike Portnoy But seriously, different things effect people differently and this is one of those times I think it suffers for it.

Fabio coming back to Vision set up huge expectations that were not met too. I could give you a thousand examples. We all know how old AC/DC fans STILL feel about AC/DC since 1980 for example.

Why does metal accept such axioms by default, but I have to defend one of my own that affects me?

One thing that's awesome about this album is Wolf Hoffman is still the shit and his guitar work sounds solid on this album. Retardedly underrated shredder.