German metal legends ACCEPT have announced the European dates for their Blind Rage Tour 2014, in support of their upcoming new album, Blind Rage, out on July 18th.

Dates include:

September

19 - Amager Bio - Copenhagen, Denmark
20 - Garden - Linkoeping, Sweden
21 - Traedgarn - Gothenburg, Sweden
24 - Rytmikotjaamo - Seinäjoki, Finland
26 - Torunda - Tornio, Finland
27 - Pakkahuone - Tampere, Finland
28 - Helsinki - The Circus, Finland
30 - Bebaser Medic - Stockholm, Sweden

October

1 - Rockefeller - Oslo, Norway
3 - Karlstad - Nöjesfabriken, Norway
4 - Docks - Hamburg, Germany
6 - Hyde Park - Osnabrück, Germany
7 - Trix - Antwerp, Belgium
8 - Bataclan - Paris, France
10 - Totem - Pamplona, Spain
11 - Riviera - Madrid, Spain
12 - Razzmatazz 1 - Barcelona, Spain
14 - Bikini - Toulouse, France
16 - La Laiterie - Strasbourg, France
17 - Live Club - Mailand, Italy
18 - Tonhalle - München, Germany
20 - Langen / Frankfurt, Neue - Stadthalle, Germany
21 - Huxleys - Berlin, Germany
22 - Live Music Hall - Köln, Germany
24 - Stadtgarten - Erfurt, Germany
25 - Euronics - Zlin, Czech Republic
26 - Petöfi Hall - Budapest, Hungary
28 - Z 7 - Pratteln, Switzerland
29 - Filharmonie - Filderstadt, Germany

Hardly any other band has influenced the heavy metal genre as much as Accept. Classics albums such as Restless And Wild (1982), Balls To The Wall (1983) and Metal Heart (1985), have inspired generations of new bands, and this has continued since their reunion in 2009. Both Blood Of The Nations (2010) and Stalingrad (2012) entered the charts globally (#6 in Germany, #81 in the US) and underline the premiere league status Accept still have today.

Now the band announce the release of their new studio album: “Something happened to us, something subliminal and impetuous,” commented main composer Wolf Hoffmann. “It is wild and scary and it’s called Blind Rage!”

Blind Rage, just like its two predecessors has been produced, mixed and mastered by Andy Sneap. On July 18th, Blind Rage will be released worldwide.

“The cover artwork done by Daniel Goldsworthy shows the beast coming over us - in blind rage - all over the planet. Wherever we go, whenever you turn on the TV – there is blind rage in the works – either natural catastrophes or man-made madness”, the axe man of Accept states.

Accept have launched an official line of eyewear in conjunction with Hellbrecht Optics.

According to Wolf Hoffmann: “Once you wear these you’ll want no other.”

Check out the full collection at this location.