Touchdown is the eighteenth studio album by German Heavy Metal mainstays U.D.O. Vocalist Udo Dirkschneider is flanked by his son Sven Dirkschnider on drums, Andrey Smirnov & Fabian Dee Dammers on guitar, and ex-ACCEPT bandmate Peter Baltes on bass. Baltes has worked with Dirkschneider in the past in different capacities, but his membership in U.D.O. is now official.
Touchdown is U.D.O.‘s first studio album for Atomic Fire Records, after amicably leaving their longtime home of AFM Records. After 33 years (and an additional 7 years with ACCEPT), fans know what to expect from Udo Dirkschneider when it comes to his music; Heavy Metal anthems, societal and political commentary, and reflective tracks. It almost seems moot to review his albums at this juncture. Have you listened to any of the last 18 albums? Same here.
That is not a knock at U.D.O., it’s praise for their consistency. Admittedly, Dirkschneider has experimented and deviated from the norm many times throughout his career…
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