The artist: Accept are one of the most recognisable German metal bands. These guys played a huge role in 80s metal for Germany with bands like Helloween, Running Wild and Grave Digger gaining inspiration from them as well as Scorpions' 70s material. Accept broke up in the mid-90s but recently returned with a new vocalist named Mark Tornillo. That's right, the band went on without Udo but surprisingly enough their new album Blood of the Nations has been a hit. Just shows that just because you don't have one certain person in the band doesn't mean that they're going to flat out suck. If you find this unbelievable, listen to Teutonic Terror.
The album: Restless and Wild is the fourth Accept album most known for having Fast as a Shark which has been covered by big metal acts such as Helloween and Rage as well as making an appearance in Brutal Legend. The rest of the album is also worth listening to with great tracks such as Ahead of the Pack, Princess of the Dawn and our metal song of the week Neon Nights.
The song: Neon Nights is actually the ballad of the album but does that make it a bad thing? Absolutely not, this song is a nice change of pace in the album after being struck down by mid-pace to fast tracks. Starting with an acoustic intro and leading onto a heavily distorted guitar to fit the mood of the song. Udo makes an excellent performance in this song, especially for the catchy chorus. It's somewhat repetitive for saying "neon nights" many times but you'll easily be singing to the chorus right after hearing this song. The last highlight to note is the solo at around 4 minutes in. It's slow but it goes with the rhythm of the song as well as making it a fantastic solo for a ballad. Overall, Neon Nights is a wonderful song that shouldn't be underestimated. A song like this missing in Restless and Wild would make the album feel incomplete.
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