U.D.O.

U.D.O., Germany's indestructible metal marathon men led by Accept's former frontman Udo Dirkschneider, will release their 20th studio album (yes, you read that right) on January 8, 2027. It's called "Voodoo Ranger" and it's coming out via…

Bruno Mičetić, a Croatian singer-songwriter, composer and guitarist, is teaming up with U.D.O. guitarist Alen Brentini to present the first single from his upcoming album, the track Ombre Sul Quarnero. Alen Brentini wrote the song for…

U.D.O., the indestructible German metal marathon men led by Accept's former frontman Udo Dirkschneider, will release their 20th studio album, yes, you read that right, "Voodoo Ranger", on January 8, 2027. The album will come out via…

U.D.O., the long-running German heavy metal veterans led by the indestructible Udo Dirkschneider - the original voice of Accept - have announced the dates for a massive European run called the "Triple Anniversary Tour 2027"! U.D.O. will…

Dirkschneider (supp. The Madcap, Flesh)Tuesday, 25 February 2025, from 7:30 PM to 11:30 PMZagreb / Boogaloo / Croatia Udo Dirkschneider! A name that follows any true-blooded old-school heavy metal fan through virtually every single…

Performing: U.D.O., TailgunnerDate: Friday, 22 March 2024Location: Brno / Sono Centrum / Czech Republic U.D.O., the long-running German champions of Teutonic metal, rolled through Brno on 22 March 2024 as part of the European leg of…

Acts: U.D.O., TailgunnerDate: Wednesday, March 20, 2024Location: Prague / Roxy / Czech Republic U.D.O., German metal legends — specifically of the classic Teutonic metal school — led by the unstoppable, iconic vocalist Udo…

Release date: August 25, 2023Label: AFM RecordsProduction: Martin 'Mattes' PfeifferAlbum length: 53.58 minGenre: Heavy MetalRating: 8.5/10 U.D.O., the long-lived champions of heavy metal led by the indestructible Udo Dirkschneider,…

Label: AFM RecordsRelease date: 11/18/2022Compilation length: 150.30 minGenre: Heavy MetalRating: 9.0/10 U.D.O. are celebrating 35 years in the game with the lavish double-CD compilation “The Legacy”. On the road between “Animal…

Label: AFM Records Release date: October 22, 2021 Production: Martin “Mattes” Pfeiffer Album length: 68.57 min Genre: Heavy Metal Rating: 9.0/10 You just can't believe it. Here's the seventeenth studio album from the German Teutonic…

Label: AFM RecordsRelease date: March 26, 2021Album length: 148.15 minGenre: Heavy MetalRating: 9.5/10 The legendary Udo Dirkschneider, the man who co-founded Accept, the first band in the history of German heavy metal, and whose…

"Generally speaking, this project isn't just bold, it's above all a success. It fuses two musical worlds into an excellent, unusual body of work, a metal opera that keeps you entertained even in the theater. U.D.O. stepped away from their…

"U.D.O. remain, with their performance power, legacy, and energy, the defining front-line entity of the classic heavy metal era — the era shaped long ago by the one and only, the mighty voice of metal himself, Mr. Udo Dirkschneider."

"Here are ten hand-picked power metal albums that came out twenty years ago, left a real mark on the power metal scene and the metal world in general, and make for especially sweet trips down memory lane."

"On the day RockLine publishes its review of the final U.D.O. concert on the Steelfactory tour, the great Udo Dirkschneider celebrates his 67th birthday. The editorial team of our online music magazine wishes the legend a jubilee full of…

"U.D.O., led by that one-of-a-kind vocal force, the thunderous Udo Dirkschneider, stormed the Czech city of Zlin with sheer vehemence and burning fervor, razing it to the ground in front of a sold-out Masters Of Rock Cafe."

"The overlap of the European tours of U.D.O. and Uriah Heep brought both bands to the stages of the Czech capital, Prague, where they played as co-headliners and put on a spectacular concert event!"

No secret here. Over the past three years U.D.O. have well and truly hit the reset button and delivered a long-awaited album, played with unbelievable zeal and boiling fire. There isn't a single moment on it that invites discouragement.…

Release date: 31.08.2018 Label: AFM Records Production: Jacob Hansen Rating: 9.0 / 10 Udo Dirkschneider hardly needs an introduction. Where did the last three years even go? So much has happened for the man known as the former lead…

»Decadent« is the 14th studio album from U.D.O. , led since 1987 by none other than Udo Dirkschneider, the former untamed, ultimate frontman voice of the classic Accept albums of the eighties.

The opening day of the festival flew by at the speed of light, and the usual post-gig festival routine kicked in - some people partied deep into the night, while the rest of us, after swapping opinions on the sets and putting away a small…

"Dominator" is a fresh burst of inspiration from Udo Dirkschneider and his crew, and all you guardians of old-school consciousness in the art of chiseling out traditional metal craft will have a hard time resisting it.

"A predictable show from the old cats. It ran smoothly and went just as expected. Since Slayer are always expected to deliver the most, it made for an outstanding finish to the night. We saw total command of the stage, charisma radiating…

Author: Urban BoltaPhotos: Aleš Podbrežnik Location: Rieden-Kreuth / GermanyConcert date: August 27, 2009Attendance: 8,000Ticket price: €80.00 After a wild first-day celebration with assorted sweet liquors of the alcoholic kind and…

" Journey were a chapter all their own on day one, and the next day people were still talking about them in nothing but superlatives!"

Author: Aleš PodbrežnikPhotos: Aleš Podbrežnik Location: Messegelande / Balingen / GermanyConcert date: 26.06.2009Attendance: 20Ticket price: €85.00 (two-day ticket price) The first day of Bang Your Head!!! had arrived, the fifteenth…

Another year rolls around, and our good old gray-haired friend, still blessed with a mighty screech and wail, serves up a new record almost on reflex. What else could anyone expect from Dirkschneider, the former Accept squealer, after a…

Unbelievable! Yet another live U.D.O. album! A slick move that keeps U.D.O.'s devoted followers busy, so they can kill time more easily in the stretch between 'Man And Machine' (2002) and the freshly released 'Thunderba

U.D.O. are terrorizing us again with a new studio album, their first for AFM Records, so it's been so very looong since they've shown their faces anywhere near Slovenia. Once again the band holds its level, meaning the level of its…

Once they were Accept, now they're U.D.O.! And their boss Udo just doesn't know the word "break"! Though he could really use one. Ugh, I have to keep this short. Short! Why? Because it's all the same again! U.D.O. are serving up a new…

The dinosaurs are alive and kicking. The legend of Accept, reborn as U.D.O., rolls on. Udo Dirkschneider isn't budging from his musical comfort zone by even an inch. So every record from the pen of this legend is a trip back to the golden…

"U.D.O. in Ljubljana! Yes, miracles do happen when it comes to the live offering in Slovenia, but sadly the crowd didn't back it up, with only 100 heads showing up at the venue.

Author: Aleš PodbrežnikPhotos: Aleš Podbrežnik Location: Ljubljana / VPK Mediapark / SloveniaConcert date: May 24, 2004Attendance: 200Ticket price: 4,500.00 SIT It was seven-thirty in the evening and people were still paying more…