October 3, 2025 will see the release of Babylon, the first full-length album by DIRKSCHNEIDER & THE OLD GANG. I've given this album quite a few spins in recent weeks, and I still can't figure out what Udo Dirkscheider is trying to accomplish here. The music of ACCEPT & U.D.O. is pretty straightforward…
KNAC.COM Exclusive: An Interview with DAVID REECE of BANGALORE CHOIR
"Dieter Dierks told me during the production of [Eat The Heat], you realize that if this album fails, [ACCEPT] is going to blame you and they're going to blame me...that's exactly what they did." - David Reece
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U.D.O. - Touchdown (Atomic Fire Records, 2023) Limited Edition Clear, Blue & White Splatter 2LP Vinyl
Review: U.D.O. – Touchdown (2023)
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...