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I had never heard of accept a few years ago. I was digging through a record store $5 bin and came across a copy of Restless and Wild. I picked it up because i thought it looked worth picking up. I wasn’t prepared for what was about to happen when I got home. When I heard the intro scream my face instantly melted and I was in love. What an epic album. From that day on Accept has been one of my fave bands. Still learning a lot about them.
I'm always surprised Accept records are still in bargin bins while even Motley Crüe and Priest albums are starting to get pricey. I'm glad though maybe young fans who can't afford $20-$30 albums might start picking them up and spending the word.
I can just imagine, without knowing you, the look on your face hearing restless and wild album before ever hearing anything from that band… It must have blown your head away… Listen to Guardian of the night on balls to the wall… That is their hallowed be thy name, Bohemian Rhapsody Thomas stairway to heaven…
UDO's first solo album, Animal House, was technically an ACCEPT album seeing it was written as being the next Accept album after Russian Roulette and when UDO left, the Accept boys gave him permission to use all the songs for his first solo album.
Weirdly enough, Udo would cover "XTC" which was probably the only decent track off "Eat the Heat". Have to wonder if Udo had something to do with writing that track. Thought it was strange he covered it live. Would kind of like having DLR cover Sammy Hagar songs with VH.
Two key moments in my early metal journey, Fast as a Shark & Princess of the Dawn - you couldn't have two more different tracks - from the same group, on the same album. Legendary.
Great ranking! Nothing to add, except that I remember, 9 years old, coming home with my copy of Restless and wild back in -82. I put it on the turntable and heard the needle go all over the place and then I heard Udo’s scream. It was a moment I still remember this day. Thought I ruined the record and turntable.😃
I don't know where the original cassette has disappeared to, but I still have the sleeve with the alternative cover art. I actually saw it just before I watched this video. Coincidences... 😄
Russian Roulette is their best one IMO, and actually one of my alltime favorite metal albums. Not a bad moment on it, a fairly varied set of songs filled with great hooks, memorable solos, catchy choruses, tons of emotion and some dark lyrics. Even the album cover looks awesome, even if it's very unconventional.
Russian Roulette convinced quite a few of my schoolmates to give Metal in general a chance. Up until then I was always the "one and only long haired dude listening to noise". Don't know, what it was, but that album somehow worked as a gate opener.
I remember the first time I heard Accept back in my wee lad days. I actually thought they where ACDC. It was the song Balls to the Wall on the local Heavy Metal radio station (105.5 KNAC) and I had never heard of them. I thought, WOW!! This new ACDC album sounds heavy as hell.
Wow, this ranking had me guessing the whole time. You certainly surprised me with some of these! Very well explained throughout and would agree with most of what you say. The only outrage I have is that Objection Overuled is awesome... definitly in my top 5.
Yeah maybe that one should have been a place or two higher. Sometimes when I do these ranks there are albums that I have hard time placing and Objection Overruled should perhaps been a little higher but yeah, it's not easy. haha Cheers!
Being a (German) fan for 37 years now, I can say that I love every Accept album. They were the 2nd metal band I got into after Iron Maiden. I mostly agree with your ranking, but sometimes I'm just in the mood for Eat The Heat, although I don't really listen to it as an "Accept album". And I always come back to the first two albums. Just something about them ("youthful energy"?) that I really like. Also, I think that the first Accept album was one of the most METAL sounding albums of the late seventies. The nineties reunion-albums are the ones I listen to the least often. Objection Overruled is definitely the best of them but I actually prefer Predator over Death Row. Funny thing is that I never really could get into U.D.O. (Udo Dirkschneider's band). It's a similar style but for me there is always something missing that I get from Accept but not from U.D.O.
Restless and Wild was so groundbreaking in 1982. I remember my buddy Dave had bought it and called me up and said I had to get over there immediately to hear this song. He said it was the fastest and heaviest thing he'd ever heard. Of course, that song was Fast As A Shark. To this day it's a stunning example of heavy metal at it's finest. I don't know if that sort of introduction had been done in the past with it's German folk music played on a crappy record player, but after that it became the thing to do for many bands. The album stands head and shoulders above the rest of Accept's discography for me.
Restless & Wild was literally my first exposure to heavy metal. Hadn't heard Judas Priest, Iron Maiden or Sabbath or any others. For me it all started when my friend showed me hi-dee-hi-go-hi-ga and Fast as a Shark. I consider myself lucky!
I remember when I was in high school, a friend of mine bought Restless and Wild. I went over to his house to listen to it. Never heard of them at that point. In the living room he put it on. We then went to the kitchen and grabbed a beer. A German folk song came on, and we looked at each other, saying wtf?! Then we heard the sound of a needle ripping the record. He said: "Oh shit, the turntable is ruining my record!" UDO screamed and the guitars came in. We sat down relieved that the record and player were fine, and then were pummeled by Fast as a Shark! 🤘Rest of the record was great as well.
Great job, as usual! I have no doubt its not easy for a 70/80's band continues alive (in really good conditions) until now. In the case of Accept, the 90's were clearly difficult years, however the 2010's years were a rebirth (with new hits! Pandemic, for example) and they keep doing well (as Onslaught). Keep banging!!
SERIOUSLY,..I Really can't FIGURE OUT what the HELL these people are THINKING,.. I LIVED in the 80's,..The ONLY shyte by Accept that 99% of people were listening to that was RELEVANT was Metal Heart and Balls to the Wall,.. PERIOD,.It isn't even Debateable,.Another STUPID CHANNEL with idiots who never LIVED in the 80s Metal Scene~
For the longest time I mainly knew them as the band that did Balls To The Wall and London Leatherboys. But a few years ago I came across the video to Teutonic Terror and liked what I heard. Once I heard the intro riff to Beat The Bastards, I knew I would find myself checking out their other works in no time. The only stuff I haven't really listened to yet is their first 3 albums, which I plan on doing soon.
Nice ranking of one of my favourite metal bands!!! It would be nice to see a Voivod and a Razor ranking. And, above all, Motörhead. Humble sugestions. This channel is awesome anyway. Great work!
I've always held a special place in my heart for Accept. They're from Solingen, which is the same city that my Grandmother grew up in before she emigrated to the USA.
Thanks for another great ranking video. I have never really given Accept a fair chance, but now I know where to start. About your question at the end - how about doing a ranking video on Paradise Lost? That would be great as well!
One of my all time favorites! I credit 3 albums for sparking my love for metal in 1985: Kiss' Creatures Of The Night, Iron Maiden's Powerslave and Accept's Metal Heart. Funny that down here in Brazil we never got their first 3 albums released, so for many years we thought Restless And Wild was their debut. Since there was no internet and metal magazines were scarce, I only found out about Breaker and the other two in the mid-nineties.
Restless and Wild is my favorite too. I never owned Breaker. I don't remember much about it. I'm going to visit their website and see if there is a copy available. Thanks 🤘
For someone who lost touch with Accept after Russian Roulette, I'm happy to see I have 5 of your top 6 albums :) Accept along with Judas Priest were the bands that got me into metal in the early 80's. I'll make sure to check out some of their newer stuff, thanks to your list I now know where to start.
I became a fan when Restless & Wild came out which everyone knows is their greatest album, For me Ball's to the Wall is 2 & Metal Heart is 3. Kind of stopped listening to them after that because I went total thrash & they kind of faded away, but you've inspired me to go back & listen to the ones I missed. I remember almost buying Russian Roulette when it came out, but some reason passed on it.
I'm just popping back to say thank you for introducing me to "Russian Roulette" it's a great album and I've been listening to it regularly since I bought it a few months back after watching your vid. I can only blame the radio stations in my area for never playing it when I was a lad as far as my lack of knowledge of it goes, but I'm very happy to have found it now. 🤘
I 1st heard Balls to the Wall album in 85 and loved it. I always said it was like a heavier AC/DC (Back in black era). Heard Restless and Wild about 5yrs later. Theyre tge only 2 Accept albums i know, my favourite of those 2 is Balls. Please Turn me on, is one of the best guitar Riffs of the time, and im still yet to get time to learn how to play it... sounds easy enough.
Lifetime Accept fan since the early days. This is a pretty close to how I'd rank things. I liked that you ranked Russian Roulette where you did, because it is a really great album I keep going back to. Very under-rated. I really have always enjoyed their range. They can go from Fast as a Shark to Neon Nights to Princess of the Dawn and it's still Accept.
I had Discover Accept with Staying a life, it was one of the greatest metal discover of my life... I bought all that I can find of the band even a Japanese import of Restless and Wild!
Very good rank! I would have made a similar one, maybe putting Objection Overruled a bit higher (maybe 5th) and Blood of the Nations on 4th, but definitly I'd keep the top 2.
Thanks for your great ranking! Top 10 1. Balls To The Wall 2. Restless And Wild 3. Blood Of The Nations 4. Metal Heart 5. Blind Rage 6. Too Mean To Die 7. The Rise Of Chaos 8. Stalingrad 9. Russian Roulette 10. Objection Overruled
A great band that keeps going! love me some old school german heavy metal! also love Rank Em All, great series to get some songs/albums/bands recommendations!
Great list! I think more people need to hear accept, they are not as big as they deserve to be. Gonna see them live in stockholm in february, have been waiting for too long since this stupid pandemic started.
I mean I consider them to be top 10 best known metal bands in the world so I think they are pretty big. :) Nice, I saw them a few summers ago, excellent live band. Cheers!
So glad you put Russian Roulette so high up! My favorite Accept album!!! Followed by Restless and Wild, and Metal Heart! I have to admit that I've been pretty skeptical to the albums without Udo, perhaps I'm more of a Udo-fanboy hehe. Speaking of which... are you familiar with Udo's solo career? If not, check it out! It's awesome!!! Maybe next Rank 'Em All?
As always, great list my friend. Absolutely agree with the top 6 positions. Incredibly enough, I didn't own a physical copy of Restless and Wild until I happened upon it in a record store in stockholm while on vacation last fall! I fell off the Mark Tornillo/Accept bandwagon after Stalingrad. Great musicianship, but it sounds kind of samey. These days, I prefer Udo's solo stuff because I just like him better as a singer and personality-wise. Also, seeing that you mentioned them, are you into classic german power metal à la Grave Digger and Running Wild?
I was a teenager when Metal Heart came out and I was blown away! I listened to that tape in my Walkman for MONTHS nonstop at full volume and loved every second of it 🤘
Restless and wild was my first experience with metal in the '80's. You are right. The beginning of "Fast as a shark"had me thinking WHAT THE?, but the record scratch and music comes in. HOOKED FOR LIFE ON METAL!!!
totally agree with your ranking 🤘🏼but i‘d put "Objection Overruled“ on second place… but only because it was the first accept album i‘ve ever listened to… and in my opinion you just cannot beat a first time experience 🤘🏼 cheers
Very solid ranking of Accept's albums. I especially agree with "Restless and Wild" at #1. My only objection would be that "Russian Roulette" be placed after "Metal Heart". But I'm sure that you would overrule me. Thanks for the video!
I think if they've combined the best songs from: Objection Overruled, Death Row and Predator, that would be such an killer record. Oh well... Great video buddy per usual, cheers 👍🤘
I bought Russian roulette on LP when it first came out and it was my least played Accept album. Stand tight and man enough to cry were my favorite songs on there but I guess I need to go back and re listen to it since there seems to be a lot of love for it here.
Hello, brother! In my opinion best albums of Accept: Breaker, Restless and Wild, Balls to the Wall, Metal Heart and Blood of the Nations. Worst - Eat the Heat and Objection Overruled. Thank's a lot for this video. Best wishes from Ukraine!
I guess you'll have to do the Scorps next! Restless & Wild is obviously #1, but I also listen to Breaker, Ball to the Wall, Blood of the Nations & Stalingrad. I could never get into Metal Heart or Russian Roulette, but did see them live on the Russian Roulette Tour in '86 at Hammersmith Odeon, which was brill.
Yeah, I just don't like that one, I know you're a fan of it though. :) It's to glam and too weird for me and yeah I never understood it. :) Running Wild would be cool, I've definitely thought of ranking their albums. The problem with me is that I often stop listening to bands after the 90's and even if I've heard a few of those 90's Running Wild albums I haven't spend much time with some of them. The first half of their discography is excellent though. So it might happen some day. :) lots of bands to rank and little time to do it. haha Cheers!
Ya,lo confundí con el de Scorpions, recuerdo cuando salió el face the eat ,a tiempo real,así , que sigo la discografía desde el balls to the wall, tengo 53 años,así que ya me dirás
Death Row is probably one of my favorites of theirs. It was the first Accept album I listened to. I prefer it over anything prior to and after Restless and Wild. I guess that makes Death Row my second favorite of theirs.
Back in 1982...Heidi-hei-do hei-da was such a prelude to...a violent aggression of speed and power right-into-your-face (ears) with "Fast as a ashark" - absolute delight and made me really...restless, and, most of all, WILDER than never before!!! The title-track was superb (OMG...that drum work by Stefan...oh yeeeeeeesssssssaaaaa!!!!!), "Shake your heads" brought us back directly to Judas Priest's "Point of entry"'s atmosphere..."Neon nights" - aaahhhh...another metal clsssic with Epic echoes..."Demon's night"....aaaah...what a strong and devlish track!! and, of curse, "Princess of the dawn" which, back at the time, received honour even from no-metal fans :-)))) I think thet you guessed that I'm thinkin' the same way as you about the TOP of Accept's releases.....🙂
It's a nice ranking. For me I'd put Balls to the Wall to the first place, because it's such a unique, colorful album, all songs are extraordinary, just like the lyrics, which are exceptionally interesting and deep - well, in the whole scene you would call metal. It was a perhaps strange, but undoubtedly fruitful combination that their manager and then Wolf's wife wrote the lyrics, beginning with this album. After this I would put Breaker to the 2nd and Restless to the 3rd place. The Mark Tornillo era is also excellent.
My top 10 favourite Accept albums would be 10. Blood of the nations 9. Objection Overruled 8. Death Row 7. Predator 6. Blind Rage 5. Russian Roulette 4. Breaker 3. Metal Heart 2. Restless and wild 1. Balls to the wall
Now that you mention it I think Accept may have gotten the BTTW Album Cover from Sticky Fingers and Too Fast For Love. Anyhow I love Accept big time. They're right up there with Black Sabbath, Iron Maiden, Dio, and Judas Priest or they should be, I'm sure you'll agree they're a bit underrated.
Somehow, even before watching the video, I thought that Eat the Heat will be at the bottom and either Breaker or Restless and Wild will be number one. Will you also rank UDO?
I predicted the best and the worst, but in all honesty that's not terribly hard to do... 😄 Really love Accept, but I mostly stay with the classic 80s releases. The new stuff is pretty good, but I don't really like the production, and - as good as mr Tornillo is (and he is a damn good replacement) - Udo will always be my Accept vocalist of choice. The real blind spots on my Accept radar are "Death Row" and "Predator" - two albums I've never bothered listening to. I also remember not liking "Objection Overruled" terribly much back in '93 but maybe that was mostly down to me being quite heavily invested in grunge at that time. Oh well... it probably deserves another chance today. Wish I had kept that cd... The less said about "Eat the Heat" the better, but it is an impressively poor stinker of an album.David Reece does a respectable job but the songs (maybe with the exception of okay-ish opener X-T-C) are just bad. I can't quite decide which is the worst release ever from a respected metal band - "Eat the Heat" or Queensryche's truly horrendous "Dedicated to Chaos". Maybe it's a narrow escape for "Eat the Heat", simply beacause "Dedicated to Chaos" really isn't metal at all... but on the other hand I must admit that Accepts low point made me more disappointed and angry, since I wasn't really expecting anything remotely good from Queensryche in 2011. Thankfully both bands have found their way back to making quality albums again. 🙂 Anyway... I'm rambling.
Yeah Objection Overruled is better than Predator and Death Row so. :) I mean Eat the Heat wasn't good but Dedicated to Chaos is way way worse in my opinion. :) Cheers!
My ranking for the Accept albums would be🤘 17. Eat The Heat 1989 16. Accept 1979 15. I’m A Rebel 1980 14. The Rise Of Chaos 2017 13. Humanoid 2024 12. Too Mean To Die 2021 11. Stalingrad 2012 10. Blood Of The Nations 2010 9. Objection Overruled 1993 8. Death Row 1994 7. Predator 1996 6. Blind Rage 2014 5. Russian Roulette 1986 4. Breaker 1981 3. Metal Heart 1985 2. Restless And Wild 1982 1. Balls To The Wall 1984
Well... I'm a Ranker. 16: Eat the Heat 15: Death Row 14: Predator 13: Objection Overruled 12: Stalingrad 11: The Rise of Chaos 10: Accept (Best Album Cover, Lol) 9: Blind Rage 8: Blood of the Nations 7: I'm a Rebel 6: Too Mean to Die 5: Russian Roulette 4: Metal Heart 3: Balls to the Wall 2: Breaker 1: Restless and Wild
Yep, Restless and Wild. Loved this. Read they were 'between' a second guitarist so Wolf Hoffman did everything. After this all i know is Balls To The Wall and Metal Heart. Over due for a find (they're here somewhere ;) Funny a mid '90s release was called Predator. 'Round about that time, i bought a MIA Peavey Predator S type for $235 as a 'set', (GB, cable,,,) I've been at this for awhile,,,,The DX Turbo covers alot of ground. Needs a 5 way, otherwise, could be last to go.
If Blood of the Nations comes in at no. 5 the ones above it must be pretty good. Blood of the Nations had some awesome tracks on it - Beat the Bastards; Shades of Death etc. I will be having a good look at these other ones.
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I had never heard of accept a few years ago. I was digging through a record store $5 bin and came across a copy of Restless and Wild. I picked it up because i thought it looked worth picking up. I wasn’t prepared for what was about to happen when I got home. When I heard the intro scream my face instantly melted and I was in love. What an epic album. From that day on Accept has been one of my fave bands. Still learning a lot about them.
I'm always surprised Accept records are still in bargin bins while even Motley Crüe and Priest albums are starting to get pricey. I'm glad though maybe young fans who can't afford $20-$30 albums might start picking them up and spending the word.
@@2010deanML yah that album def shouldn’t be in any bargain bin it is an absolute gem 💎
They just never had the image or marketing to get mainstream attention they deserved in the US.
good stuff, Cheers! 🤘
I can just imagine, without knowing you, the look on your face hearing restless and wild album before ever hearing anything from that band… It must have blown your head away… Listen to Guardian of the night on balls to the wall… That is their hallowed be thy name, Bohemian Rhapsody Thomas stairway to heaven…
UDO's first solo album, Animal House, was technically an ACCEPT album seeing it was written as being the next Accept album after Russian Roulette and when UDO left, the Accept boys gave him permission to use all the songs for his first solo album.
Cheers!
Hell yes Udo rules! 🤘🏻💀🤘🏻
Weirdly enough, Udo would cover "XTC" which was probably the only decent track off "Eat the Heat". Have to wonder if Udo had something to do with writing that track. Thought it was strange he covered it live. Would kind of like having DLR cover Sammy Hagar songs with VH.
Two key moments in my early metal journey, Fast as a Shark & Princess of the Dawn - you couldn't have two more different tracks - from the same group, on the same album. Legendary.
Cheers! 🤘
Great ranking! Nothing to add, except that I remember, 9 years old, coming home with my copy of Restless and wild back in -82. I put it on the turntable and heard the needle go all over the place and then I heard Udo’s scream. It was a moment I still remember this day. Thought I ruined the record and turntable.😃
good times cheers
i remember getting Restless on cassette, one of my favorite albums from them.
the good 'ol days. :)
I got Restless then Midnight Highway compilation on vinyl same time. Good old days.
I still have that cassette rattling around the house somewhere, most likely not far from the cassette stereo system. :)
I don't know where the original cassette has disappeared to, but I still have the sleeve with the alternative cover art. I actually saw it just before I watched this video. Coincidences... 😄
Wolf Hoffman is such a great guitarist one of my favorites.
Cheers! 🤘
Russian Roulette is their best one IMO, and actually one of my alltime favorite metal albums. Not a bad moment on it, a fairly varied set of songs filled with great hooks, memorable solos, catchy choruses, tons of emotion and some dark lyrics. Even the album cover looks awesome, even if it's very unconventional.
Cheers! 🤘
Russian Roulette convinced quite a few of my schoolmates to give Metal in general a chance. Up until then I was always the "one and only long haired dude listening to noise". Don't know, what it was, but that album somehow worked as a gate opener.
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I remember the first time I heard Accept back in my wee lad days.
I actually thought they where ACDC.
It was the song Balls to the Wall on the local Heavy Metal radio station (105.5 KNAC) and I had never heard of them.
I thought, WOW!!
This new ACDC album sounds heavy as hell.
haha, yeah kinda sounded like AC/DC before they found their sound. Cheers! 🤘
I'm a Rebel was my first Accept. Supposedly that song was written for ACDC. I had the import. Got the US version now.
PURE ROCK 105.5 KNAC LONG BEACH LOS ANGELES.I remember it very well.🤘
Wow, this ranking had me guessing the whole time. You certainly surprised me with some of these! Very well explained throughout and would agree with most of what you say. The only outrage I have is that Objection Overuled is awesome... definitly in my top 5.
Yeah maybe that one should have been a place or two higher. Sometimes when I do these ranks there are albums that I have hard time placing and Objection Overruled should perhaps been a little higher but yeah, it's not easy. haha Cheers!
Hell yea I just play fast as a shark(electric guitar)and then you uppload this, soooo cool 🤘
hehe, Cheers! 🤘
Accept is very good band, love when Udo was in it !!
I was impressed how much I liked Blood of the Nations and Stalingrad. Those albums made me realize that I could really like an Udo-less Accept.
yeah, it's about as good as it gets these days.
My top three albums are Balls to the Wall, Restless and Wild, and Blood of the Nations. They are all equally amazing.
Cheers!
Being a (German) fan for 37 years now, I can say that I love every Accept album. They were the 2nd metal band I got into after Iron Maiden.
I mostly agree with your ranking, but sometimes I'm just in the mood for Eat The Heat, although I don't really listen to it as an "Accept album".
And I always come back to the first two albums. Just something about them ("youthful energy"?) that I really like. Also, I think that the first Accept album was one of the most METAL sounding albums of the late seventies.
The nineties reunion-albums are the ones I listen to the least often. Objection Overruled is definitely the best of them but I actually prefer Predator over Death Row.
Funny thing is that I never really could get into U.D.O. (Udo Dirkschneider's band). It's a similar style but for me there is always something missing that I get from Accept but not from U.D.O.
yeah the first two are a bit innocent. :) Cheers! 🤘
Restless and Wild was so groundbreaking in 1982. I remember my buddy Dave had bought it and called me up and said I had to get over there immediately to hear this song. He said it was the fastest and heaviest thing he'd ever heard. Of course, that song was Fast As A Shark. To this day it's a stunning example of heavy metal at it's finest. I don't know if that sort of introduction had been done in the past with it's German folk music played on a crappy record player, but after that it became the thing to do for many bands. The album stands head and shoulders above the rest of Accept's discography for me.
Cheers!
Man, I've been waiting for this.....Wolf Hoffman's note selection is second to none.
Cheers!
Excellent video. Other than reversing "Too Mean To Die" and "Objection Overruled", I think you nailed it perfectly! Thanks for the video.
thank you. Cheers!
When I heard Blood of Nations...I knew they were gonna make a big comeback. Restless and Wild and Metal Heart are still 2 of my faves.
Cheers!
Great list, man! STAY HEAVY!
Cheers! 🤘
Restless & Wild was literally my first exposure to heavy metal. Hadn't heard Judas Priest, Iron Maiden or Sabbath or any others. For me it all started when my friend showed me hi-dee-hi-go-hi-ga and Fast as a Shark. I consider myself lucky!
Good start, Cheers!
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@@MetalWolf47 Probably the goofy German folk song that plays before Udo's demonic shriek on Fast as a Shark
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I remember when I was in high school, a friend of mine bought Restless and Wild. I went over to his house to listen to it. Never heard of them at that point. In the living room he put it on. We then went to the kitchen and grabbed a beer. A German folk song came on, and we looked at each other, saying wtf?! Then we heard the sound of a needle ripping the record. He said: "Oh shit, the turntable is ruining my record!" UDO screamed and the guitars came in. We sat down relieved that the record and player were fine, and then were pummeled by Fast as a Shark! 🤘Rest of the record was great as well.
Great job, as usual! I have no doubt its not easy for a 70/80's band continues alive (in really good conditions) until now. In the case of Accept, the 90's were clearly difficult years, however the 2010's years were a rebirth (with new hits! Pandemic, for example) and they keep doing well (as Onslaught). Keep banging!!
Cheers!
Metal Heart is their best album period. The guitar solo on the song Metal Heart still gives me chills when I hear it.
With the Für Elise part. :)
SERIOUSLY,..I Really can't FIGURE OUT what the HELL these people are THINKING,..
I LIVED in the 80's,..The ONLY shyte by Accept that 99% of people were listening to that was RELEVANT was Metal Heart and Balls to the Wall,..
PERIOD,.It isn't even Debateable,.Another STUPID CHANNEL with idiots who never LIVED in the 80s Metal Scene~
Just got balls to the wall on vinyl yesterday. Cool video, lots I can agree with 🤘
Cheers! 🤘
Title track for Metal Heart has one of the best solos ever recorded. It's not thrashy so not highly ranked here but simply majestic. Never gets old
Cheers!
Totally agree. It's brilliant and gets me every time!
For the longest time I mainly knew them as the band that did Balls To The Wall and London Leatherboys. But a few years ago I came across the video to Teutonic Terror and liked what I heard. Once I heard the intro riff to Beat The Bastards, I knew I would find myself checking out their other works in no time. The only stuff I haven't really listened to yet is their first 3 albums, which I plan on doing soon.
Now is a good time. ;) Cheers!
Nice ranking of one of my favourite metal bands!!! It would be nice to see a Voivod and a Razor ranking. And, above all, Motörhead. Humble sugestions. This channel is awesome anyway. Great work!
Have no plans for either of them right now, maybe in the future though. :) Voivod I lost in the 90s so there is much catching up to do there.
Good ranking.Nice video..My favorite Accept album is Restless and Wild.
Classic, Cheers! 🤘
I am really fascinated, i absolutely agree in every rank with, thumbs up, Bro amazing work thx for that
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I was never a big fan but when Blood of the Nations came out I was hooked .. they’ve kept it fairly steady since then
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I've always held a special place in my heart for Accept. They're from Solingen, which is the same city that my Grandmother grew up in before she emigrated to the USA.
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Thanks for another great ranking video. I have never really given Accept a fair chance, but now I know where to start. About your question at the end - how about doing a ranking video on Paradise Lost? That would be great as well!
thank you Sir. yeah, any of the top 5-10 albums should be great. ;) I was never really into Paradise Lost. :) Cheers!
@@RuthlessMetalYT alright, thanks!
One of my all time favorites! I credit 3 albums for sparking my love for metal in 1985: Kiss' Creatures Of The Night, Iron Maiden's Powerslave and Accept's Metal Heart. Funny that down here in Brazil we never got their first 3 albums released, so for many years we thought Restless And Wild was their debut. Since there was no internet and metal magazines were scarce, I only found out about Breaker and the other two in the mid-nineties.
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The first three were released on cd in Brazil in the 2000s, but never on vinyl!
Good review. Objection Overruled got lost on me as grunge smothered it out. But man finally purchased it about 10 years ago and love it.
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I hoped for quite a while, that you will rank all accept albums.
Greetings from germany.
Yeah, the first german band outside the three big thrash bands that I ranked so I guess it was time. :) Cheers!
Restless and Wild is my favorite too. I never owned Breaker. I don't remember much about it. I'm going to visit their website and see if there is a copy available. Thanks 🤘
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The impact of the Hey-di thing going into Fast as a shark on 13yr old me cannot be overstated. It really blew my mind
haha, yes, definitely one of the most insane intros.
AWESOME RANKINGS !!!
thanks!
For someone who lost touch with Accept after Russian Roulette, I'm happy to see I have 5 of your top 6 albums :) Accept along with Judas Priest were the bands that got me into metal in the early 80's.
I'll make sure to check out some of their newer stuff, thanks to your list I now know where to start.
yeah the top 10 albums are all worth spending some time with. Cheers!
I became a fan when Restless & Wild came out which everyone knows is their greatest album, For me Ball's to the Wall is 2 & Metal Heart is 3. Kind of stopped listening to them after that because I went total thrash & they kind of faded away, but you've inspired me to go back & listen to the ones I missed. I remember almost buying Russian Roulette when it came out, but some reason passed on it.
ah, Russian roulette is excellent, go back and listen to it again. ;) Cheers!
Glad to see you enjoy Blood of the Nations as well. Killer album.
Yes sir, it's a modern classic. Cheers!
A man of taste as always. Would love to see you rank UDO albums.
Thank you Sir. that's a blind spot for me, I haven't listened that much to his solo career. Cheers! 🤘
I'm just popping back to say thank you for introducing me to "Russian Roulette" it's a great album and I've been listening to it regularly since I bought it a few months back after watching your vid. I can only blame the radio stations in my area for never playing it when I was a lad as far as my lack of knowledge of it goes, but I'm very happy to have found it now. 🤘
Yeah, it's a bit more obscure than the previous Accept albums but it's as good as those or even better than some. Cheers!
I 1st heard Balls to the Wall album in 85 and loved it. I always said it was like a heavier AC/DC (Back in black era). Heard Restless and Wild about 5yrs later. Theyre tge only 2 Accept albums i know, my favourite of those 2 is Balls. Please Turn me on, is one of the best guitar Riffs of the time, and im still yet to get time to learn how to play it... sounds easy enough.
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Lifetime Accept fan since the early days. This is a pretty close to how I'd rank things. I liked that you ranked Russian Roulette where you did, because it is a really great album I keep going back to. Very under-rated. I really have always enjoyed their range. They can go from Fast as a Shark to Neon Nights to Princess of the Dawn and it's still Accept.
Yeah, top 5-6 are all superb albums. Cheers!
Thanks for the ranking of this kick ass band
thank you! Cheers! 🤘
I love almost everyone of accepts albums love the new ones especially you're awesome man
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No man you are the boss..
Watch your videos everyday don't know he's agree but I love it regardless
I had Discover Accept with Staying a life, it was one of the greatest metal discover of my life... I bought all that I can find of the band even a Japanese import of Restless and Wild!
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Very good rank! I would have made a similar one, maybe putting Objection Overruled a bit higher (maybe 5th) and Blood of the Nations on 4th, but definitly I'd keep the top 2.
yeah objection overruled might be a bit low, great songs on that one but the production ain't as pleasant as the early albums. Cheers!
Great breakdown RM! I'm not going to counter. Defend the Faith, always 🤘
I'll try. Cheers! 🤘
Thanks for your great ranking!
Top 10
1. Balls To The Wall
2. Restless And Wild
3. Blood Of The Nations
4. Metal Heart
5. Blind Rage
6. Too Mean To Die
7. The Rise Of Chaos
8. Stalingrad
9. Russian Roulette
10. Objection Overruled
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A great band that keeps going! love me some old school german heavy metal! also love Rank Em All, great series to get some songs/albums/bands recommendations!
Thank you Sir
Great list! I think more people need to hear accept, they are not as big as they deserve to be. Gonna see them live in stockholm in february, have been waiting for too long since this stupid pandemic started.
I mean I consider them to be top 10 best known metal bands in the world so I think they are pretty big. :) Nice, I saw them a few summers ago, excellent live band. Cheers!
@@RuthlessMetalYT cheers! \m/
So glad you put Russian Roulette so high up! My favorite Accept album!!! Followed by Restless and Wild, and Metal Heart!
I have to admit that I've been pretty skeptical to the albums without Udo, perhaps I'm more of a Udo-fanboy hehe.
Speaking of which... are you familiar with Udo's solo career? If not, check it out! It's awesome!!!
Maybe next Rank 'Em All?
Yeah I've listened to a little bit of his career but most if it is a blank spot for me. Cheers! 🤘
As always, great list my friend. Absolutely agree with the top 6 positions. Incredibly enough, I didn't own a physical copy of Restless and Wild until I happened upon it in a record store in stockholm while on vacation last fall! I fell off the Mark Tornillo/Accept bandwagon after Stalingrad. Great musicianship, but it sounds kind of samey. These days, I prefer Udo's solo stuff because I just like him better as a singer and personality-wise. Also, seeing that you mentioned them, are you into classic german power metal à la Grave Digger and Running Wild?
Yeah I like them as well. I might rank 'em some day perhaps. Cheers!
I was a teenager when Metal Heart came out and I was blown away! I listened to that tape in my Walkman for MONTHS nonstop at full volume and loved every second of it 🤘
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Restless and wild was my first experience with metal in the '80's. You are right. The beginning of "Fast as a shark"had me thinking WHAT THE?, but the record scratch and music comes in. HOOKED FOR LIFE ON METAL!!!
I think that happened to a LOT of people. :) Cheers!
totally agree with your ranking 🤘🏼but i‘d put "Objection Overruled“ on second place… but only because it was the first accept album i‘ve ever listened to… and in my opinion you just cannot beat a first time experience 🤘🏼 cheers
yeah that's fair. Cheers! 🤘
Very solid ranking of Accept's albums. I especially agree with "Restless and Wild" at #1. My only objection would be that "Russian Roulette" be placed after "Metal Heart". But I'm sure that you would overrule me. Thanks for the video!
hehe, Thank you, Cheers!
Restless and Wild is there best by far.Great review.Thanks.
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I think if they've combined the best songs from: Objection Overruled, Death Row and Predator, that would be such an killer record. Oh well...
Great video buddy per usual, cheers 👍🤘
thanks man! cheerios!
Please ranking the Motörhead ör Running Wild albums
maybe some day. :) Cheers!
Aw man, lovely to see Blood of the Nations get the attention it deserves. Byt I feel you were a bit scrumpy with the S/T-album 🤘
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I bought Russian roulette on LP when it first came out and it was my least played Accept album. Stand tight and man enough to cry were my favorite songs on there but I guess I need to go back and re listen to it since there seems to be a lot of love for it here.
By the way restless and wild is by far my favorite as well.
Yes most people hold restless as their number one it seems.
Hello, brother! In my opinion best albums of Accept: Breaker, Restless and Wild, Balls to the Wall, Metal Heart and Blood of the Nations. Worst - Eat the Heat and Objection Overruled. Thank's a lot for this video. Best wishes from Ukraine!
Good stuff! Thanks and stay safe over there. Cheers!
I guess you'll have to do the Scorps next!
Restless & Wild is obviously #1, but I also listen to Breaker, Ball to the Wall, Blood of the Nations & Stalingrad. I could never get into Metal Heart or Russian Roulette, but did see them live on the Russian Roulette Tour in '86 at Hammersmith Odeon, which was brill.
Not sure about that, I've kinda lost interest in them early on. haven't even heard most of their albums. Cheers!
@@RuthlessMetalYT Maybe ask the Discord group? Anyway, your show - keep 'em coming.
Yeah I rank all these albums myself in these rank 'em all videos, i might do some voting again in the autumn, we'll see. :) Cheers!
My top fivealbums are:
1 Restless and Wild
2 Metal Heart
3 Balls to the Wall
4 Breaker
5 Blood of Nations
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I had a bad feeling you'd rank Eat the Heat bottom lol oh well never mind. I'd like to request a Running Wild ranking if i may.
Yeah, I just don't like that one, I know you're a fan of it though. :) It's to glam and too weird for me and yeah I never understood it. :) Running Wild would be cool, I've definitely thought of ranking their albums. The problem with me is that I often stop listening to bands after the 90's and even if I've heard a few of those 90's Running Wild albums I haven't spend much time with some of them. The first half of their discography is excellent though. So it might happen some day. :) lots of bands to rank and little time to do it. haha Cheers!
Running Wild! Pirate Metal 🏴☠️
I saw Accept in 1983 opening for Motley Crüe and Dirk blew my away with his screaming!
damn. Cheers!
YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS. Let the teutonic terror begin.
drink the koolaid! ;) Cheers!
Saw them in 1984 (supported by Mamas Boys) and 85 or was it 86 ? supported I think by Dokken
damn must have been cool.
Ya,lo confundí con el de Scorpions, recuerdo cuando salió el face the eat ,a tiempo real,así , que sigo la discografía desde el balls to the wall, tengo 53 años,así que ya me dirás
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Death Row is probably one of my favorites of theirs. It was the first Accept album I listened to. I prefer it over anything prior to and after Restless and Wild. I guess that makes Death Row my second favorite of theirs.
The guitar tone and the songs are very heavy and catch in accept style of metal
that's wild. ;) Cheers! 🤘
Can you do one when Humanoid is released so you include that one to?
nah, too much work to add one record. ;)
@@RuthlessMetalYT I fear that no one else will do it anytime soon
@@RuthlessMetalYT I have a video idea. Bands that sound like Accept
see the priest video. kinda. hehe ;)
Back in 1982...Heidi-hei-do hei-da was such a prelude to...a violent aggression of speed and power right-into-your-face (ears) with "Fast as a ashark" - absolute delight and made me really...restless, and, most of all, WILDER than never before!!! The title-track was superb (OMG...that drum work by Stefan...oh yeeeeeeesssssssaaaaa!!!!!), "Shake your heads" brought us back directly to Judas Priest's "Point of entry"'s atmosphere..."Neon nights" - aaahhhh...another metal clsssic with Epic echoes..."Demon's night"....aaaah...what a strong and devlish track!! and, of curse, "Princess of the dawn" which, back at the time, received honour even from no-metal fans :-))))
I think thet you guessed that I'm thinkin' the same way as you about the TOP of Accept's releases.....🙂
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Sir, what accent am i hearing? Enjoying the list.
Swedish! thanks boss
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Thanks Daddy!
It's a nice ranking. For me I'd put Balls to the Wall to the first place, because it's such a unique, colorful album, all songs are extraordinary, just like the lyrics, which are exceptionally interesting and deep - well, in the whole scene you would call metal. It was a perhaps strange, but undoubtedly fruitful combination that their manager and then Wolf's wife wrote the lyrics, beginning with this album.
After this I would put Breaker to the 2nd and Restless to the 3rd place. The Mark Tornillo era is also excellent.
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My favourite Accept´s album: Metal Heart
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My top 10 favourite Accept albums would be
10. Blood of the nations
9. Objection Overruled
8. Death Row
7. Predator
6. Blind Rage
5. Russian Roulette
4. Breaker
3. Metal Heart
2. Restless and wild
1. Balls to the wall
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These videos are my happiness, roll one and play it
thank you Sir!
Would you do a album ranking of Danzig?
maybe we'll see. Cheers!
🤘Awesome ranker🤘of super band🤘thank Ruthless🤘
cheerios!
Now that you mention it I think Accept may have gotten the BTTW Album Cover from Sticky Fingers and Too Fast For Love. Anyhow I love Accept big time. They're right up there with Black Sabbath, Iron Maiden, Dio, and Judas Priest or they should be, I'm sure you'll agree they're a bit underrated.
Yeah those crotch inages was popular in the 80s hehe
Your list is simular to mine, only Eat the Heat is not the worst album, the half of the songs are really strong. For me its a 7/10.
yeah, I think Eat the heat and predator are easily the worst two. :) Cheers
Modern Accept really hits
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Well, U.D.O.'s albums...rank'em all! 🍻
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You should do a saxon album ranking
it's coming later this summer/autumn.
Somehow, even before watching the video, I thought that Eat the Heat will be at the bottom and either Breaker or Restless and Wild will be number one. Will you also rank UDO?
I doubt I will do them anytime soon. Cheers!
Do a Danzig one please.
we'll see. :) Cheers! 🤘
Accept is the best. Wolf hoffmann is the best heavy metal lead guitarist.
Personally my favorite is objection overruled or blood of the nations
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I predicted the best and the worst, but in all honesty that's not terribly hard to do... 😄
Really love Accept, but I mostly stay with the classic 80s releases. The new stuff is pretty good, but I don't really like the production, and - as good as mr Tornillo is (and he is a damn good replacement) - Udo will always be my Accept vocalist of choice.
The real blind spots on my Accept radar are "Death Row" and "Predator" - two albums I've never bothered listening to. I also remember not liking "Objection Overruled" terribly much back in '93 but maybe that was mostly down to me being quite heavily invested in grunge at that time. Oh well... it probably deserves another chance today. Wish I had kept that cd...
The less said about "Eat the Heat" the better, but it is an impressively poor stinker of an album.David Reece does a respectable job but the songs (maybe with the exception of okay-ish opener X-T-C) are just bad. I can't quite decide which is the worst release ever from a respected metal band - "Eat the Heat" or Queensryche's truly horrendous "Dedicated to Chaos". Maybe it's a narrow escape for "Eat the Heat", simply beacause "Dedicated to Chaos" really isn't metal at all... but on the other hand I must admit that Accepts low point made me more disappointed and angry, since I wasn't really expecting anything remotely good from Queensryche in 2011. Thankfully both bands have found their way back to making quality albums again. 🙂
Anyway... I'm rambling.
Yeah Objection Overruled is better than Predator and Death Row so. :) I mean Eat the Heat wasn't good but Dedicated to Chaos is way way worse in my opinion. :) Cheers!
Please, rank Saxon albuns! Saxon is my favorite band! My favorite Accept album is Metal Heart!
Ive got plans for it later this summer. :)
You should do a ranking of the japanese metal band anthem rank their albums
I've only heard their early records so that will probably never happen. :) Cheers!
My ranking for the Accept albums would be🤘
17. Eat The Heat 1989
16. Accept 1979
15. I’m A Rebel 1980
14. The Rise Of Chaos 2017
13. Humanoid 2024
12. Too Mean To Die 2021
11. Stalingrad 2012
10. Blood Of The Nations 2010
9. Objection Overruled 1993
8. Death Row 1994
7. Predator 1996
6. Blind Rage 2014
5. Russian Roulette 1986
4. Breaker 1981
3. Metal Heart 1985
2. Restless And Wild 1982
1. Balls To The Wall 1984
nice, cheers
Yeah i mostly agree with your ranking
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Restless and Wild
Balls to the wall
Metal heart
Im a rebel
Russian roulette
Breaker
Accept
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Well... I'm a Ranker.
16: Eat the Heat
15: Death Row
14: Predator
13: Objection Overruled
12: Stalingrad
11: The Rise of Chaos
10: Accept (Best Album Cover, Lol)
9: Blind Rage
8: Blood of the Nations
7: I'm a Rebel
6: Too Mean to Die
5: Russian Roulette
4: Metal Heart
3: Balls to the Wall
2: Breaker
1: Restless and Wild
That's what I should have called the video. :D Solid rank! Cheers! 🤘
Yeah that lady with a chainsaw is really cool
Hi Bro.
I'm with You most of the way, but...
....S/T and I'm a rebel are much higher on my list.
I'm old. That might be the reason.
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I dig those too, but they are a bit too much hard rock and not enough metal for me. That ACDC kinda rock is not my thing.
Yep, Restless and Wild. Loved this.
Read they were 'between' a second guitarist so Wolf Hoffman did everything.
After this all i know is Balls To The Wall and Metal Heart.
Over due for a find (they're here somewhere ;)
Funny a mid '90s release was called Predator.
'Round about that time, i bought a MIA Peavey Predator S type for $235 as a 'set', (GB, cable,,,)
I've been at this for awhile,,,,The DX Turbo covers alot of ground.
Needs a 5 way, otherwise, could be last to go.
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If Blood of the Nations comes in at no. 5 the ones above it must be pretty good. Blood of the Nations had some awesome tracks on it - Beat the Bastards; Shades of Death etc. I will be having a good look at these other ones.
Yes, Accept really has a solid standard over a long period of time.