In a brand new interview with Framus & Warwick, ACCEPT guitarist Wolf Hoffmann spoke concerning the lyrical inspiration for the band’s newest album, “Humanoid”. He stated (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): “Properly, it is known as ‘Humanoid’, in order that tells you a bit of little bit of one thing. We had been impressed by what is going on on on the earth with A.I. [artificial intelligence], robots, and principally it is a reoccurring theme. We had it in a unique lyrics too. It is man versus machine — how a lot of a robotic or a machine is controlling your life, and the way will it go from right here? Now with A.I. — I imply, it is getting scary proper now, and so it is simply an attention-grabbing theme to mess around with. That does not imply it is a idea album or something. We nonetheless have completely different songs about completely different topics. That is simply the title monitor that we thought makes the very best album cowl and the very best title for an album. However we by no means actually do idea albums the place each tune is about the identical or associated theme.”
He continued: “Generally it’s kind of scary while you test it out these days, what computer systems can do. The great factor is that’s nonetheless based mostly on human — I imply, it isn’t utterly invented by machines. Machines simply take what people created after which make a conglomeration out of it, they make their very own model of what already was created by different individuals. However nonetheless, man, it is scary what these machines can do. And I hope that dwell music — that may by no means get replaced, nevertheless it is perhaps. Possibly 50 years from now, 20 years from now, 10 years from now, individuals are gonna go see concert events simply created by machines. I do not know. No person is aware of. I hope not.”
Hoffmann beforehand addressed the constructive facet of A.I., significantly because it pertains to the potential to drive innovation, streamline processes, improve productiveness and enhance decision-making throughout industries, throughout an April 2024 press convention in Paris, France to advertise “Humanoid”. He stated on the time: “I would not exit and say it is all good or it is all unhealthy. It is at all times a mixture of all the pieces. Trendy expertise typically, all of the digital features of our each day life, there’s some superb features of it. I am touring quite a bit, and regardless of the place I am going, I’ve my little iPhone with me and it has GPS on it. And I can simply kind in — I do not know; ‘Indian restaurant’ — and I am gonna discover one two blocks down the road. I might by no means discover that with out it. I would not even know the place to go. I am on the airport. I can talk on the airplane with different individuals. All that is stunning, I believe. In fact there is a unfavourable facet of all the pieces. And synthetic intelligence sounds a bit of scary proper now, however I am fairly hopeful that we’ll discover a option to take care of it that permits us to reap the benefits of it with out having all of it simply be unfavourable. I imply, there’s at all times two sides to all the pieces, I consider.”
He continued: “The considered synthetic intelligence creating artwork, that’s one thing that issues me. I would not say I am afraid of it, however on the similar time, being an artist, I am considering, like, ‘Is it gonna take all our jobs away in the future?’ I am fairly hopeful it will not, as a result of I nonetheless assume solely people can actually specific feelings.
“I hope that synthetic intelligence just isn’t gonna advance that rather more that it might probably truly change human ideas and feelings. However am I one hundred percent certain? No,” he added. “I by no means thought it will be that good already, nevertheless it’s superb what it might probably do already. There’s gonna be visible artwork being created, music’s gonna be created by it. In fact there’s the side of it that it is principally you are ripping off present songs and present paintings to create the brand new stuff. Once they create ‘new’ NIRVANA songs, they have a look at all of the outdated songs and kind of use it as a reference. Will it ever have the ability to create authentic ‘authentic’ stuff? Possibly. I do not know. I hope not. However can I assist it? No. Can I cease time? No. Know-how marches on, whether or not we would like it to or not. So it is an attention-grabbing time that we dwell in, I consider. And we but must discover a option to take care of it. And I believe anytime, in historical past, that there is new expertise launched, whether or not it is simply one thing like the car, individuals had been petrified of it. Initially, they thought, like, it is gonna be dangerous to individuals to journey at that pace, you understand, as a result of they had been simply used to horses and buggies. And so the identical is true with all this… Anytime one thing new comes alongside, individuals are at all times like, ‘Oh, God. It is gonna destroy all the pieces.’ However I do not assume it is going to destroy all the pieces. We’ve got to only catch up and take care of it.”
In March 2024, Wolf informed Appetite For Distortion, that he tried utilizing A.I. for lyrical concepts. “And it is scary good, to be trustworthy,” he admitted. “You possibly can simply say, ‘Hey, write me a tune lyric’ or one thing, [and] it spits out some fairly superb stuff. However, after all, you need to say, ‘Is that this actually what I needed to say? And is it me? Properly, then how would I actually say it?’ So you continue to must tweak it and stuff. And we ended up by no means utilizing any of it, however for songwriting and demoing stuff, I used to be fairly intrigued; I discovered it intriguing. It offers you a bunch of concepts that you just hadn’t considered. And, after all, I’ve seen some photographs that had been accomplished with A.I. that I assumed, ‘Whoa.’ A designer or a human must spend a lot of hours creating that factor, nevertheless it spits it out like that.”
He continued: “The shadow and draw back of that is, after all, that individuals may lose their jobs over it. And the draw back can be that it is probably not, actually authentic. A.I. does not actually assume of these things. It simply seems to be in any respect the opposite stuff that was created by individuals and turns it into a unique, new model. It makes use of, within the case of music, as an illustration, present songs and creates a brand new model type of prefer it, nevertheless it does not do it out of the blue sky; it seems to be at your stuff that any individual created. And there is every kind of authorized points that come up. So I am a bit of involved about all that, yeah.”
Requested if he and the remainder of ACCEPT would think about using A.I. sooner or later to make a music video, Wolf stated: “Really, we are making one proper now… It is attention-grabbing. I believe it is incredible simply to see it. In fact, we thought, even the primary video [for ACCEPT‘s upcoming album, ‘Humanoid’] we made, [for the] ‘Humanoid’ [title track], has obtained, within the background — we’re performing in entrance of a big video wall, and the paintings that runs within the background, that was all created by A.I., simply because right here we’re. That’s what we’re speaking about on this album, ‘Humanoid’, so it gave the impression to be only a becoming software to make use of.”
Circling again to the concept synthetic intelligence poses some dangers to humanity, Wolf stated: “We nonetheless have not fairly discovered how that is gonna prove, how that is gonna pan out sooner or later. How a lot of it’s good, how a lot of it’s unhealthy. We’re nonetheless on the infancy.”
He added: ”This digital revolution, as they name it, I believe it is larger than the economic revolution was, and I believe it has extra far-reaching penalties on society than something… One factor is for sure: we will not cease it. It is gonna occur whether or not we would like it to or not. It is out, and it is gonna get used. We simply must see the right way to take care of it. That’s what we have not discovered but, ‘trigger expertise is so quick. We will not sustain with how society offers with it.”
ACCEPT will have fun its fiftieth anniversary in 2025-2026. To mark this mammoth milestone, ACCEPT will ring within the band’s golden birthday with a really distinctive anniversary tour on the finish of 2025. An anniversary album will probably be launched early 2026.
Over the previous 5 many years, ACCEPT has offered tens of millions of albums and impressed numerous musicians. Their energetic dwell performances and iconic albums corresponding to “Balls To The Wall”, “Stressed And Wild” and “Steel Coronary heart” have left an enduring mark on the heavy steel style. Hoffmann‘s guitar model and musical imaginative and prescient have made the band probably the most revered on the heavy steel scene.
After a hiatus within the band’s profession, Wolf was launched to New Jersey singer Mark Tornillo in 2009. The chemistry and match between them was so outstanding, ACCEPT reformed and nearly instantly rose to international success with chart-topping albums. ACCEPT continues to be celebrated for every of their new information with Mark, who’s now the longest-reigning frontman of ACCEPT, inserting the Hoffmann–Tornillo partnership firmly within the Steel Corridor Of Fame.
For many years, ACCEPT has been acknowledged as a assure of top quality and every of their albums has reached the highest of the charts, delivering vitality, melodies, killer riffs and an impressively highly effective stage presence for 50 years.
ACCEPT and KK’S PRIEST lately joined forces for a summer time/fall 2024 North American tour. The run started on August 31 in Los Angeles, California, visiting a slew of main cities within the USA and Canada — corresponding to Toronto, Montreal, New York and Nashville — earlier than coming to an finish in San Francisco, California on October 7.
Tornillo joined ACCEPT in 2009 because the substitute for Udo Dirkschneider, who was the band’s authentic lead singer. Mark may be heard on ACCEPT‘s final six studio albums, “Blood Of The Nations” (2010),“Stalingrad” (2012),“Blind Rage” (2014),“The Rise Of Chaos” (2017),2021’s “Too Imply To Die” and 2024’s “Humanoid”.