‘Humanoid’, the 17th album by the unstoppable Germanic horde known as ACCEPT is upon us and resistance is brutile. After the enjoyable machinations of 2021s Too Mean to Die, those who keep their balls to the wall opted to stick with the same basic formula. Their three-guitarist wall of sound is back along with no-longer-so-new frontman Mark Tornillo, and Accept find themselves in a late-career groove, very aware of who they are and what they want to be. And that means Accept continue to drift closer and closer to hard rock. This is still metal to be sure, but the hard rock hooks and overall simplicity of design are increasingly the key feature.
As advance for the new album, ACCEPT is releasing today the 3-track EP “Frankenstein“.
“The Reckoning” is a primo example of why Accept have endured so long, riding waves of riff mania roughshod over your feeble defenses and making tales of destruction and doom sound exciting and fun. Hoffman and company cram an ass-ton of guitar pimpage into the song and it feels hard, lean, and hungry.
The punch-drunk rampage continues on the burly “Humanoid”, which also benefits from slick guitar work, and the band elevates their game for the more epic-sized might of “Frankenstein.” This one is pumped full of machismo and a ne’er-do-well 80s verve and its forceful riffage and Tornillo’s constant exhortations that “I’m alive!” raise your fist in the air.
Founding guitarist Wolf Hoffman continues to find inspiration in classical music but adroitly dumbs it down for thugs, goons, and mouth breathers, of which I am proudly one. If you loved Accept in the 80s or 90s or just over the past few years, you’ll recognize and appreciate the energy they’re throwing at the barroom walls here.
01 - Frankenstein.mp3
02 - The Reckoning.mp3
03 - Humanoid.mp3
Accept – Frankenstein 2024 EP -pre CD-
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