Accept – Teutonic Titans, 1976-2026 (CD)

German heavy metal has few origin stories as foundational as Accept's. The Solingen band helped forge the template for European power metal and influenced generations of bands on both sides of the Atlantic, their guitar-driven attack and Udo Dirkschneider's unmistakable rasp becoming touchstones for the genre. Fifty years in, this collection traces that lineage from the band's raw early years through their remarkable latter-day resurgence.