Accept is a German
heavy metal band from the town of
Solingen, originally assembled by former vocalist
Udo Dirkschneider, guitarist
Wolf Hoffmann and bassist
Peter Baltes. Their beginnings can be traced back to the late 1960s. The band played an important role in the development of
speed and
thrash metal, being part of the German heavy metal scene, which emerged in the early to mid-1980s. Accept achieved commercial success with their fifth studio album
Balls to the Wall (1983), which is the band's only album to be certified gold in the United States and Canada, and spawned their well-known hit "
Balls to the Wall".