Legendary British Producer/SABBAT guitarist Andy Sneap has posted the following message at his forum:

"Well I'm pleased to announced, no actually, absolutely thrilled to announce, I'll be flying to Nashville next month to meet up with Wolf Hoffmann to discuss production, songs, etc. for the upcoming ACCEPT album.

Anyone who knows me will know what a fan of Accept I am, even after getting kicked off U.D.O.'s first European tour after 2 dates (for being too heavy I'd like to add), I still think they were/are such a killer band and although there's no Udo or Stefan K, I personally think its great that Wolf, Peter and Herman are still playing together along with Stefan and Mark.

This actually came together through a mutual friend, Ed Aborn who runs the FOZZY website and also does some work for Wolf. When I first met Ed back in 2001 we got onto the subject of Accept and basically we've never stopped talking about it.

So this has come about through a bit of nudging and me going "over here with that album" and it turns out they are as excited about the idea as I am.

I'm also looking forward to doing some classic metal as opposed to out and out thrash and I think this could be a really heavy record if that's the direction the band want to go in.

This of course is yet to be discussed and the whole reason why I'm clocking up yet more air miles next month."

Speaking to BraveWords.com, Sneap continues, "I'm super excited about it actually. I was telling Gaby Hoffmann how I bunked off my school chemistry exam when I was 15 because my local store had Restless And Wild on clear vinyl put to one side for me (lol). I think it paid off missing that one."

As reported back in early June, Accept have been resurrected with new singer Mark Tornillo (ex-TT QUICK). The band are rounded off by guitarist Wolf Hoffmann, bassist Peter Baltes, guitarist Herman Frank and drummer Stefan Schwarzmann.

The band issued the following update: "We proudly announce, that Gaby Hoffmann entered a long term agreement with Brainstorm Music Marketing AG. Since 1991 Brainstorm Music Marketing is one of the leading independent Management and Promotion Companies in Germany. Working for big international and national rock acts - (TOOL, SLAYER, MARILYN MANSON, RAMMSTEIN, CHILDREN OF BODOM) - Brainstorm Music Marketing have received over 30 Gold and Platinium Awards."

According to their website, a world tour and studio album are in the works. Two audio samples featuring the new line-up are streaming below:

'Balls To The Wall'

'Flash Rocking Man'