Fifty years in, and Accept still aren’t aiming for anything less than the throat. The German heavy metal institution — the band that practically welded the blueprint for European power metal in the late ’70s and early ’80s — is marking a half-century of riffs, leather, and full-volume defiance with a landmark new album: Teutonic Titans 1976-2026, due September 4, 2026 via Napalm Records. Pre-orders are live now.

This isn’t a quiet victory lap. It’s a 19-track summit meeting featuring 50 A-list guests from across the metal universe, all paying tribute to the songs that shaped a genre. Architect-in-chief Wolf Hoffmann is joined by current vocalist Mark Tornillo throughout, while a rotating cast of legends takes turns reimagining the catalog from I’m a Rebel (1980) through Eat the Heat (1989). No two tracks share the same lineup — every song is its own custom-built monster.

The guest list reads like a heavy metal Hall of Fame ballot. Tobias Forge of Ghost steps to the mic for “Save Us,” backed by Ray Luzier on drums. Phil Anselmo, Kirk Hammett, and Mikkey Dee absolutely demolish “Fast As A Shark.” The Metal God himself, Rob Halford, takes the wheel on “Balls to the Wall,” joined by Scorpions guitarist Matthias Jabs. And in one of the more unexpected pairings of the year, Billy Corgan and David Ellefson team up on a reimagined “Love Child.”

That’s just the marquee. Also showing up to swing hammers: K. K. Downing, Bobby Blitz, Hansi Kürsch, Chris Jericho, Ralf Scheepers, Billy Sheehan, Ola Englund, and Jeff Loomis, among many others. Accept’s current lineup — Hoffmann, bassist Martin Motnik, guitarist Philip Shouse, and drummer Christopher Williams — also re-records “Hellhammer” with Jason McMaster on vocals.

“There is no better way to celebrate this 50-year anniversary than to have our musical peers, friends, and inspirations come together with us to record these classic Accept songs, which I am honored and proud to share with the World,” says Hoffmann. “I hope everyone enjoys this very special record as much as we all enjoyed making it.”

Pre-order Teutonic Titans 1976-2026 here: https://lnk.to/Accept-TeutonicTitans/napalmrecords

Stream Accept on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/5nM9rRWp5pgcg9JSpvPKgY

Teutonic Titans 1976-2026 Track Listing:
1. Fast as a Shark
2. Balls to the Wall
3. Aiming High
4. Run If You Can
5. Hellhammer
6. Metal Heart
7. Losers and Winners
8. Save Us
9. Up to the Limit
10. Wrong Is Right
11. Starlight
12. Fight It Back
13. Love Child
14. Breaker
15. Demon’s Night
16. T.V. War
17. London Leatherboys
18. Monsterman
19. Restless and Wild

The album will be available in multiple collectible formats, including a 2-LP Gatefold Liquid Edition, a 2-LP Gatefold White Label Edition, a 2-CD Deluxe Box housed in a metal box (with flag, sweatband, lanyard, and backstage pass), a 2-CD Earbook with a 48-page booklet, splattered and solid-color vinyl variants, a 2-CD digisleeve, and a digital edition.

Accept Live 2026

With Enforcer:
5/3 — Gothenburg, SE — Filmstudion
5/6 — Stockholm, SE — Cirkus

Festivals:
5/1 — Kopervik, NO — Karmøygeddon Metal Festival 2026
6/5 — Pilsen, CZ — Metalfest
6/18 — Dessel, BE — Graspop Metal Meeting
6/19 — Clisson, FR — Hellfest
7/4 — Barcelona, ES — Rock Fest
7/10 — Nideggen, DE — Tollrock Festival
7/12 — Herten, DE — Zeche Ewald
7/25 — Istanbul, TR — Maximum Uniq Open Air
7/27 — Sofia, BG — National Palace of Culture
7/29 — Ghimbav-Brașov, RO — Rockstad Extreme Fest
8/7 — Helsinki, FI — Hellsinki Metalfest
8/29 — Newark, UK — Stonedead Festival

With Tailgunner:
8/27 — Wolverhampton, UK — KK’s Steel Mill
8/28 — London, UK — Indigo at The O2

With Dynazty & Tailgunner:
11/19 — Leipzig, DE — Haus Auensee
11/20 — Lingen, DE — Emsland Arena
11/21 — Oberhausen, DE — Turbinenhalle
11/22 — Paris, FR — L’Olympia
11/24 — Balingen, DE — Volksbankmesse
11/25 — Lyon, FR — Transbordeur
11/27 — Valencia, ES — Auditorio
11/28 — Madrid, ES — La Cubierta
11/29 — Toulouse, FR — Le Bikini
12/1 — Zurich, CH — Komplex 457
12/2 — Milan, IT — Alcatraz
12/4 — Vienna, AT — Gasometer
12/5 — Zlín, CZ — Sports Hall Datart
12/6 — Budapest, HU — Barba Negra
12/8 — Berlin, DE — Uber Eats Music Hall
12/9 — Gliwice, PL — Arena Gliwice
12/11 — Hamburg, DE — Inselpark Arena
12/12 — Offenbach, DE — Stadthalle
12/13 — Brussels, BE — AB
12/15 — Herford, DE — Kulturwerk
12/16 — Tilburg, NL — O13
12/18 — Neu-Ulm, DE — Ratiopharm Arena
12/19 — Geiselwind, DE — Eventhall
12/20 — Munich, DE — Zenith

Fifty years on, Accept aren’t just looking back — they’re cranking the amps, calling in the cavalry, and reminding the entire heavy metal world exactly who built this house.