The discography of Accept, a German heavy metal band, consists of 17 studio albums, one collaborative album, five live albums, nine compilations, 25 singles, four video albums and 11 music videos. Formed in Solingen in 1976, with the bands first stable lineup featuring lead vocalist Udo Dirkschneider, lead guitarist Wolf Hoffmann, bassist Peter Baltes, rhythm guitarist Jörg Fischer and drummer Stefan Kaufmann.. The band signed to Brain Records and released their self-titled debut album in 1979, which failed to chart. After Friedrich was replaced by Stefan Kaufmann, I'm a Rebel, Breaker and Restless and Wild (the group's first release after Fischer's departure) followed over the next three years, the last of which gave Accept their debut on the UK Albums Chart when it reached number 98.
The band signed with RCA Records and released Balls to the Wall in 1983, their first album with Fischer's replacement Herman Frank. It was the band's first domestic success, registering at number 59 on the German Albums Chart. The album also charted in the United States and Canada,Canadian Albums Chart peak positions for Accept releases: Balls to the Wall: Metal Heart: receiving gold certifications in both regions. With Fischer later returning, the band's commercial recognition increased with their next two releases, as Metal Heart and Russian Roulette gave Accept their first German top 20 and top 10 chart positions, respectively. Dirkschneider was fired in 1987, but the band (with David Reece and without Fischer again) returned in 1989 with Eat the Heat, which peaked at number 15 in Germany. After a final touring cycle, Accept broke up in late 1989.
Reuniting with Dirkschneider, Accept returned in 1992 to record their comeback album Objection Overruled. Released the following year, it reached number 17 on the German Albums Chart. The group's popularity began to reduce in the 1990s, however, as 1994's Death Row peaked at number 32 and 1996's Predator peaked at number 56. Again, the band broke up in 1997. After a brief touring cycle in 2005, Accept reformed in 2009 with Hoffmann, Baltes, Frank joined by returning drummer Stefan Schwarzmann and new vocalist Mark Tornillo. Signed to Nuclear Blast, the band peaked at number 4 with 2010's Blood of the Nations and number 6 with 2012's Stalingrad: Brothers in Death, before achieving their first German Albums Chart number one with Blind Rage, released in 2014.
Accept parted ways with Frank and Schwarzmann in 2014, with their places taken in April 2015 by Uwe Lulis and Christopher Williams, respectively. In 2017 the band reached number 9 in Germany with the live album Restless and Live: Blind Rage Live in Europe 2015, before issuing The Rise of Chaos later in the year and reaching the top three. Another live release, Symphonic Terror: Live at Wacken 2017, also reached the German Albums Chart top 20 in 2018.
Albums Studio albums + List of studio albums, with selected chart positions and certificationsTitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positionsCertificationsGERAUTCANFINFRANORSWESWIUKUSAccept Released: 16 January 1979 Label: Brain Format: LP — — — — — — — — — —I'm a Rebel(titled Accept in the United States) Released: 2 June 1980 Label: Brain Formats: LP, CS — — — — — — — — — —Breaker Released: 16 March 1981 Label: Brain Formats: LP, CS — — — — — — — — — —Restless and Wild Released: 2 October 1982 Label: Brain Formats: LP, CS — — — — — — 7 — 98 —Balls to the Wall Released: 5 December 1983 Label: RCA Formats: LP, CS 59 — 43 — — — 10 — — 74 MC: Gold RIAA: GoldMetal Heart Released: 4 March 1985 Label: RCA Formats: CD, LP, CS 13 — 86 — — 9 4 14 50 94Russian Roulette Released: 21 April 1986 Label: RCA Formats: CD, LP, CS 5 — — — — 16 9 23 80 114Eat the Heat Released: 11 May 1989 Label: RCA Formats: CD, LP, CS 15 — — — — 19 26 — — 139Objection Overruled Released: 1 February 1993 Label: RCA Formats: CD, CS 17 — — — — — 21 22 — —Death Row Released: 1 October 1994 Label: RCA Formats: CD, LP, CS 32 — — — — — 27 — — —Predator Released: 15 January 1996 Label: RCA Formats: CD, CS 56 — — 27 — — 28 49 — —Blood of the Nations Released: 20 August 2010 Label: Nuclear Blast Formats: CD, 2LP, DL 4 19 — 9 72 — 7 15 — 187Stalingrad Released: 6 April 2012 Label: Nuclear Blast Formats: CD, 2LP, DL 6 70 — 8 77 22 10 17 — 81Blind Rage Released: 15 August 2014 Label: Nuclear Blast Formats: CD, 2LP, DL 1 18 — 1 48 19 16 9 85 35The Rise of Chaos Released: 4 August 2017 Label: Nuclear Blast Formats: CD, 2LP, DL 3 13 — 5 96 — 10 4 — 140Too Mean to Die Released: 29 January 2021 Label: Nuclear Blast Formats: CD, 2LP, DL 2 9 — 4 88 — 7 4 — —Humanoid Released: 26 April 2024 Label: Napalm Formats: CD, LP, DL 5 2 — 19 — — 22 6 — —"—" denotes a release that did not chart or was not issued in that region.
Collaboration albums + List of collaboration albums, with selected chart positions and certificationsTitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positionsCertificationsGERAUTCANFINFRANORSWESWIUKUSTeutonic Titans 1976–2026 Released: 4 September 2026 Label: Napalm Formats: CD, LP, DL 3 5 — 22 — — 11 — — —"—" denotes a release that did not chart or was not issued in that region.
Live albums + List of live albums, with selected chart positionsTitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positionsGERBELFla.BELWal.FINFRASWIUKUSHardUSIndieUSRockKaizoku-Ban Released: 1985 Label: RCA Formats: LP, CS 50 — — — — — 91 — — —Staying a Life Released: 21 October 1990 Label: RCA Formats: 2CD, 2LP, 2CS — — — — — — — — — —All Areas – Worldwide Released: 17 November 1997 Label: GUN Formats: 2CD, 2LP — — — — — — — — — —Restless and Live: Blind Rage Live in Europe 2015 Released: 13 January 2017 Label: Nuclear Blast Formats: 2CD, 4LP, DL 9 101 74 42 113 81 — 10 18 30Symphonic Terror: Live at Wacken 2017 Released: 23 November 2018 Label: Nuclear Blast Formats: 2CD, 3LP, DL 20 — 112 — — 71 — — — —"—" denotes a release that did not chart or was not issued in that region.
Extended plays + List of extended playsTitleAlbum detailsRich & Famous Released: 2002 Label: Drakkar Formats: CD
Compilations + List of compilation albumsTitleAlbum detailsBest of Accept Released: 1983 Label: Brain Formats: LP, CSMidnight Highway(released in North America only) Released: 1983 Label: PVC Formats: LP, CSHungry Years Released: 1986 Label: Metronome Formats: LP, CSThe Collection Released: 1991 Label: Castle Formats: CD, CSNo Substitutes(released in the United States only) Released: 1992 Label: Sony Special Products Formats: CD, CSRestless: The Best Released: 1994 Label: Brain Formats: CD, CSSteel Glove: The Collection Released: January 1996 Label: Castle Format: CDHot & Slow: Classics, Rocks 'n' Ballads Released: 28 November 2000 Label: RCA Format: CDPlaylist: The Very Best of Accept Released: 29 January 2013 Label: Epic, Legacy Formats: CD, DL
Singles + List of singles, showing year released and album nameTitleYearAlbum"Lady Lou" 1979 Accept"I'm a Rebel" 1980 I'm a Rebel"Burning"1981Breaker"Breaker""Starlight""Fast as a Shark"1983Restless and Wild"Restless and Wild""Balls to the Wall" Balls to the Wall"Midnight Mover"1985Metal Heart"Screaming for a Love-Bite""T.V. War" 1986 Russian Roulette"Generation Clash" 1989 Eat the Heat"I Don't Wanna Be Like You"1993Objection Overruled"All or Nothing""Slaves to Metal""Bad Habits Die Hard" 1994 Death Row"Hard Attack" 1996 Predator"The Abyss" 2010 Blood of the Nations"Stampede"2014Blind Rage"Final Journey""Restless and Wild" (live) 2016 Restless and Live"The Rise of Chaos"2017The Rise of Chaos"Koolaid""Balls to the Wall" (live)2018Symphonic Terror: Live at Wacken 2017"Breaker" (live)"Life's a Bitch"2019Life's a Bitch"Restless and Wild" (live)"The Undertaker"2020Too Mean to Die"Too Mean to Die""Zombie Apocalypse"2021
Videos Video albums + List of video albumsTitleAlbum detailsStaying a Life Released: 1991 Label: PolyGram Formats: VHS, LaserDiscMetal Blast from the Past Released: 22 July 2002 Label: BMG-Ariola Format: DVD (includes a CD of previously unreleased audio tracks)Restless and Live: Blind Rage Live in Europe 2015 Released: 13 January 2017 Label: Nuclear Blast Formats: DVD, Blu-raySymphonic Terror: Live at Wacken 2017 Released: 23 November 2018 Label: Nuclear Blast Formats: DVD, Blu-ray
Music videos + List of music videos, showing year released and director(s) nameTitleYearDirector(s)Ref."I'm a Rebel" 1980 colspan="2" "Balls to the Wall" 1984 Julien Temple"Midnight Mover" 1985 Zbigniew Rybczyński"Generation Clash" 1989 colspan="2" rowspan="4" "Protectors of Terror"1993"Slaves to Metal""Death Row" 1994"Teutonic Terror" 2010Dave Blass"Pandemic" 2011"Stampede" 2014"The Rise of Chaos" 2017 Scott Diussa"The Undertaker" 2020
References
External links Accept official website