The band signed with RCA Records and released Balls to the Wall in 1983, their first album with Fischer's replacement Herman Frank.[5] It was the band's first domestic success, registering at number 59 on the German Albums Chart.[6] The album also charted in the United States and Canada,[7][8] receiving gold certifications in both regions.[9][10] With Fischer later returning,[2] the band's commercial recognition increased with their next two releases, as Metal Heart and Russian Roulette gave Accept their first German top 20 and top 10 chart positions, respectively.[6] Dirkschneider was fired in 1987, but the band (with David Reece and without Fischer again) returned in 1989 with Eat the Heat, which peaked at number 15 in Germany.[6] After a final touring cycle, Accept broke up in late 1989.[2]
Reuniting with Dirkschneider, Accept returned in 1992 to record their comeback album Objection Overruled.[2] Released the following year, it reached number 17 on the German Albums Chart.[6] The group's popularity began to reduce in the 1990s, however, as 1994's Death Row peaked at number 32 and 1996's Predator peaked at number 56.[6] Again, the band broke up in 1997.[2] After a brief touring cycle in 2005,[11] Accept reformed in 2009 with Hoffmann, Baltes, Frank joined by returning drummer Stefan Schwarzmann and new vocalist Mark Tornillo.[12] Signed to Nuclear Blast, the band peaked at number 4 with 2010's Blood of the Nations and number 6 with 2012's Stalingrad: Brothers in Death, before achieving their first German Albums Chart number one with Blind Rage, released in 2014.[6]
Accept parted ways with Frank and Schwarzmann in 2014, with their places taken in April 2015 by Uwe Lulis and Christopher Williams, respectively.[13] In 2017 the band reached number 9 in Germany with the live album Restless and Live: Blind Rage Live in Europe 2015, before issuing The Rise of Chaos later in the year and reaching the top three.[6] Another live release, Symphonic Terror: Live at Wacken 2017, also reached the German Albums Chart top 20 in 2018.[6]
Albums
Studio albums
List of studio albums, with selected chart positions and certifications
