Their current lineup consists of Hoffmann, vocalist Mark Tornillo, guitarists Uwe Lulis and Philip Shouse, drummer Christopher Williams and bassist Martin Motnik. Before arriving at their current lineup, Accept has undergone numerous lineup changes, being Hoffmann the last remaining original member since its inception, and he is the only band member to appear on each album.
Accept played an important role in the development of speed and thrash metal, and they were part of the German heavy metal scene, which emerged in the early to mid-1980s. They have also been cited as an influence or inspiration by a number of acts, including Metallica, Megadeth, Slayer, Pantera, Testament, Anthrax, Guns N' Roses, Mötley Crüe, Alice in Chains, Soundgarden, Overkill, Exodus, and Annihilator, as well as fellow Germans such as Helloween, Blind Guardian, Doro, Sodom, Rage, and Grave Digger. Accept achieved its first commercial success with their fifth studio album Balls to the Wall (1983), which is the band's only album to be certified gold in the United States and Canada, and spawned their well-known hit "Balls to the Wall".
Accept have broken up and reformed multiple times. They first split up in 1989, several months after the release of Eat the Heat (which was their only album with Dirkschneider's initial replacement David Reece), but reformed in 1992 and released three more albums before disbanding again in 1997. After briefly reuniting in 2005, Accept announced their third reunion in 2009, with former T.T. Quick frontman Mark Tornillo replacing Dirkschneider (who declined to participate), and the band has recorded five albums with him: Blood of the Nations (2010), Stalingrad (2012), Blind Rage (2014), The Rise of Chaos (2017) and Too Mean to Die (2021); each of those albums renewed Accept's popularity in Germany and entered the top ten charts there.
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Studio albums
Accept (1979)
I'm a Rebel (1980)
Breaker (1981)
Restless and Wild (1982)
Balls to the Wall (1983)
Metal Heart (1985)
Russian Roulette (1986)
Eat the Heat (1989)
Objection Overruled (1993)
Death Row (1994)
Predator (1996)
Blood of the Nations (2010)
Stalingrad (2012)
Blind Rage (2014)
The Rise of Chaos (2017)
Too Mean to Die (2021)
Walking In The Shadow
Accept Lyrics
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Only with you I will survive
And I live in the shadow of this wall
With fifty-eight thousand all in all
I surrender I surrender
Heart' n 'soul's gone to nowhere
Walking in the shadow walking in the night
For the very first time in your life
You've not been the last in line
You had to die instead of me
Do I have to live for you now
Is that what you want me to do
Live in agony and pain
Walking in the shadow walking in the night
Walking in the shadow walking in the night
In the night
Walking in the shadow walking in the night
Walking in the shadow walking in the night
Oh, yeah!
Walking in the shadow walking in the night
Walking in the shadow walking in the night
In the night in the night
The lyrics of Accept's "Walking in the Shadow" convey a sense of craving, fear, and survivor's guilt, as the singer describes their emotions after experiencing a traumatic event alongside many others. The song opens with a confession of feeling drained, with the singer claiming that their "fire ain't gone inside," yet acknowledging that only with someone else's presence - possibly a lover's - they can thrive. The image of the wall and fifty-eight thousand people being trapped behind it suggests a tragic event, such as a natural disaster or a war, where the singer and the rest of the crowd share common sufferings and losses.
In the chorus, the singer repeats the phrase "Walking in the shadow walking in the night" as if describing their own experience of feeling invisible and isolated despite being in a group, perhaps because of their survivor's guilt. They also address someone, possibly a fallen comrade, who sacrificed themselves for the singer, wondering if they now have to live solely for their memory and suffer for them.
The lyrics of "Walking in the Shadow" speak to the human need for comfort and support in times of pain and the aftermath of tragedies. They also acknowledge the struggle of those who feel guilty for being alive when others have passed. Overall, the song is an evocative and emotional portrayal of the complex emotions that arise in extreme circumstances.
Line by Line Meaning
All my fire ain't gone inside
My passion and energy haven't disappeared entirely, but I need you to survive.
Only with you I will survive
I can only keep on living if I'm with you.
And I live in the shadow of this wall
I exist in the background, constrained by obstacles that prevent me from shining.
With fifty-eight thousand all in all
I am imprisoned along with countless others who share my pain and confinement.
I surrender I surrender
I give up, I give up.
Heart' n 'soul's gone to nowhere
My heart and soul have been lost to the void.
For the very first time in your life
You are experiencing something new and different.
You've not been the last in line
You haven't been left behind or forgotten this time.
You had to die instead of me
You made a sacrifice for me, taking my place and losing your life.
Do I have to live for you now
Now that you're gone, am I supposed to live for both of us?
Is that what you want me to do
Do you expect me to suffer and endure this on my own?
Live in agony and pain
Exist in torment and misery.
Walking in the shadow walking in the night
Moving through life unnoticed and unseen, hidden in darkness.
In the night
In the darkness and obscurity of existence.
Oh, yeah!
An expression of affirmation and emotion.
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Suc SLP
La mejor banda ... Por siempre...
Dallas Beikes
For me this is their best album, but I do love them all!
Louis Csanko
DALLAS, 100%. THE BAND, i.m.h.o. HAS 3 ERAS// FROM 3 BACKWARDS #3.) THE BREATHTAKING ALBUMS WITH MARK TORNILLO---------#2.) THE ERA WITH METALHEART// BALLS TO THE WALL//RUSSIAN ROULETTE// etc.. AND LAST BUT CERTAINLY NOT LEAST-----ERA#1.) WITH BREAKER//RESTLESS AND WILD//which according to EDDIE TRUNK has the first Thrash song ever recorded--( " FAST AS A SHARK ") //
Христо Добрев
Very power nice song
Daniel Graves
My dad was a Vietnam vet and I'm 46 now and during the 1980s I was one of hundreds of thousands of kids of my generation in that era who experienced first hand seeing his father still think he was in Vietnam with someone of a lost mind and accept and Udo will forever be the band that will define my dad to me having this 1980s Vietnam war flashback experience forever and this is to the other accept fans who experienced the same thing with their Vietnam war veteran fathers
treeduck
Heaviest backing vocals ever!
Robert Gawlikowicz
Boże jak ta gitarrra chodzi-kapitalny ZESPÓŁ,PŁYTA SUPER!!!!!!
marta condori mamani
E P I C A L B U M !!!!!
HEAVY METAL DETECTING
not their best but still a great song...has feeling which new accept only has on occasional tracks
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INCREDIBLE