On August 3rd, Accept celebrated their new album's live premiere exclusively with a special show at Wacken Open Air in Germany. The set consisted of three parts was seen worldwide on a live stream.

Part 1 will brought fans a classic Accept set, packed with new and old hits. Part 2 presented another premiere: Wolf Hoffmann played tracks from his solo album Headbangers Symphony, released in 2016, with the Czech National Symphony Orchestra for the very first time. And in Part 3, all elements were seen and heard together: Accept made the holy Wacken ground shake by sharing the stage with the orchestra, supported by a complex multimedia show.

The setlist was as follows:

"Die By The Sword" (World Premiere)
"Restless and Wild"
"Koolaid" (Live Premiere)
"Pandemic"
"Final Journey"

Wolf Hoffmann solo with Czech National Symphony Orchestra

"Night on Bald Mountain"
"Scherzo" (Fryderyk Chopin cover)
"Romeo and Juliet" (Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky cover)
"Pathétique" (Ludwig van Beethoven cover)
"Double Cello Concerto in G Minor" (Antonio Vivaldi cover)
"Symphony No. 40 in G Minor - K.550" (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart cover)

Accept with Czech National Symphony Orchestra

"Princess of the Dawn"
"Stalingrad"
"Dark Side of My Heart"
"Breaker"
"Shadow Soldiers"
"Dying Breed"
"Fast as a Shark"
"Metal Heart"
"Teutonic Terror"

Wolf Hoffmann stated: "It's always impressive to see how bands take this evening seriously and how much love the artists and the organising team put into their work to get a varied result. It's a great tradition which underlines and documents the top-notch level of the international rock community like nothing else. We also want to present something that Accept has never done before, we hope we can give something really special to the fans."

"Accept have been and are still a very important part of Germany's heavy metal scene. We're really looking forward to having them with us once more. With this epic concept, the Thursday evening will be one to remember for sure," stated Thomas Jensen, organizer of Wacken Open Air.

The Rise Of Chaos, Accept’s fourth studio release through Nuclear Blast, will continue the tradition of its three predecessors - Blood Of The Nations, Stalingrad, and Blind Rage - with grandeur and precision. Get your physical copy, here, or digitally here.

The cover artwork of the new record was created by the Hungarian artist Gyula Havancsák.

"The Rise Of Chaos is something I have been thinking about often. Wherever we go - there is some hidden as well as some visible destruction and it kind of changes the world we know. What was there today - can be gone tomorrow and it’s somehow irritating, because it happens on so many levels and no one knows what comes next. The cover is our last stage set - but now clearly “destroyed" - like… after a catastrophe", explains Wolf Hoffmann.

The Rise Of Chaos tracklisting:

“Die By The Sword”
“Hole In The Head”
“The Rise Of Chaos”
“Koolaid”
“No Regrets”
“Analog Man”
“What’s Done Is Done”
“Worlds Colliding”
“Carry The Weight”
“Race To Extinction”

Track-by-track #1:

Track-by-track #2:

“Koolaid” lyric video:

“The Rise Of Chaos” video: