A new challenge by the leading figure of German metal, Accept. The live performance with an orchestra in the sacred city of Wacken was finally realized. A milestone live work is proudly completed.
Germany's leading heavy metal band, Acccept, is a member of the '80s metal movement's After a brief breakup, the group returned in 2009. Blood of the Nations ('10), Stalingrad ('12) ), Blind Rage ('14), and The Rise of Chaos ('17), and With one hit album after another, they are now in the midst of their second golden age.
One of Accept's musical characteristics is the introduction of classical music. Wolf Hoffman (g), the brains behind the band, often incorporates classical phrases into his guitar solos and it adds even more character to the strong metal sound of Acceptance.
Wolf released his second solo album of classic adaptations in '16, The dream of playing guitar with an orchestra in the background in "Headbangers Symphony The world's largest metal festival in Germany in '17. The idea for the "Bakken Open Air" concert was to perform live with an orchestra. This idea was further developed into an idea for the first part of the concert, Wolf's solo with the orchestra on "Wacken Open Air". The second part, which is the orchestra's second part, and the third part, in which the orchestra joins with the main body of the acceptor. The special multi-stage show was to take place on the Bakken stage. After previously incorporating classical music, Acceptance finally fused with a real orchestra to create a true The heavy metal sound was given a new lease of life.
The show was streamed live on August 3, 2017, the day of the show. It was the day before the release of Accept's latest release, The Rise of Chaos, and the first part of the show was not yet This was the first time the band performed songs from their latest album, which was previously announced. The live performance took place as the world was paying close attention to Accept.
The live performance was captured in both audio and visual form on "Symphonic Terror It was "Live at Wacken 2017". A fusion of Acept's original hard metal show and the innovative orchestra, Live at Wacken 2017 is a new page in the history of heavy metal music. A new page in the history of heavy metal will be written here.
A new challenge by the leading figure of German metal, Accept. The live performance with an orchestra in the sacred city of Wacken was finally realized. A milestone live work is proudly completed.
【Accept】
Wolf Hoffmann (Guitar)
Peter Baltes (Bass)
Mark Tornillo (Vocals)
Uwe Lulis (Guitar)
Christopher Williams (Drums)