Blood of the Nations

Blood of the Nations
Studio album by Accept
Released August 20, 2010
Recorded November 2009–January 2010 at Backstage Studio, Derbyshire, England
Genre Heavy metal, speed metal
Length 67:30
Label Nuclear Blast
Producer Andy Sneap
Accept chronology

All Areas – Worldwide
(1997)		 Blood of the Nations
(2010)		 Stalingrad
(2012)

Blood of the Nations is the twelfth studio album by German heavy metal band Accept. It is the band's first studio recording since 1996's Predator and the first album to feature vocalist Mark Tornillo and drummer Stefan Schwarzmann. It is the first Accept album without Udo Dirkschneider on vocals since Eat the Heat (1989), and the band's the first album to feature guitarist Herman Frank since Balls to the Wall (1983).

Reception

Blood of the Nations
Review scores
Source Rating
About.com [1]
Blabbermouth.net [2]
AllMusic [3]
Lords of Metal 87/100[4]
Stormbringer [5]
Metal Psalter [6]
Dangerdog Music Reviews [7]
Metal Underground [8]
Metal Assault [9]
Brave Words & Bloody Knuckles [10]

Since its release, Blood of the Nations has been met with positive reviews. Reviewer Scott Alisoglu of Blabbermouth.net reviewed the album positively saying that Blood of the Nations "is the shot in the arm that fans of traditional heavy metal needed", and gave the album 8.5 out of 10.[2] The album also received a positive review from musicreview.co.za, with reviewer Sergio Pereira saying that "This isn't about 3 minute radio-friendly singles, Blood of the Nations is about metal – cold hard metal", and noting that minute-long solos, such as the one in the album track "Pandemic", are rare in current music.[11]

Blood of the Nations debuted at number four on the German albums chart,[12] making it Accept's first highest chart position since Russian Roulette (1986), and their second highest chart position (their 2014 album Blind Rage would debut at number one). It was also Accept's first album to enter the Billboard 200 since Eat the Heat (1989), though it peaked at number 187, making it the band's lowest chart position to date.[13]

Accolades

In 2010, The Dinosaur Rock Guitar forum honored Blood of the Nations with a Dino award for "Album of the Year".[14]

The album was voted the "#1 Comeback Album" in a 2013 VH1 poll. Also in 2013, Metal Shock Finland declared it "The Best Shocking Comeback Album".[15]

Tracklist

No. TitleWriter(s) Length
1. "Beat the Bastards"  Wolf Hoffmann, Mark Tornillo, Peter Baltes 5:24
2. "Teutonic Terror"  Hoffmann, Tornillo, Baltes [additional credit 1] 5:13
3. "The Abyss"  Hoffmann, Tornillo, Baltes 6:53
4. "Blood of the Nations"  Hoffmann, Tornillo, Baltes 5:37
5. "Shades of Death"  Hoffmann, Tornillo, Baltes [additional credit 2] 7:32
6. "Locked and Loaded"  Hoffmann, Tornillo, Baltes 4:28
7. "Kill the Pain"  Hoffmann, Tornillo, Baltes 5:47
8. "Rolling Thunder"  Frank, Tornillo 4:54
9. "Pandemic"  Hoffmann, Tornillo, Baltes 5:36
10. "New World Comin'"  Hoffmann, Tornillo, Baltes 4:50
11. "No Shelter"  Hoffmann, Tornillo, Baltes 6:04
12. "Bucket Full of Hate"  Hoffmann, Tornillo, Baltes 5:12
No. TitleWriter(s) Length
13. "Time Machine" (Bonus track for Digipak and Japanese SHM-CD editions)Hoffmann, Tornillo, Baltes 5:25
14. "Land of the Free" (Bonus track for Japanese SHM-CD edition)Hoffmann, Tornillo, Baltes 4:51

Additional credits

  1. ↑ Includes excerpts from "Concerto Mondiale" by Hoffmann and Melo Mafali
  2. ↑ Includes excerpts from "Concerto Mondiale" by Hoffmann and Melo Mafali

Charts

Chart Peak
position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[16] 19
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[17] 59
Czech Albums (ČNS IFPI)[18] 27
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[19] 9
French Albums (SNEP)[20] 72
German Albums (Official Top 100)[21] 4
Hungarian Albums (MAHASZ)[22] 7
Japanese Albums (Oricon)[23] 74
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)[24] 78
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[25] 7
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[26] 15
US Billboard 200[27] 187
US Top Hard Rock Albums (Billboard)[28] 19
US Independent Albums (Billboard)[29] 41

Personnel

References

  1. ↑ Bowar, Chad. "Blood of the Nations review". About.com. Retrieved April 13, 2011.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Alisoglu, Scott. "ACCEPT. Blood of the Nations (Nuclear Blast)". Blabbermouth.net. Roadrunner. Retrieved August 11, 2013.
  3. ↑ Prato, Greg. "Blood of the Nations review". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved April 13, 2011.
  4. ↑ Roks, Sjak. "Blood of the Nations review". Lords of Metal webzine. Retrieved April 13, 2011.
  5. ↑ Samer, Sigfried (August 11, 2010). "Blood of the Nations review" (in German). Stormbringer webzine. Retrieved April 13, 2011.
  6. ↑ "Blood of the Nations review". Metal Psalter webzine. August 16, 2010. Retrieved April 13, 2011.
  7. ↑ Hartranft, Craig (August 23, 2010). "Blood of the Nations review". Dangerdog Music Reviews. Retrieved April 13, 2011.
  8. ↑ Wels, Todd (August 21, 2010). "Blood of the Nations review". Metal Underground.com. Retrieved April 13, 2011.
  9. ↑ Brackett, Brianna (September 14, 2010). "Blood of the Nations review". Metal Assault.com. Retrieved April 13, 2011.
  10. ↑ Lawson, Dom. "Blood of the Nations review". Brave Words & Bloody Knuckles. Retrieved April 13, 2011.
  11. ↑ "Review: Accept – Blood Of The Nations". musicreview.co.za. Retrieved January 22, 2011.
  12. ↑ "Accept: More More 'Blood Of The Nations' First-Week Chart Positions Revealed". Blabbermouth.net. 7 September 2010. Retrieved 29 August 2014.
  13. ↑ "Accept - Awards". Allmusic.com. Retrieved 29 August 2014.
  14. ↑ http://www.dinosaurrockguitar.com/new/node/464
  15. ↑ http://metalshockfinland.com/2013/08/20/accept-blood-of-the-nations-voted-the-1-comeback-album-by-fans-on-vh1/
  16. ↑ "Accept – Blood Of The Nations" (in German). Austriancharts.at. Hung Medien. Retrieved 2014-06-10.
  17. ↑ "Accept – Blood Of The Nations" (in French). Ultratop.be. Hung Medien. Retrieved 2014-06-10.
  18. ↑ ds. "Čns Ifpi". Ifpicr.cz. Retrieved November 11, 2010.
  19. ↑ "Accept: Blood Of The Nations" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland. Retrieved 2014-06-10.
  20. ↑ "Accept – Blood Of The Nations". Lescharts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved 2014-06-10.
  21. ↑ "Accept – Blood Of The Nations". Officialcharts.de. GfK Entertainment. Retrieved 2014-06-10.
  22. ↑ "Top 40 album-, DVD- és válogatáslemez-lista – 2010. 34. hét" (in Hungarian). MAHASZ. LightMedia. Retrieved 2014-06-10.
  23. ↑ "ブラッド・オブ・ザ・ネイションズ アクセプトのプロフィールならオリコン芸能人事典-ORICON STYLE". Oricon.co.jp. Retrieved November 11, 2010.
  24. ↑ "Accept – Blood Of The Nations". Spanishcharts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved 2014-06-10.
  25. ↑ "Accept – Blood Of The Nations". Swedishcharts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved 2014-06-10.
  26. ↑ "Accept – Blood Of The Nations". Swisscharts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved 2014-06-10.
  27. ↑ "Accept Album & Song Chart History" Billboard 200 for Accept. Retrieved 2014-06-10.
  28. ↑ "Accept Album & Song Chart History" Billboard Top Hard Rock Albums for Accept. Retrieved 2014-06-10.
  29. ↑ "Accept Album & Song Chart History" Billboard Independent Albums for Accept. Retrieved 2014-06-10.