The Metal Years continue with Accept who were a little heavier than Mötley Crüe. Coming out of Germany, they brought with them a certain sense of mechanical industry. With guys with names like Udo Dirkschneider screeching those lyrics in a German accent, how could it not be metal.
The only thing they were missing was the little dots over the vowels. Accept was a natural next step in my metal progression. They weren’t so far off the path to be shunned by the radio but they were certainly the heaviest metal that I had encountered up to this point.
The Balls To The Wall album was full of fast heavy sounding songs that were designed to be played very loudly. Really. I’m listening to Fight It Back right now and i can’t imagine trying to enjoy this song at low volume on a quiet afternoon.
Again, I’m no expert but from the stuff I was listening to, it seemed that Accept were one of the pioneers of what would later be called speed metal. Sure they were as fast and furious as Metallica but they seemed to be headed in that direction.
I know I mentioned “mechanical industry” earlier. I don’t know what else to call it. It feels like cold war stuff with loads of copper pipes and pressure gauges. Steampunk metal.
Balls to The Wall
London Leather Boys
Fight It Back
Turn Me On
Losers And Winners
Winterdreams