┌───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │■ ■│ │ .-/ .-. │ │ _.-~ / ___ | ~-._ │ │ \:/ -~| / __/| .\:/ │ │ / || (:/:| \ │ │ / /\/| |:\___\| |\ \ │ │ / /:::|.::/:::/:.|:\ \ │ │ / /:::/ \\/:::/::/:::\ \ │ │ / .::\ \-~~~~-/\/:.. \ │ │ /..:::::\ /:::::..\ │ │ /::::::::- -::::::::\ │ │ \:::::-~ ~-:::::/ │ │ \:-~ ~-:/ │ │ METAL CLASSICS ARCHIVE │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ P R E S E N T S │ │ │ │ │ │ + Accept - Symphonic Terror-Live At Wacken 2017-(27361 44990) + │ │ │ │ │ │╔═════════════════════╗ │ │║ Release Information ║ │ │╠═════════════════════╩══════════════════════════════════════════╗ │ │║ ║ │ │║ Release Date.Dec-14-2018 Encoder......L3.98.4 -V0 --lowpas ║ │ │║ Genre........Heavy Metal Graber.......EAC ║ │ │║ Year.........2018 Khz/Bitrate..44,1/ Br ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ Ripper.......anthem Songs........cd1: 11 cd2: 10 ║ │ │║ Covers.......Yes Url... www.acceptworldwide.com ║ │ │║ ║ │ │╚════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │╔═════════════════════╗ │ │║ Release Notes ║ │ │╠═════════════════════╩══════════════════════════════════════════╗ │ │║ ║ │ │║ Artist : Accept Rating : You Decide! ║ │ │║ Album : Symphonic Terror-Live At WackeLabel : Nuclear Blast ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ ║ │ │╠════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╣ │ │║ ║ │ │║ Description : ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ Some folks seem to feel an obligation to perform ║ │ │║ with an orchestra. Cozying up to a symphony is ║ │ │║ just something that bands do sometimes, like ║ │ │║ asking us if we're all having a good time ║ │ │║ tonight or talking smack about former members on ║ │ │║ social media. Maybe you hook up with an ║ │ │║ orchestra because you're bored. Maybe you've ║ │ │║ just reached that point in your career. Every ║ │ │║ once in a while, you see a band that does it ║ │ │║ because it makes sense and actually works for ║ │ │║ them. I'll admit that Accept is not the first ║ │ │║ band I'd have expected to find in that last ║ │ │║ category, but on second thought, they've always ║ │ │║ had a classical side. They understand what all ║ │ │║ these other instruments are for. Considering ║ │ │║ Wolf Hoffmann's musical background and that ║ │ │║ classical influence has always been lurking even ║ │ │║ in the gutsy, straightforward heavy metal of a ║ │ │║ band like Accept, this isn't the dumbest idea in ║ │ │║ the world. ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ You'd still be forgiven for wondering what ║ │ │║ violins could add to a ripping thrasher like ║ │ │║ "Fast As A Shark" or how cellos could ║ │ │║ successfully accentuate the groovy gumption of ║ │ │║ "Balls To The Wall." We'll get to that. ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ The performance opens with a handful of ║ │ │║ unaccompanied metal tracks: "Die By The Sword" ║ │ │║ and "Koolaid" from last year's The Rise Of ║ │ │║ Chaos, "Pandemic" from Blood Of The Nations, ║ │ │║ "Final Journey" from Blind Rage, and the classic ║ │ │║ "Restless And Wild." After whetting the ║ │ │║ audience's appetite with traditional concert ║ │ │║ fare, a spot-on performance typical of Accept, ║ │ │║ the band brings out the orchestra for the next ║ │ │║ act. This series of songs, tracks 6-11, comes to ║ │ │║ us from Hoffmann's 2016 solo album Headbangers ║ │ │║ Symphony and as such directly adapts works by ║ │ │║ composers such as Mussorgsky, Mozart, and ║ │ │║ Beethoven. The studio versions already came with ║ │ │║ strings attached, so this second section of ║ │ │║ Symphonic Terror has a successful track record ║ │ │║ already. The real experiment of this live album ║ │ │║ has yet to begin, but this is a cool chance to ║ │ │║ hear the rest of the band pitching in for ║ │ │║ Hoffmann's solo material, a majestic and ║ │ │║ triumphant marriage of metal and classical music ║ │ │║ that sounds as natural as if the songs had been ║ │ │║ written this way to begin with. ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ Symphonic Terror's titular joyride begins about ║ │ │║ halfway through. The one-two punch of "Princess ║ │ │║ Of The Dawn" and "Stalingrad" proves that the ║ │ │║ combination of these two sets of musicians works ║ │ │║ to a degree I couldn't have predicted: these ║ │ │║ lengthy, dramatic pieces have plenty of ║ │ │║ opportunities to weave in orchestral ║ │ │║ accentuations that bring out a lot of untapped ║ │ │║ feelings. Afterwards, the set list moves back ║ │ │║ into the realm of more traditional heavy metal ║ │ │║ with "Dark Side Of My Heart," but the fusion ║ │ │║ remains complementary. Enough thought was put ║ │ │║ into the composition of the orchestral parts to ║ │ │║ keep them from overshadowing or undercutting the ║ │ │║ original songs, which, after all, had not been ║ │ │║ substantially rewritten to accommodate another ║ │ │║ series of instruments. Somehow, "Fast As A ║ │ │║ Shark" develops a whole new facet with strings ║ │ │║ in tow; the solo section is practically ║ │ │║ ballroom-worthy. "Metal Heart" was just waiting ║ │ │║ for an excuse to become even more bombastic. ║ │ │║ There's a certain darkness and drama even in ║ │ │║ Accept's simplest material that is receptive to ║ │ │║ ornamentation in this fashion - again, it seems ║ │ │║ there was classical machination lurking even ║ │ │║ where we might not have expected. ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ After listening to the full album, I'm suitably ║ │ │║ convinced that the combination of Accept and ║ │ │║ wealthy old people music works. ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ I had written this review before the news of ║ │ │║ Peter Baltes's departure was announced, but it ║ │ │║ seems that this will have to serve as his last ║ │ │║ hurrah, as far as we can tell. He and Wolf ║ │ │║ Hoffmann made a fantastic duo and I count myself ║ │ │║ privileged to have seen them live; we'll have to ║ │ │║ let Symphonic Terror stand as one last record of ║ │ │║ that great partnership. ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ ║ │ │╚════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │╔═════════════════════╗ │ │║ Release Tracklist ║ │ │╚═════════════════════╩══════════════════════════════════════════ │ │ │ │ - CD1 [ ] │ │ - [ ] │ │ 01 - Die By The Sword [05:32] │ │ 02 - Restless And Wild [04:31] │ │ 03 - Koolaid [05:06] │ │ 04 - Pandemic [06:01] │ │ 05 - Final Journey [05:18] │ │ 06 - Night On Bald Mountain [07:08] │ │ 07 - Scherzo [05:28] │ │ 08 - Romeo And Juliet [05:47] │ │ 09 - PathΘtique [05:57] │ │ 10 - Double Cello Concerto in G Minor [03:40] │ │ 11 - Symphony No. 40 in G Minor [04:38] │ │ - [ ] │ │ - CD2 [ ] │ │ - [ ] │ │ 01 - Princess Of The Dawn [07:37] │ │ 02 - Stalingrad [06:22] │ │ 03 - Dark Side Of My Heart [04:41] │ │ 04 - Breaker [04:31] │ │ 05 - Shadow Soldiers [06:00] │ │ 06 - Dying Breed [05:45] │ │ 07 - Fast As A Shark [04:51] │ │ 08 - Metal Heart [07:33] │ │ 09 - Teutonic Terror [05:43] │ │ 10 - Balls To The Wall [07:56] │ │ │ │ Total Length : [120:0] min │ │ │ │ │ │ ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ ╔═════════════════════╗ │ │ ║ Greetings To: ║ │ │ ╚═════════════════════╝ │ │ │ │ Too all people who contributes to make this │ │ archive of good music in a exceptional conditions │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │■ ■│ └───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘