ACCEPT — Russian Roulette (review)

ACCEPT — Russian Roulette album cover Album · 1986 · Heavy Metal Buy this album from MMA partners
4.5/5 ·
Losimba
After the great Metal Heart album, expectations were high among Accept fans for its successor. For me, those expectations were fully met by Russian Roulette, which is the culmination of the band's development from a rather simple Heavy Metal band to a more complex style of music.

Of course, there is no Beethoven solo played by Wolf Hofmann on this album, but the sound has matured, as have the song structures and lyrics. Yes, there are still simple, driving songs like Monsterman or Another Second To Be, but on the other hand little gems like Stand Tight or Walking In The Shadow. But none of the songs can be called weak which is a huge feature for Accept whose biggest problem has always been and still is the big gap in quality between the songs of their albums. And then there are two true pieces of art, namely the title track and Heaven Is Hell. I'm not sure whether I've heard refrains with real melodies and four different lines on any other Accept album.

So this is definitely the best studio album by Accept, if only by a narrow margin above Metal Heart. The gap in quality between the songs is, as I wrote before, pleasantly small, but too big for a 5 star rating. But I'm happy to give 4.5 stars.
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siLLy puPPy wrote:
more than 2 years ago
Same with me. I own Balls To The Wall and i think someone played Metal Heart or another for me one time. For some reason never explored them further. Seems like most of their albums are rated well
UMUR wrote:
more than 2 years ago
I remember a friend of mine used to play this one and Metal Heart a lot when I was younger, and he used to explain to me what was so great about those albums. I´ve never really given Accept a proper listen though, so I look forward to the day when I have time to do that. I´ve seen them live twice though. One time with UDO and one with the new singer.

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