The venerable German outfit's 13th studio album, and second with vocalist Mark Tornillo, who does an awfully convincing Udo Dirkschneider impression when he hits the high registers, builds on the surprise success of 2010's Blood of the Nations with another solid set of muscular, no frills metal songs that are sure to send longtime fans into a flag waving frenzy.
Focused, fierce, and surprisingly fresh, the 11 cuts that make up Stalingrad: Brothers in Death sound like they crawled up out of the war-torn sewers of pre-unification Berlin and into a new host.
There's nothing subtle about opening up a record with a song called "Hung, Drawn and Quartered" or ending a track about one of the bloodiest battles in the history of warfare with the National anthem of Russia, but that's what made the 1983 smash "Balls to Wall" so effective.
The core of this 21st century version of Accept remains the same as it was in the early '80s, employing a simple formula of dark, melodic melodies, war imagery, and somber yet powerful, military grade group vocals, and what’s surprising, is how well it still works.
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hung Drawn and QuarteredPeter Baltes, Wolf Hoffmann, Mark Tornillo | Accept | Play | 04:35 | 10 MB | 36 MB |
| 2 | StalingradPeter Baltes, Wolf Hoffmann, Mark Tornillo | Accept | Play | 05:59 | 13 MB | 46 MB |
| 3 | HellfirePeter Baltes, Wolf Hoffmann, Mark Tornillo | Accept | Play | 06:06 | 13 MB | 47 MB |
| 4 | Flash to Bang TimePeter Baltes, Wolf Hoffmann, Mark Tornillo | Accept | Play | 04:07 | 9 MB | 32 MB |
| 5 | Shadow SoldiersPeter Baltes, Wolf Hoffmann, Mark Tornillo | Accept | Play | 05:47 | 13 MB | 43 MB |
| 6 | RevolutionPeter Baltes, Wolf Hoffmann, Mark Tornillo | Accept | Play | 04:08 | 9 MB | 31 MB |
| 7 | Against the WorldPeter Baltes, Wolf Hoffmann, Mark Tornillo | Accept | Play | 03:36 | 8 MB | 28 MB |
| 8 | Twist of FatePeter Baltes, Wolf Hoffmann, Mark Tornillo | Accept | Play | 05:30 | 12 MB | 42 MB |
| 9 | The Quick and the DeadPeter Baltes, Wolf Hoffmann, Mark Tornillo | Accept | Play | 04:26 | 10 MB | 34 MB |
| 10 | The GalleyPeter Baltes, Wolf Hoffmann, Mark Tornillo | Accept | Play | 07:22 | 16 MB | 53 MB |
| 51 mins | 118 MB | |||||
| 51 mins | 396 MB | |||||
| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Accept | Primary Artist |
| 2 | Peter Baltes | Bass, Composer |
| 3 | Herman Frank | Guitar |
| 4 | Wolf Hoffmann | Composer, Guitar |
| 5 | Robert Jaenecke | Band Photo |
| 6 | Stefan Schwarzmann | Drums |
| 7 | Andy Sneap | Engineer, Mastering, Mixing, Producer |
| 8 | Mark Tornillo | Composer, Vocals |
| 9 | Marc Whitaker | Cover Design, Package Design |
| Quality | Format | Encoding | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| CD Quality | FLAC | 16bit 44.1kHz | FLAC is an audio coding format which uses lossless compression. Digital audio in FLAC format has a smaller size and retains the same quality of the original Compact Disc (CD). |