Another Church Of Vinyl limited edition with Accept’s Rise Of Chaos, from 2017. I’ve noticed a lot of online comments lately that are ripping into Wolf Hoffman and his “version” of Accept, saying it no longer sounds like the band and all sorts of other weird remarks. But I know the internet is full of angry keyboard warriors just waiting to rip on anything. Anyhoo, I like how Accept sound without Udo. In fact, I think they are better.
The Andy Sneap production is great, giving so much power to the guitars without overpowering the mix. Wolf Hoffman knows that great metal music has to groove with beats and riffs to match, and this whole album does that from front to back. I think Marc Tornillo is the perfect voice to front that.
Tough to pick a favourite tune as it’s all killer, but for a change I’m going to pick two. The title track is just freakin’ awesome with superb old school chugga riffs a plenty and a matching heavy groove. I also love the old school Accept vibe of Analog Man. It’s a mid tempo groover that is very reminiscent of Judas Priest circa 1980.
Don’t believe all the internet trolls, Accept make great records and this is definitely one of them.
9/10 from The Grooveman.
