Reactivated German metal legends ACCEPT have checked in with the following update:

"After the Paris show (May 24th), shows had to be postponed due to severe illness. They caught a virus and band and crew had to stop working for 24 hours. After recovery – AC/DC show with 70,000 went well for singer Mark Tornillo, because the program could be shortened to one hour. We apologize to our fans in France and … WE WILL BE BACK!"

Watch for further updates here.

Accept's tour schedule is currently as follows:

May

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 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.

Accept 2010 is:

Wolf Hoffman – guitar

Peter Baltes – bass

Herman Frank – guitar

Mark Tornillo – vocals

Stefan Schwarzmann – drums