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Flashback Interview: MATHIAS DEITH (U.D.O.) (1990): “No One At The Record Company Told Us To Be More Melodic [On Faceless World], And We Didn’t Make It On Purpose”

September 28, 2025 Stig G. Nordahl Leave a comment

Get exclusive insights into U.D.O.’s 1990 album Faceless World with guitarist Mathias Dieth! Dive deep into the band’s melodic shift, learn how the press responded to this bold new direction, and discover how Accept’s drummer …READ MORE

Flashback Interview: U.D.O. (1989): “The Relationship With ACCEPT Is Better Now Than Ever, No Hard Feelings”

June 20, 2025 Stig G. Nordahl 1 Comment

Step into a slice of heavy metal history! Join us backstage in Oslo, 1989, just before U.D.O. hit the stage to open for the legendary Ozzy Osbourne. In this exclusive interview, frontman Udo Dirkschneider and …READ MORE

ACCEPT – Humanoid

May 7, 2024 Bryce Van Patten Leave a comment

Germany’s Heavy Metal kings are back with their much awaited 17th studio album, and boy is it a doozey! Humanoid is out on Napalm Records, and was executive produced by the now leading Heavy Metal …READ MORE

Daily Album Premieres

DAILY ALBUM PREMIERE Week 17, 2024

April 19, 2024 Scott Jeslis Leave a comment

Featuring new albums from Accept, Natthammer, Isospin & Vain!

Tales from a Metalhead

Tales from a Metalhead: Chapter 36: The Overture

February 8, 2024 Stig G. Nordahl Leave a comment

Overture! Many Hard Rock and Metal bands adopted the term from Classical music. However, over the years it’s become more typical for Hard Rock and Metal than any other genre I think. A fancy word, right?

Daily Album Premieres

DAILY ALBUM PREMIERE Week 17, 2022

April 23, 2022 Scott Jeslis Leave a comment

Featuring new albums from Redshark, Udo Dirkschneider, LionSoul & Crashdïet!

DAVID REECE (IRON ALLIES, BANGALORE CHOIR, EX-ACCEPT): “I Spent A Lot Of My Career Emulating DAVID COVERDALE”

October 27, 2021 George Dionne 1 Comment

Red Blooded Hell Raiser Last year I discovered David Reece’s solo work for the first time on Cacophony of Souls. Through that album, David told some great stories against a Classic Rock meets Blues Rock …READ MORE

UDO DIRKSCHNEIDER (U.D.O.): “[We Were] Not Allowed To Have More Than Two People In The Studio… Every Musician Was On His Own”

October 21, 2021 George Dionne Leave a comment

“If mankind doesn’t rethink some things, it could have drastic consequences,” says Udo Dirkschneider in the press release for his latest album under the U.D.O. banner, Game Over. The sixteen track opus is set to …READ MORE

HERMAN FRANK (HERMAN FRANK BAND): “Music Is Something You Have To Do With Other People”

June 24, 2021 Bryce Van Patten Leave a comment

Metal Express Radio’s Bryce Van Patten has a conversation with Herman Frank of Victory, Accept and the band Herman Frank about his new album Two for a Lie. Herman also talks about self-producing, juggling multiple …READ MORE

ACCEPT – Too Mean To Die

January 28, 2021 George Dionne Leave a comment

The Backstory Too Mean to Die is the 16th studio album by German Heavy Metal heroes Accept. It is their fifth album with current vocalist Mark Tornillo. The Album The intense opening track “Zombie Apocalypse” …READ MORE