Thursday, July 22, 2010

Accept And King's X To Team Up For U.S. Tour?


Reformed heavy metal legends ACCEPT will be joined by openers KING'S X for the following two shows:

Sep. 25 - Starland Ballroom - Sayreville, NJ
Sep. 27 - B.B. King Blues Club & Grill - New York, NY

Tickets for the Sayreville show go on sale on Friday, July 30 at noon. The New York City tickets will become available on Wednesday, July 28 at noon.

"Blood Of The Nations", the new studio album from ACCEPT, will be released via Nuclear Blast Records on the following dates:

August 20: Europe
September 14: North America

"Blood Of The Nations" was recorded at Backstage Studio in Derbyshire, England with acclaimed British producer and SABBAT guitarist Andy Sneap (MEGADETH, EXODUS, ARCH ENEMY, MASTERPLAN). The CD — which marks the recording debut of the band's latest addition, vocalist Mark Tornillo (ex-TT QUICK) — contains the following 12 tracks:

01. Beat The Bastards
02. Teutonic Terror
03. The Abyss
04. Blood Of The Nations
05. Shades Of Death
06. Locked And Loaded
07. Kill The Pain
08. Rollin Thunder
09. Pandemic
10. New World Comin'
11. No Shelter
12. Bucketful Of Hate

The "Blood Of The Nations" cover artwork can be viewed below.

ACCEPT 2010 is:

Wolf Hoffmann: Guitar
Peter Baltes: Bass
Herman Frank: Guitar
Mark Tornillo: Vocals
Stefan Schwarzmann: Drums

Regarding Tornillo's addition to ACCEPT, Hoffmann previously said, "It all happened in minutes. Peter and I were working on some tunes in a studio in New Jersey. Somebody suggested we give this guy Mark a call to see if he would join us on vocals. So when he arrived we started jamming on some old ACCEPT tunes — just for fun. As soon as Mark started singing we looked at each other and realized the impossible just happened: we found a new voice for ACCEPT! The timing could not have been better! Now or never... We are re-energized and excited..."