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I_Am_Vengeance [ Sat Mar 02, 2024 9:33 pm ]

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Accept - Humanoid (April 26, 2024)

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Tracklist

1. Diving into Sin 04:00
2. Humanoid 04:35
3. Frankenstein 04:14
4. Man Up 05:08
5. The Reckoning 04:34
6. Nobody Gets Out Alive 04:06
7. Ravages of Time 04:15
8. Unbreakable 04:53
9. Mind Games 04:05
10. Straight Up Jack 03:27
11. Southside of Hell 04:56

First track.

I dig the song, I think the previous album was definitely their weakest of the Tornillo era but they have been really good since their return.

Author:	LycanthropeMoon [ Sat Mar 02, 2024 10:12 pm ]
Post subject:	Re: Accept - Humanoid (April 26, 2024)
The song's fun but good lord am I sick of AI in music videos. I'll still listen to the album when it drops, of course.

Author:	hells_unicorn [ Sun Mar 03, 2024 1:04 am ]
Post subject:	Re: Accept - Humanoid (April 26, 2024)
Solid song, for me Accept with Tornillo at the helm has been a consistent series of winning albums, and this upcoming one looks to be no exception.

Author:	KrigareTjovane [ Sun Mar 03, 2024 1:20 am ]
Post subject:	Re: Accept - Humanoid (April 26, 2024)
The last two Accept albums have sucked ass and this seems right in line with that. Should've hung it up after Blind Rage.

Author:	Demon Fang [ Sun Mar 03, 2024 2:13 am ]
Post subject:	Re: Accept - Humanoid (April 26, 2024)
KrigareTjovane wrote: The last two Accept albums have sucked ass and this seems right in line with that. Should've hung it up after Blind Rage. And even Blind Rage wasn't much to write home about compared to the prior two. But yeah, definitely giving this one a miss.

Author:	I_Am_Vengeance [ Sun Mar 03, 2024 6:48 am ]
Post subject:	Re: Accept - Humanoid (April 26, 2024)
Nah Blind Rage is great. Whilst the last too haven't been as good, they definitely didn't suck.

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Author:	hallowed78 [ Sun Mar 03, 2024 7:07 am ]
Post subject:	Re: Accept - Humanoid (April 26, 2024)
Nice little nods to Metal Heart album on that cover.

Author:	Benedict Donald [ Sun Mar 03, 2024 9:35 am ]
Post subject:	Re: Accept - Humanoid (April 26, 2024)
hallowed78 wrote: Nice little nods to Metal Heart album on that cover. Yep. And in the lyrics to the single, Tornillo drops a nod to his TT Quick days.

Author:	Empyreal [ Sun Mar 03, 2024 10:01 am ]
Post subject:	Re: Accept - Humanoid (April 26, 2024)
Not bad but pretty stock - kind of stale and not really exciting either. Just stodgy. Feels like I've heard it already and done a lot better. The new Saxon isn't doing much different than this, but it sounded a lot more exciting.

Author:	LordStenhammar [ Sun Mar 03, 2024 10:28 am ]
Post subject:	Re: Accept - Humanoid (April 26, 2024)
Pretty basic Accept song. But I've enjoyed every Tornillo album from Blood of the Nations to The Rise of Chaos. There will surely be better songs on the album.

Author:	Evil Entity [ Sun Mar 03, 2024 12:36 pm ]
Post subject:	Re: Accept - Humanoid (April 26, 2024)
KrigareTjovane wrote: The last two Accept albums have sucked ass and this seems right in line with that. Should've hung it up after Blind Rage. The magical thing about opinions. I thought Blind Rage sucked. The album isn't angry at all. Only good tracks were "Stampede" and "Dying Breed". Meanwhile, Too Mean To Die was easily my favorite since Stalingrad.

Author:	Lane [ Sun Mar 03, 2024 1:48 pm ]
Post subject:	Re: Accept - Humanoid (April 26, 2024)
My two favorite Accept albums are 'Metal Heart', which happened to be my first contact with the band, and 'Blind Rage'. The latter is just so bloody solid and catchy as hell. Also, U.D.O. kind of surprised me with 'Steelfactory' in 2018. So, stalwarts still can sometimes throw aces at us.

Author:	democracyiscringe [ Sun Mar 03, 2024 5:53 pm ]
Post subject:	Re: Accept - Humanoid (April 26, 2024)
So is the C-3PO on that embarrassing cover AI generated too? It's insanely visually offputting in a way my brain instantly rejects like most AI art I've seen is, so, maybe. Song's eh.

Author:	idunnosomename [ Sun Mar 03, 2024 6:17 pm ]
Post subject:	Re: Accept - Humanoid (April 26, 2024)
democracyiscringe wrote: So is the C-3PO on that embarrassing cover AI generated too? It's insanely visually offputting in a way my brain instantly rejects like most AI art I've seen is, so, maybe. Song's eh. to me the hair on the heads looks like it's diffusion-model generated. I don't know about the robot, but there's enough work in the composition, especially the Metal Heart shape references, to put it in a league above shit like the new Deicide cover. the cover is credited to Gyula Havancsák, a well-established artist for metal bands. They've done a lot of cool covers (I own a tshirt of at least one) but they do seem to rely on compositing elements from image libraries rather than painting directly. https://www.metal-archives.com/artists/ ... 3%A1k/7805 I agree with you it's visually offputting, but some of that is down to the pixelation of the faces, but that is ostensibly part of the concept than covering up something? also the design of the robot is clearly meant as a reference to Fritz Lang's Metropolis, which in turn was the immediate inspiration for C3PO. There's some thought put into it even if I don't like it much.

Author:	Benedict Donald [ Sun Mar 03, 2024 7:43 pm ]
Post subject:	Re: Accept - Humanoid (April 26, 2024)
Evil Entity wrote: KrigareTjovane wrote: The last two Accept albums have sucked ass and this seems right in line with that. Should've hung it up after Blind Rage. The magical thing about opinions. I thought Blind Rage sucked. Opinions, indeed. "Blind Rage" is my fav of the Tornillo era by a fairly wide margin.

Author:	Zerberus [ Tue Mar 05, 2024 9:40 am ]
Post subject:	Re: Accept - Humanoid (April 26, 2024)
Empyreal wrote: Zerberus wrote: "New" Accept has been really consistently decent, but there's something about it that just doesn't resonate with me the same way that the classic albums did. I usually end up forgetting to check their new album until a few years after release, but it's all pretty samey anyway. I think it's just that it's hardly even the original band anymore. There's no sense of real personality to it since it's just the one lone original guitarist and a bunch of guys who started playing with him 30 years later. It doesn't really have the cohesion of a band so much as a well oiled machine. There's just something a lot livelier and more exciting about Restless & Wild or Balls to the Wall. Yeah, the classics feel like a proper band who fine-tuned the songs together, face to face in a rehearsal space. The newer stuff, eeeeh it's more processed and feels like a "product"

Author:	Evil Entity [ Tue Mar 05, 2024 10:17 am ]
Post subject:	Re: Accept - Humanoid (April 26, 2024)
I like that factory approach to the music. It's very German. It fits with German heavy metal. I like that attitude. Clock in at the factory, new album. It's a very specific style of music that you can't really fool around with. Accept tried in 1989. When those Germans tried to get lovey dovey hair metal in the late 80s, it was BAD. Accept was not the only guilty party. Additionally, Accept screwed themselves out of a reunion over 30 years ago when they gifted Udo with an album to start his solo career. Imagine if Tony Iommi wrote a whole record for Dio in 1982...."Ok, Ronnie! Go solo! Have fun! Talk to you later!" Udo has been in the power position ever since, built his own brand and does not need to fight with a lead guitarist and his wife anymore. It could have been so more worse for Accept. Stabilizing with Wolf/Mark has been a blessing.

Author:	Benedict Donald [ Tue Mar 05, 2024 2:43 pm ]
Post subject:	Re: Accept - Humanoid (April 26, 2024)
I enjoy their modern "conveyor belt" approach but it's a far step below their classic era. Both Herman Frank and UDO have been releasing really solid material for years now, that contends with Accept quite well. (UDO's albums are usually watered down with too many songs/filler, but the good stuff is typically great.) But it's difficult to envision another run as majestic and moving as Breaker - Restless - Balls - Heart - Roulette.

Author:	Evil Entity [ Tue Mar 05, 2024 6:39 pm ]
Post subject:	Re: Accept - Humanoid (April 26, 2024)
Frank's solo albums are weighed down by boring Rick Altzi and his Iron Allies project with David Reece was equally unremarkable. Again, if you don't lean in 100% to playing metal (that means metal lyrics) on this stuff, it descends into horrible rock cliches.

Author:	Empyreal [ Sun Mar 03, 2024 7:45 pm ]
Post subject:	Re: Accept - Humanoid (April 26, 2024)
It's been quite a few years since I heard it, but yeah Blind Rage had the best songs of any of the new Tornillio albums I'd heard. Maybe could've been heavier or something, but the songwriting quality was really strong.

Author:	idunnosomename [ Sun Mar 03, 2024 8:01 pm ]
Post subject:	Re: Accept - Humanoid (April 26, 2024)
I really liked the last two albums, more than the stuff since the '80s. Though I am a big fan of Uwe Lulis

Author:	Ace_Rimmer [ Sun Mar 03, 2024 8:25 pm ]
Post subject:	Re: Accept - Humanoid (April 26, 2024)
I pretty much stopped after Stalingrad, which along with Blood of the Nations is a great record. But the later ones seemed like more of the same and not great enough to make me say I had to grab them.

Author:	KaiKasparek [ Mon Mar 04, 2024 12:16 am ]
Post subject:	Re: Accept - Humanoid (April 26, 2024)
It's crazy to think that the Tornillo era has been just as long as the original Udo era.

Author:	thrashinbatman [ Mon Mar 04, 2024 11:21 am ]
Post subject:	Re: Accept - Humanoid (April 26, 2024)
i just said it in the older thread, but its weird that they were all doomer-boomer about technology in the last record and then heavily use AI art in the video seemingly unironically. i am so, so sick of that shit. it all looks the same, and that "same" is awful. the song is actually pretty solid, hoping the record maintains the quality of Too Mean to Die because i liked that one a lot more than The Rise of Chaos or Blind Rage.

Author:	Evil Entity [ Mon Mar 04, 2024 11:26 am ]
Post subject:	Re: Accept - Humanoid (April 26, 2024)
KaiKasparek wrote: It's crazy to think that the Tornillo era has been just as long as the original Udo era. Just happy Mark got a second chance. TT Quick was an awesome band.

Author:	Benedict Donald [ Mon Mar 04, 2024 11:30 am ]
Post subject:	Re: Accept - Humanoid (April 26, 2024)
Evil Entity wrote: KaiKasparek wrote: It's crazy to think that the Tornillo era has been just as long as the original Udo era. Just happy Mark got a second chance. TT Quick was an awesome band. Indeed. "Metal Of Honor" and the EP are fantastic.

Author:	Zerberus [ Tue Mar 05, 2024 9:15 am ]
Post subject:	Re: Accept - Humanoid (April 26, 2024)
"New" Accept has been really consistently decent, but there's something about it that just doesn't resonate with me the same way that the classic albums did. I usually end up forgetting to check their new album until a few years after release, but it's all pretty samey anyway.

Author:	Empyreal [ Tue Mar 05, 2024 9:22 am ]
Post subject:	Re: Accept - Humanoid (April 26, 2024)
Zerberus wrote: "New" Accept has been really consistently decent, but there's something about it that just doesn't resonate with me the same way that the classic albums did. I usually end up forgetting to check their new album until a few years after release, but it's all pretty samey anyway. I think it's just that it's hardly even the original band anymore. There's no sense of real personality to it since it's just the one lone original guitarist and a bunch of guys who started playing with him 30 years later. It doesn't really have the cohesion of a band so much as a well oiled machine. There's just something a lot livelier and more exciting about Restless & Wild or Balls to the Wall.

Author:	Empyreal [ Tue Mar 05, 2024 12:01 pm ]
Post subject:	Re: Accept - Humanoid (April 26, 2024)
I just wish they had an album's worth of songs as good as the Herman Frank debut or some of their old stuff from the 80s. I get the appeal of why they wanted to go with this more rigid, mechanical sound but it's not something that stuck with me over the years.

Author:	Empyreal [ Tue Mar 05, 2024 8:26 pm ]
Post subject:	Re: Accept - Humanoid (April 26, 2024)
The first Herman Frank album didn't have Rick on it - Jioti Parcharidis's vocals take that one over the top along with the completely manic songwriting. After that it got a little more ordinary, yeah.

Author:	Twisted_Psychology [ Tue Mar 05, 2024 8:42 pm ]
Post subject:	Re: Accept - Humanoid (April 26, 2024)
I still think Blood of the Nations and Stalingrad could go toe to toe with some of their best, but it’s felt like diminishing returns ever since. I don’t think they’ve outright shit the bed or anything but I’ve gotten rather bored of samey bands at this point.

Author:	Zerberus [ Wed Mar 06, 2024 3:29 am ]
Post subject:	Re: Accept - Humanoid (April 26, 2024)
Twisted_Psychology wrote: I still think Blood of the Nations and Stalingrad could go toe to toe with some of their best, but it’s felt like diminishing returns ever since. I don’t think they’ve outright shit the bed or anything but I’ve gotten rather bored of samey bands at this point. None of their new albums are bad as such, but I feel like if they took the best songs from all their newer albums they could make exactly one really great album, but this criticism can be levied at pretty much any classic band still going in 2024.

Author:	Coastliner [ Wed Mar 06, 2024 8:22 am ]
Post subject:	Re: Accept - Humanoid (April 26, 2024)
1 Blood of the Nations (good songs, brilliant dynamic performance [e.g. "Kill the Pain", "No Shelter"]) 2 Stalingrad (better flow than on "Blood", slightly less dynamic) 3 Too Mean to Die (nothing special but mostly rock-solid) 4 The Rise of Chaos (Why do "What's Done is Done" and "Worlds Colliding" have nearly identical chorus melodies and why do they remind me of the chorus [at 1:03] of this old chestnut from 1984?) 5 Blind Rage (too melodic / pompous / symphonic / choral for me; the usual hard edge is missing) I like the new single. The songwriting is solid and nothing special but the pre-chorus riff featuring that old Sabbath / Slayer trill as well as the flow and coherence of the guitar work are, again, stunning. Top-notch musicianship.

Author:	DanielG06 [ Wed Mar 06, 2024 5:43 pm ]
Post subject:	Re: Accept - Humanoid (April 26, 2024)
I'm excited for this, Too Mean To Die was great, but Blood of The Nations is the best thing they've done since the reunion.

Author:	idunnosomename [ Wed Mar 06, 2024 7:18 pm ]
Post subject:	Re: Accept - Humanoid (April 26, 2024)
thrashinbatman wrote: i just said it in the older thread, but its weird that they were all doomer-boomer about technology in the last record and then heavily use AI art in the video seemingly unironically. i am so, so sick of that shit. it all looks the same, and that "same" is awful. the song is actually pretty solid, hoping the record maintains the quality of Too Mean to Die because i liked that one a lot more than The Rise of Chaos or Blind Rage. well they had prominent old man yells at cloud songs on the last two records. "Analog Man", which I feel was very tongue-in-cheek, and "Overnight Sensation" which was bit more pointed. But think the latter's an okay skewering of the pushed culture of becoming a big thing by going viral online. not criticising the zoomer generation directly, but what they're presented with by corporate social media. agree totally it sucks they use shitty AI in the video, especially when they claim they're analog men!

Author:	KaiKasparek [ Wed Mar 06, 2024 9:01 pm ]
Post subject:	Re: Accept - Humanoid (April 26, 2024)
I say Stalingrad is the best. Blood of the Nations had some instant classics like Teutonic Terror and Pandemic but it was way too long. Stalingrad hit the sweet spot, and was a little nastier.

Author:	Kalaratri [ Wed Mar 27, 2024 11:11 am ]
Post subject:	Re: Accept - Humanoid (April 26, 2024)
Well here's another single:

Author:	Evil Entity [ Wed Mar 27, 2024 11:47 am ]
Post subject:	Re: Accept - Humanoid (April 26, 2024)
That right there is all I expect or need from modern Accept.

Author:	Benedict Donald [ Wed Mar 27, 2024 11:49 am ]
Post subject:	Re: Accept - Humanoid (April 26, 2024)
Kalaratri wrote: Well here's another single: It's OK but doesn't move the needle very much. But I like it for what it is. The soloing was the best part, IMO.