Humanoid

Critic Score
Based on 6 reviews
2024 Ratings: #249 / 723
User Score
Based on 68 ratings
April 26, 2024 / Release Date
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Napalm / Label
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90
Metal Hammer

Teutonic metal linchpins catch the wave of rejuvenation.

80
Distorted Sound

Far from being a fitting epitaph to a fine career, Humanoid is proof that the creative fire still burns. 45 years on from their debut album, Accept are refusing to retire quietly. And on this evidence, nor should they.

75
Blabbermouth.net
"Humanoid" is the sixth album they have recorded in collaboration with the legendary Andy Sneap, and for those who enjoyed the previous five, there is absolutely nothing here that fails to live up to expectations.
70
Angry Metal Guy

It’s better and more consistent than Too Mean to Die, with their bare-bones style polished and improved upon. The writing is tight and the band sounds young, dumb, and full of…rum.

Quag3418K3l
72

German heavy metal stalwarts Accept return for another record and its pretty quality, definitely feels like they've done this many times before with more energy though.

Frankenstein has really nice guitar work and is structured well but they have many tracks like this. Man Up is definitely a true Accept track but suffers from the same identity problem. They've done all of this many times and quite good especially in the 2010's. The production is great but that's generally been the case on ... read more

Gyeig
65

Accept's most recent album, Humanoid is... the same album they've been making for the last 15 years now. This review effectively writes itself - for what it's worth, it's competently written, performed, and produced, but there's little reason to pick out this album over all the others they've made. Blood of the Nations, Blind Rage - if you want to hear this sound, just listen to either of those two instead.

Now, I'm not expecting this band to come out with ... read more

emergencydog
70

It's a fun record. Should I say anything else? Happy that the band still exists, tours and records albums. Hope they enjoy themselves.

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