Accept ‎– Metal Heart

German metal unit Accept opted for immediacy on their sixth album "Metal Heart", upping the accessible ante considerably in a bid to break the US market. In no way did this calculated ploy upset the balance of their rise to wider exposure. "Metal Heart" saw was certainly a step toward commerciality, only toning down the band's lacerating scream of frontman Udo Dirkschneider, culminating in the smoothest-sounding vocals of his career. Opening with the dramatic, operatic flair of the title track, with guitarist Wolf Hoffman's Van Halen-leaning extended solo being deliriously brash and satisfying. "Midnight Mover", along with the even more melodic "Screaming for a Love-Bite," are hook-laden hard rock perfection, but the classical covers and jazz-inflected "Teach Us to Survive". Accept preserved the moshing qualities of their former pile-driving style, as evidenced on "Dogs on Leads" and "Up to the Limit", informing the powerful riffs and over-the-top relentlessness with touches of sonic diversity. Thematically, the album concerns the man-versus-machine debate; the remit of this concept is to explore how man is being replaced by machinery and humanity is becoming more heartless. Appropriately, the album was mastered digitally, and the recording itself, as well as the memorable cover art (a computerized heart) showcases the mechanical imagery its overriding futuristic theme conjures so expertly.

"Metal Heart" is a snarling hard rock effort from a metal outfit who sacrificed their hardcore fanbase by finessing and polishing the rough edges of their trademark shredding and thrashing aesthetic, harnessing punchier production, catchier choruses and slicker melodies to achieve their goal of entering the mainstream. Containing some of their classic songs, Accept's 1985 masterpiece is their most cohesive, monumental accomplishment, perhaps their only collaborative creation worthy of repeat listens.

This version came out in 2002
Released: 2002
On the back cover: Remastered 2002 by MM Sound and Stefan Kaufmann

Matrix / Runout: Sonopress Arvato [Logo] 50346867/74321932132 22
Mastering SID Code: IFPI LB47
Mould SID Code (Variant 3): IFPI RV20

Also on CD: Mexican edition, 1994 Epic/Sony Music Entertainment México, S.A. De C.V. CDDE-17472 Tracklist written in spanish. Matrix: DIDP-084301 2.

Matrix: CA HNECD022 @@ IFPILY88 7/22/2013 8 : 54 : 32 AM 0000937122 IFPI 1287.

OBI (2.348¥ / 2.280¥) ("HARD WAVE '89 on back on OBI). Booklet. Whie CD tray. Matrix: DP-2091 3 CSR.

Also on Black Vinyl with the same catalog number.
Music on vinyl MOVLP 2436

I believe this pressing is German. The matrix indicates the PolyGram international number of 320 which translates to it being mastered and manufactured in the PRS plant in Hanover. Also, the PRS Hanover stamp can be found on the back of the jacket confirming it was also pressed there as PRS Hanover was a complete services provider.

Mine has ACCEPT B - "METAL HEART" etched on matrix. Also a stamp that says MASTERDISK. Anyone know what that means?

"Accept On Tour" - sticker on front, with 7 dates.