On May 25th, ACCEPT will be the official support act of rock legends AC/DC. The show will take place at the Messe Halle in Hannover, Germany. Nearly 70,000 fans are expected to attend the show.

Accept have announced the world premiere of their new video, 'Teutonic Terror', from their forthcoming album, Blood Of The Nations.

The video, shot in March and directed by Dave Blass of Grid41.com, promises to be the "most metal" Accept video ever. Asked about the "story, or theme" behind the video, the director said: "We had all of these cool ideas for stories about a post apocalyptic world, hot girls in Mad Max gear and cool visuals and the more we worked it the more we kept coming back to the basics... this is Accept, not MÖTLEY CRÜE, there are people all over the world that have waited years to see this band again, and every second that we cut away to some story that is really just filler anyway, we are missing what is really important. People want to see Wolf Hoffmann shredding his flying V, they want to see new singer Mark Tornillo singing a new Accept song, and they want to see the band ripping into the new track. So I said screw the story, get me some fire, get me some tanks and lets rock it"

The video will premiere today (Wednesday, May 5th), exclusively on MySpace Music in HD, on the band's MySpace page, and at their official website.

A preview of the video can be seen below:

Nuclear Blast Germany are currently offering a pre-order for Accept's new 7" picture EP, featuring the tracks 'The Abyss' and 'Teutonic Terror'. Place your orders at this location.

Accept's new track, 'The Abyss', is now streaming online. Check it out in the YouTube clip below:

Blood Of Nations, now has a tentative North American release date scheduled for September 14th.

The label recently issued the following press release:

All over the world, media has been busy for months, reporting about the comeback of heavy metal pioneers Accept. After resting for many years, the German-based musicians started to work on a new album. Mark Tornillo - formerly lead singer of TT QUICK completed the heavy metal formation!.

Without a doubt - this is the most important metal reunion of our days.

Born in the eighties, Accept started to conquer the world: Gold status in the USA, top chart positions in Europe and Japan and touring with acts like IRON MAIDEN, JUDAS PRIEST, MÖTLEY CRÜE, OZZY OSBOURNE and KISS led to a total success all over the world. Accept created their own legend.

In 2010, 14 years later, Accept is about to release their 15th album, Blood Of The Nations. The record will be pusblished worldwide by Nuclear Blast.

Says Gaby Hoffmann and Deville Schober / Accept Management: "We really appreciate the cooperation with Nuclear Blast. Accept finally found a powerful partner to create a big international impact. Nuclear Blast got a lot of experience and the power to push Accept into new dimensions!"

Andy Siry / Nuclear Blast Label Manager states: "We are very proud to declare the signing of Accept! Like a lot of people out there, employees of Nuclear Blast have grown up with songs like 'Restless & Wild', 'Breaker' and 'Balls To The Wall'. It‘s an honour to us! Accept found a new voice with Mark Tornillo and working togehter with sucessful producer Andy Sneap will cause an amazing record - a gift for the fans out there! This album will become a milestone in the history of Accept!"

The new record, Blood Of The Nations, will be released all over the world in the late summer of 2010. Andy Sneap, the international reowned UK producer (MEGADETH, BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE, MACHINE HEAD, EXODUS, KILLSWITCH ENGAGE) produced Blood Of The Nations. 14 songs - proof of a new Accept decade, brutal and melodic at the same time- in a classical style, but with a modern sound.

US-European special tour in May 2010 confirmed. This tour will be a special "thank you: for the fans - all concerts will be played in a private setting, close to the audience as a reference to the early rock‘n roll shows of Accept. Advance ticket sale has already started, and tickets will be sold out soon for sure.

Here are the dates:

May

8 - New York, NY - Gramercy Theater
11 - Vilnius, Lithuania - Forum Palace
14 - Moscow, Russia - B1 Maximum
15 - St. Petersburg, Russia - Lensoveta Theater
18 - Helsinki, Finland - Virgin Oil Co.
20 - Stockholm, Sweden - Debaser Slussen
22 - Gelsenkirchen, Germany - Rock Hard Festival
23 - Uden, Netherlands - De Pul
24 - Paris, France - Le Bataclan
25 - Hannover, Germany - Messe Halle (supporting AC/DC)
26 - London, UK - Islington O2 Academy
28 - Madrid, Spain - Sala Heineken
30 - Bilbao, Spain - Rockstar Live Barakaldo

A world tour is planned for September 2010.

Accept 2010 is:

Wolf Hoffman – guitar

Peter Baltes – bass

Herman Frank – guitar

Mark Tornillo – vocals

Stefan Schwarzmann – drums

Further updates to follow.