Accept-Restless And Wild (1982)

With “Restless and Wild”, Accept took their definitive leap into the pantheon of rock, and although they still had such emblematic works as “Balls to the Wall” a year later to come, this album cemented the German band's status as one of the great heavy metal acts of the eighties. “Restless and Wild” pleasantly surprised critics and fans alike with its impeccable production and a series of tracks that remain as relevant today as ever, considered essential to the history of the genre, such as the overwhelming “Fast as a Shark”, the elegant “Neon Nights”, the meritorious “Ahead of the Pack”, “Shake Your Heads”, and “Princess of the Dawn”, and the brilliant title track. In short, “Restless And Wild” contains a superb string of songs full of huge metal riffs by the guitar duo Wolf Hoffmann and Herman Frank with that controlled fury, a devastating rhythm section by drummer Stefan Kaufmann and bassist Peter Baltes, all wrapped up in the powerful and raw voice of Udo, one of the most charismatic voices in world heavy metal.