Among the longest tenures in all of heavy metal are the German outfit Accept, who are celebrating 50 years of getting their balls to the wall this year. As part of the festivities, the band are releasing a tribute album with 50 of metal's biggest names, and among them are a handful of nu metal legends past and present.
Teutonic Titans: 1976-2026 releases on August 14th via Napalm Records, and features musicians such as Korn drummer Ray Luzier, ex-Godsmack drummer Shannon Larkin, Machine Head guitarist Phil Demmel, and so many more. Luzier will assume duties behind the kit for three of the songs, including "Save Us," which will be sung by Tobias Forge, the mastermind behind Ghost, "Demons Night," and "Restless and Wild."
Larkin will feature on "Up To The Limit," which will feature former Anthrax vocalist John Bush.
The full tracklist and feature list is as follows:
1. Fast As A Shark (Phil Anselmo, Kirk Hammett, Billy Sheehan, Mikkey Dee & Harmonie Musik Hindelang)
2. Balls To The Wall (Rob Halford, Matthias Jabs, Rex Brown & Jason Bowld)
3. Aiming High (Chuck Billy, Gary Holt, David Ellefson & Christopher Williams)
4. Run If You Can (Todd La Torre, Ola Englund, Chuck Garric & Roy Mayorga)
5. Hellhammer (Jason McMaster, Zeuss, Phil Shouse & Christopher Williams)
6. Metal Heart (Dino Jelusick, Joel Hoekstra, Ava Rebekah Rahman & Jason Bowld)
7. Losers And Winners (Hansi Kürsch, Paul Gilbert, Chuck Garric & Tommy Aldridge)
8. Save Us (Tobias Forge, Frank Bello & Ray Luzier)
9. Up To The Limit (John Bush, Alex Skolnick, Rudy Sarzo & Shannon Larkin)
10. Wrong Is Right (Ralf Scheepers, John Norum & Ken Mary)
11. Starlight (Joseph Michael, Phil Demmel & Michael Cartellone)
12. Fight It Back (Mark Lopes, Bumblefoot, Billy Sheehan & Shawn Drover)
13. Love Child (Billy Corgan, David Ellefson & Tommy Aldridge)
14. Breaker (Girish Pradhan, Glen Drover, Shawn Drover & Chuck Garric)
15. Demons Night (Bobby Blitz, Andy Sneap, David Ellefson & Ray Luzier)
16. T.V. War (Joe Lynn Turner, Fredrik Åkesson, Rudy Sarzo & Ken Mary)
17. London Leatherboys (Sebastian Bach, Rex Brown & Shawn Drover)
18. Monsterman (Jeff Scott Soto, Jeff Loomis, Rudy Sarzo & Michael Cartellone)
19. Restless And Wild (Chris Jericho, K.K. Downing, Billy Sheehan & Ray Luzier)
Pre-orders can be found here. The album has several special editions, including:
2-LP Gatefold Liquid Edition, incl. LP-sized Booklet, Certificate of Authenticity (numbered, Napalm mail order exclusive)
- 2-LP Gatefold White Label Edition, incl. LP-sized Booklet, Covercard (numbered), Certificate of Authenticity (numbered, dated, Napalm mail order exclusive)
- 2-CD Deluxe Box in Metal Box, incl. Flag, Sweatband, Lanyard, Backstage Pass (Napalm mail order exclusive)
- 2-CD Earbook, incl. 48-page Booklet (Napalm mail order exclusive)
- 2-LP Splattered Black Smoke/Black White, incl. LP-sized Booklet (Napalm mail order exclusive)
- 2-LP Gatefold Solid Silver
- 2-LP Gatefold Black
- 2-CD Digisleeve
- Digital Album
Accept themselves may not be nu metal, but they helped to lay the foundation for heavy metal in its infancy, and without them, we wouldn't have the genre we love today. So let us join in paying tribute to the German metal legends Accept, and regardless of what parts you possess, get your balls to the wall, man.
