{"id":22692,"date":"2014-12-28T00:00:50","date_gmt":"2014-12-28T00:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/?p=22692"},"modified":"2015-01-30T11:18:50","modified_gmt":"2015-01-30T11:18:50","slug":"news-accept-parts-ways-with-guitarist-herman-frank-drummer-stefan-schwarzmann","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/news-accept-parts-ways-with-guitarist-herman-frank-drummer-stefan-schwarzmann\/","title":{"rendered":"ACCEPT Parts Ways With Guitarist Herman Frank, Drummer Stefan Schwarzmann (December 28th, 2014) | News @ Metal Forces Magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"title2\"><strong>ACCEPT Parts Ways With Herman Frank, Stefan Schwarzmann<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: arial; font-size: 8pt\"><strong>December 28th, 2014<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-content\/themes\/metalforces\/images\/spacer.gif\" width=\"10\" border=\"0\"><br \/>\nGuitarist Herman Frank and drummer Stefan Schwarzmann parted ways with German heavy metal group Accept, revealing this development on December 28th, 2014. <\/p>\n<p>Accept issued the following statement: \u201cAccept would like to thank Herman Frank and Stefan Schwarzmann for being with us these last four-plus years, for making themselves available whenever needed and for rocking their asses off! <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe and the fans all knew that they had their own careers and that eventually we would run into scheduling and other conflicts beyond our control. Herman and Stefan are now ready to take on the world, with their own band Panzer, a Nuclear Blast record deal under their belts and a new album! We are parting as friends and wish them nothing but success!<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe ourselves are getting ready for 2015 \u2013 another year of heavy touring! We would like to say thanks again to our fans around the world for their huge support and for the fantastic year 2014! The <em>Blind Rage<\/em> world tour continues in 2015.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The axeman shared the following via his Facebook page, meanwhile (statement translated from German): \u201cAccept and Herman Frank have broken up. Thank you to all the fans for the great support in recent years.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Frank joined Accept during 1982 shortly prior to the release of fourth studio full-length <em>Restless And Wild<\/em>, issued in October of that year, exiting following the arrival of December 1983\u2019s <em>Balls To The Wall<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Accept reunited for festival appearances during 2005, Frank handling second guitar duties alongside founding axeman Wolf Hoffmann with Schwarzmann sitting behind the drumkit. A 2009 reunion saw the addition of erstwhile TT Quick vocalist Mark Tornillo, Frank\u2019s and Schwarzmann\u2019s involvement also occurring, the reunion spawning three studio full-lengths with Frank occupying second guitar and Schwarzmann drumming; <em>Blood Of The Nations<\/em> (2010), <em>Stalingrad<\/em> (2012), and <em>Blind Rage<\/em> (2014).<\/p>\n<p>The previous month, in November, Panzer issued debut studio full-length <em>Send Them All To Hell<\/em> through Nuclear Blast Records. Panzer\u2019s line-up includes Frank, Schwarzmann, and vocalist \/ bassist Schmier (Destruction \/ Headhunter).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ACCEPT Parts Ways With Herman Frank, Stefan Schwarzmann December 28th, 2014 Guitarist Herman Frank and drummer Stefan Schwarzmann parted ways with German heavy metal group Accept, revealing this development on December 28th, 2014. 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