Metal Anarchy

U.D.O. (ex-Accept, etc.) have officially finished their new album. The effort will be released early next year.

Frontman Udo Dirkschneider told Headbangers News the following about the record:

“We just finished a new U.D.O. album, and that will be out in the beginning of next year [2027]. And then we start [touring with] U.D.O. again. A lot of people are already asking, ‘When is the new U.D.O. stuff coming?’ So, here we go.”

He also confirmed that bassist Peter Baltes “was very much involved” in the writing process. He then added the following when asked if the collaboration reignited the chemistry they had in Accept:

“We never sit down and say, ‘Okay, we have to do songs like this and this and this way.’ It’s new stuff coming up. Of course it has a little bit of [the flavor] of the older ACCEPT stuff. Of course, two people [from the classic ACCEPT lineup] are there [in U.D.O. now] — the singer and the bass player. And Peter was also very much involved in songwriting in ACCEPT, and also when ACCEPT did the reunion [more than 15 years ago]. So, yeah, there is a [touch] of [the ACCEPT sound], but I think it’s definitely U.D.O. and it’s a really straightforward album.”

[via Blabbermouth]