┌───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │■ ■│ │ .-/ .-. │ │ _.-~ / ___ | ~-._ │ │ \:/ -~| / __/| .\:/ │ │ / || (:/:| \ │ │ / /\/| |:\___\| |\ \ │ │ / /:::|.::/:::/:.|:\ \ │ │ / /:::/ \\/:::/::/:::\ \ │ │ / .::\ \-~~~~-/\/:.. \ │ │ /..:::::\ /:::::..\ │ │ /::::::::- -::::::::\ │ │ \:::::-~ ~-:::::/ │ │ \:-~ ~-:/ │ │ METAL CLASSICS ARCHIVE │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ P R E S E N T S │ │ │ │ │ │ + Accept - Metal Heart + │ │ │ │ │ │╔═════════════════════╗ │ │║ Release Information ║ │ │╠═════════════════════╩══════════════════════════════════════════╗ │ │║ ║ │ │║ Release Date.Feb-02-2014 Encoder......L3.97 -V2 --vbr-new ║ │ │║ Genre........Heavy Metal Graber.......EAC ║ │ │║ Year.........2002 Khz/Bitrate..44,1/ Br ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ Ripper.......anthem Songs........12 ║ │ │║ Covers.......Yes Url... www.acceptworldwide.com ║ │ │║ ║ │ │╚════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │╔═════════════════════╗ │ │║ Release Notes ║ │ │╠═════════════════════╩══════════════════════════════════════════╗ │ │║ ║ │ │║ Artist : Accept Rating : You Decide! ║ │ │║ Album : Metal Heart Label : BMG ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ ║ │ │╠════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╣ │ │║ ║ │ │║ Description : ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ Accept had a long and storied career, but for ║ │ │║ some reason I hear little of their most well- ║ │ │║ produced and mature classic, Metal Heart. This ║ │ │║ album came after the much-heralded (and ║ │ │║ deservedly so) Balls to the Wall, but is ║ │ │║ possessed of an even more refined , varied, and ║ │ │║ polished approach. Perhaps that is the problem, ║ │ │║ but for me, the album is just chock-full of ║ │ │║ great song after great song, and the production ║ │ │║ is top notch. Putting on Metal Heart and pegging ║ │ │║ the volume at 10 never gets old. This is an ║ │ │║ album to smash furniture to - a work of pure ║ │ │║ Metal greatness, somehow left behind in the ║ │ │║ morass, but always deserving of another listen. ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ I've tried to figure out why Metal Heart didn't ║ │ │║ catch on like Balls to the Wall. Perhaps it is ║ │ │║ the opening track. Starting off with a strange ║ │ │║ sitar intro, the song perhaps isn't what was ║ │ │║ expected for fans looking for more crunch. But ║ │ │║ listen closer. The rhythm on Metal Heart is ║ │ │║ delightful and groovy, perfectly syncopated with ║ │ │║ the drum work, refined yet powerful, with ║ │ │║ strange dissonant instruments interlaced and ║ │ │║ Udo's gutteral power vocals growling to the ║ │ │║ dangers of future technology. Maybe it wasn't ║ │ │║ the best decision to lead with the title track, ║ │ │║ in this case. But after years of listening to ║ │ │║ this work, it really is a nice song. I never ║ │ │║ skip it when listening to this album. Never. The ║ │ │║ classical solo break is fantastic -- typical ║ │ │║ Wolf Hoffman fare, it provides that special ║ │ │║ break that lifts the song higher. Great guitar ║ │ │║ tone. Accept *always* got their guitars right. ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ If you were looking for more devastating speed ║ │ │║ metal, it's definitely here. You just have to ║ │ │║ get past the opening track and the attempted ║ │ │║ commercial rock song Midnight Mover (which I ║ │ │║ actually like, but anyway...). If you ever get a ║ │ │║ chance, and you like experiencing vertigo, check ║ │ │║ out the video for Midnight Mover. I'm not sure ║ │ │║ if anyone thought this would break Accept into ║ │ │║ the mainstream, but if they did, they deserved ║ │ │║ to be fired. But I digress! On to the rest of ║ │ │║ the album. ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ Here's where Metal Heart really kicks into gear. ║ │ │║ Man, I'm telling you, there are tunes on here ║ │ │║ that blow the doors off everything. Up to the ║ │ │║ Limit makes me want to smash things. It's an ode ║ │ │║ to being fed up with pretty much everything. And ║ │ │║ the rhythm is stomping. Wolf & Jorg provide the ║ │ │║ guitar lines to punctuate Udo's trademarked ║ │ │║ delivery. It's fantastic. ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ Wrong is Right follows right on the heels. This ║ │ │║ is among the top 5 Accept songs ever. Wrong is ║ │ │║ Right! Damn straight! You don't know what it's ║ │ │║ like, to be INSANE! YEEEAAH! If you don't feel ║ │ │║ something listening to this, you are dead. It's ║ │ │║ really as simple as that. Put it on, bang thy ║ │ │║ head, lather rinse, repeat! Gangs roving in the ║ │ │║ city, burning stuff, getting wasted, destroying ║ │ │║ everything. Come on, admit it -- this is why you ║ │ │║ love metal! ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ Metal Heart doesn't really slow down on the ║ │ │║ second half at all. There's fantastic material ║ │ │║ here, if a little more avant-garde. But I love ║ │ │║ the songs. Dogs on Leads in particular is ║ │ │║ strange, powerful, and sadistic. It sits in the ║ │ │║ shadows, waits for its chance, then BAM! Strikes ║ │ │║ you down with its hammer-blow chorus. ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ And Teach Us to Survive, with its left-field ║ │ │║ rhythm stylings and odd vocal lines really works ║ │ │║ for me. Progressive Accept? This is about as ║ │ │║ close as it comes. And they pull it off. The ║ │ │║ thing I always loved about Accept was their ║ │ │║ willingness to inject the formula with strange, ║ │ │║ and yet effective, changeups. Metal Heart ║ │ │║ contains a few of these, and they all really ║ │ │║ contribute positively to the whole. ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ And if you thought Accept had gone too far off ║ │ │║ course, they hit you with a late-album gem, the ║ │ │║ powerful & lyrical Livin' For Tonight. This is ║ │ │║ classic Teutonic Accept fare. Stomping rhythms, ║ │ │║ cruchy guitars with classical stylings thrown ║ │ │║ in, and up-tempo drum rhythms. The sarcastic and ║ │ │║ funny Bound To Fail rounds out the track ║ │ │║ listing, and is also a stomping, well-written ║ │ │║ up-tempo metal tune. Metal Heart is good from ║ │ │║ start to finish. There's no front-loading going ║ │ │║ on here. For a band with as much history as ║ │ │║ Accept, the fact that they still had this many ║ │ │║ great ideas is particularly impressive. ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ Metal Heart is a great, mature effort from a ║ │ │║ band who knew exactly what they were doing, and ║ │ │║ had reached a pinnacle of power and songwriting ║ │ │║ where they could really deliver something ║ │ │║ exciting and different. Unfortunately, in my ║ │ │║ opinion people were looking for the next slab of ║ │ │║ Balls to the Wall smashing/power metal. Although ║ │ │║ Metal Heart probably sold decently, its impact ║ │ │║ was quite a bit less than previous works by the ║ │ │║ band. And that's a shame. This is prime metal, ║ │ │║ overwhelmingly well-produced and performed, and ║ │ │║ containing brilliant strokes of songwriting ║ │ │║ genius along with catchy, memorable themes. ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ It's one of my favorite Accept albums ever, and ║ │ │║ I think it should you be yours, too. Give it ║ │ │║ another listen if you passed it by. ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ ║ │ │╚════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │╔═════════════════════╗ │ │║ Release Tracklist ║ │ │╚═════════════════════╩══════════════════════════════════════════ │ │ │ │ 01 - Metal Heart [05:24] │ │ 02 - Midnight Mover [03:07] │ │ 03 - Up To The Limit [03:47] │ │ 04 - Wrong Is Right [03:09] │ │ 05 - Screaming For A Love-Bite [04:06] │ │ 06 - Too High To Get Is Right [03:47] │ │ 07 - Dogs On Lead [04:24] │ │ 08 - Teach Us To Survive [03:33] │ │ 09 - Living For Tonite [03:34] │ │ 10 - Bound To Fail [05:06] │ │ 11 - Love Child (Live) (Bonus Track) [04:50] │ │ 12 - Living For Tonite (Live) (Bonus Track) [03:50] │ │ │ │ Total Length : [48:37 minn │ │ │ │ │ │ ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ ╔═════════════════════╗ │ │ ║ Greetings To: ║ │ │ ╚═════════════════════╝ │ │ │ │ Too all people who contributes to make this │ │ archive of good music in a exceptional conditions │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │■ ■│ └───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘