164 - Accept Princess Of The Dawn 1982

This album by Germany's Accept marked a major turning point in their career. They had released 3 albums up to this point, "Accept", "I'm A Rebel" and "Breaker" but this one, "Restless And Wild" was the first to receive worldwide distribution including North America. The album closer, "Princess Of The Dawn" is an Accept classic that was always a concert favorite. It's not a particularly heavy tune but with the slower hypnotic pace, use of orchestration and awesome vocal delivery by Udo, it creates a mood that's felt throughout the entire song. The ending of this song is truly amazing. Wolf Hoffmann plays a flurry of leads which take on more of a classical music tone to them with the style and use of minor keys, something that the band became known for. On this track Hoffmann fuses Heavy Metal guitar playing with pieces of acoustic playing, which sounds somehow Spanish influenced. This adds yet another unique dimension to the song, and once again shows the creativity of the band. A turn off is, that the album stops so abruptly, as the song is suddenly cut off in the middle of the chorus.