Accept guitarist Wolf Hoffmann guested on Blackdiamond's Metal Mayhem show to discuss the band's forthcoming album, Too Mean To Die. Following is an excerpt from the interview. 

On how the pandemic has affected Accept

Hoffmann: "It’s been terrible for us. We had all of last summer’s festivals cancelled and pushed back to 2021. So everything was pushed back to next year for the festivals and then our headline tour was to coincide with the release of the album in January, but that won’t happen. It’s all been pushed back one complete year to 2022. Yeah it’s a long time, so we have to wait and see how things are going.

A lot of bands have been postponing their releases, but we decided that it’s probably not a bad idea to just go ahead and release it now, give the fans at least something to listen to. I’m sure we can all meet again basically, but it serves nobody’s interest if we just wait with the release until we can tour again, because who knows when that is."

Check out the full interview on Metal Shock Finland here.

In uncertain times like these you can rely on Accept to deliver the goods - they will not let anything or anyone get them down, not even a virus.

The metal legends prove this definitively with brand new track, "Too Mean To Die". Released as an advance single today, it is intended both as a gift to fans and to wet the appetite for their full-length masterpiece, their 16th studio album Too Mean To Die, which will be released on January via Nuclear Blast.

"Too Mean To Die" is a track full of unrestrained power and pure energy, certain to rip you out of all lethargy and any corona depression, no sooner than the first note hits. The lyric video for the new single can be found below.

Accept mastermind Wolf Hoffmann explains: "We decided to not let ourselves be overly influenced by current events. Fans will get a hard, direct and uncompromising metal album, but of course accompanied with a wink: we are too mean to die! Weeds do not go away! Accept do not let themselves get down!"

That's exactly how the title track comes across: driving, uncompromising, turned up to twelve! With a feeling of invincibility - "Too Mean To Die"!

The new album is available on CD, Cassette, 2-LP Vinyl in 8 colors plus as ltd. Edition Delux Box Set containing a CD Digipack, special colored 2-LP with a Pop-Out-Snake, cover patch and a signed autograph by the band as well as digital on all platforms. Pre-order/pre-save here.

Tracklisting:

"Zombie Apocalypse"
"Too Mean To Die"
"Overnight Sensation"
"No Ones Master"
"The Undertaker"
"Sucks To Be You"
"Symphony Of Pain"
"The Best Is Yet To Come"
"How Do We Sleep"
"Not My Problem"
"Samson And Delilah"

"Too Mean To Die" lyric video:

"The Undertaker" video: