Metal Heart

by Accept

Metal Heart cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 4 March 1985
  • Label: Portrait
  • Country: Germany
  • Length: 39:56
  • Community rating: 3.29/5 from 2 ratings

Artists on this release: Wolf Hoffmann, Udo Dirkschneider, Peter Baltes, Stefan Kaufmann, J枚rg Fischer

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Accept deliberately polished their aggressive speed metal sound for 'Metal Heart', incorporating sophisticated classical motifs and highly accessible, arena-ready production. Wolf Hoffmann seamlessly weaves Beethoven and Tchaikovsky melodies into massive, driving hard rock riffs, while Udo Dirkschneider delivers remarkably passionate, anthemic vocals. The album represents a highly melodic, commercially ambitious peak for the German heavy metal institution.

Genres

Descriptors: melodic, rhythmic

Tracklist

  1. Metal Heart (5:23)
  2. Midnight Mover (3:06)
  3. Up to the Limit (3:47)
  4. Wrong Is Right (3:08)
  5. Screaming for a Love-Bite (4:05)
  6. Too High to Get It Right (3:46)
  7. Dogs On Leads (4:24)
  8. Teach Us to Survive (3:33)
  9. Living for Tonite (3:33)
  10. Bound to Fail (5:06)

Credits

  • Accept - primary artist, words by, music by
  • Peter Baltes - bass, backing vocals
  • Deaffy - cover [idea], cover [concept], words by, music by
  • Stefan Kaufmann - drums, backing vocals
  • Gerd Rautenbach - engineer
  • J枚rg Fischer - guitar, rhythm guitar, backing vocals
  • Wolf Hoffmann - guitar, strings, backing vocals, rhythm guitar
  • Udo Dirkschneider - lead vocals
  • Gaby Hauke - management
  • Dirksen & Sohn Modellwerkst盲tten - realization
  • Stahl Werbefotografie - realization

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