Goldmine Magazine recently spoke with ACCEPT guitarist Wold Hoffmann about the band's comeback and their new album, Blood Of The Nations. An excerpt is available below.

Q: Are you surprised by the huge German response of the new release?

Hoffmann: "Heck yeah. I mean, it’s going really really well. It ended up charting in a lot of countries actually. No. 7 in Hungary, No. 10 in Switzerland … I almost can’t keep track of it all but it’s amazing."

Q: How do you think the response in America will be?

Hoffmann: "I have no idea. Equally as good, I hope. But metal is probably not as big here, so I just keep an open mind. I don’t know what to expect honestly."

Q: You never got any feedback or a response from Udo (Dirkschneider / former singer) about this new album? Anything, like, ‘Good job’ or 'Good luck’?

Hoffmann: "Forget that. Yeah, ‘Good luck’… forget that. On the contrary, he’s really weird. Even though he was invited to be part of it, he acts like somebody that was invited to a party, turned us down, and then is pissed off that the party is a success without him. It doesn’t make any sense to me but that’s how he is."

Q: You would think that reuniting Accept would be a lot more appealing than his work in U.D.O. But hey, who can complain now? It’s working out well without him.

Hoffmann: "Yeah, I know. I mean, it was weird. We met him recently at a festival in the Czech Republic [Masters of Rock Festival], and we were playing that night, and he chose to be there and play a song onstage but not with us. As a guest for Lordi. So he sat around all day at this festival and I went up to him to say ‘Hi’ and wanted to hug him and say ‘After all these years…” And he was really weird, like ‘Don’t touch me. Leave me alone.’ I don’t know what the hell his problem is but I don’t have time for it. We do our thing and wish him all the best and let him go."

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More chart positions have been revealed for Blood Of The Nations. Global positions include:

Sweden Rock Charts - #2

Germany - #4

Sweden - #7

Hungary - #7

Finland - #9

Billboard Europe Top 100 - #12

Austria - #19

Czech Republic - #27

Germany's Music-TV-Station iMusic1 broadcast an exclusive 1-hour-special about Accept on August 21st and 22nd. Watch 10 minutes of the interview and the live performance of the song 'Metal Heart' below:

Accept will be co-headlining their upcoming tour with KING'S X, kicking-off with an appearance at the eleventh annual ProgPower USA festival in Atlanta, Georgia.

Confirmed tour dates are:

September

9 - ProgPower USA Kick-Off – Atlanta, GA Center Stage
23 - The Chance - Poughkeepsie, NY
24 - Ram's Head Live - Baltimore, MD
25 - The Starland Ballroom – Sayreville, NJ
26 - Vintage Vinyl - Fords, NJ (In-store signing session)
27 - B. B. King's – New York, NY
29 - Showcase Live - Foxboro, MA

October

1 - The Silo – Reading, PA
2 - The Emerald Theatre – Mt. Clemens, MI
8 - The Agora Ballroom – Cleveland, OH
9 - The Arcada Theatre - St. Charles, IL
12 - House Of Blues – Dallas, TX
13 - House Of Blues - Houston TX

Additional dates for October and November will be announced soon.

Blood Of The Nations was recorded at Backstage Studio in England with famed producer Andy Sneap and will be released in North America on September 14th. Exclusive pre-sale bundles can be purchased at the Nuclear Blast Web Store.

Accept’s 2010 line-up includes Wolf Hoffmann on guitar, Peter Baltes on bass, Stefan Schwarzmann on drums, Herman Frank on guitar and Mark Tornillo on vocals.