ACCEPT paid tribute to RONNIE JAMES DIO at last night's (May 20th) show in Stockholm, Sweden, dedicating their classic track 'Balls To The Wall' to the fallen metal legend with singer Mark Tornillo stating, "This one is for an all-time hero of ours, Mr. Ronnie James Dio." Check out footage below.

The band previously posted the following message at their website: "It is with great sadness that we join with the rest of the metal world in mourning the passing of friend Ronnie James Dio. He was a true gentleman, a voice of metal, and a good friend. We toured with him and adored him. He was one of the finest human beings, always a kind word, always thoughtful to all of those around him. He humbled us with his presence and he will be the brightest star in rock'n 'roll heaven! Ronnie, you will be missed."

Accept have announced a Swiss show the day before their AC/DC opening slot in Stuttgart, Germany; on June 12th the band will perform at Club Z7 in Pratteln. The band's complete tour schedule can be viewed below.

Accept have released 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 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. 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.

BraveWords.com scribe Mark Gromen's review (including photos, video) of Accept's May 8th date at Gramercy Theater in New York City can be found here.

Upcoming Accept dates:

May

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

June

12 - Pratteln, Switzerland - Z7
13 - Stuttgart, Germany - Venue TBA (supporting AC/DC)

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