Blood of the Nations
Blood of the Nations is the twelfth studio album by the German heavy metal band Accept. It was released on 20 August 2010 and recorded from November 2009 to January 2010 at Backstage Studio in Derbyshire, England. The album was produced by Andy Sneap and released by Nuclear Blast.
This was Accept’s first studio album since 1996’s Predator and the first with singer Mark Tornillo and drummer Stefan Schwarzmann. It is also the first Accept album without Udo Dirkschneider on vocals since 1989’s Eat the Heat, and the first with guitarist Herman Frank since 1983’s Balls to the Wall.
Blood of the Nations received positive reviews. Blabbermouth.net praised it as a needed boost for traditional heavy metal and gave it 8.5 out of 10. Another reviewer, musicreview.co.za, called it a heavy metal record focused on real metal and noted its longer guitar solos.
On the charts, the album started at number four in Germany, Accept’s highest position since 1986. It also reached the US Billboard 200, peaking at 187, the band's best charting album in years. The album earned several awards, including a Dino Award for Album of the Year from the Dinosaur Rock Guitar forum, and two Metal Storm Awards for Best Heavy Metal Album and Biggest Surprise. In 2013, VH1 named Blood of the Nations the number one comeback album, and Metal Shock Finland labeled it the Best Shocking Comeback Album. The German Metal Hammer Awards in 2011 gave the song “Teutonic Terror” the Metal Anthem award. The band returned with Blind Rage in 2014, which topped the German charts.
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