QUEENSRŸCHE vocalist TODD LA TORRE joined German heavy metal institution ACCEPT on stage at HELLFEST Open Air in Clisson, France on June 19, delivering a guest performance of the song "Run If You Can."
"Had a great time with ACCEPT today performing 'Run If You Can' at HELLFEST," La Torre said, noting that the track appears on the band's "new upcoming album." The collaboration is more than a one-off festival cameo: La Torre is one of the many guests featured on ACCEPT's ambitious anniversary project.
That album, "Teutonic Titans 1976–2026," is a 50th-anniversary release due September 4, 2026 via Napalm Records. The sprawling tribute-to-themselves features a staggering 50 guest artists performing reimagined versions of classic ACCEPT songs across 19 tracks — a celebration of half a century of one of metal's most influential and enduring acts.
"There is no better way to celebrate this 50-year anniversary than to have our musical peers, friends, and inspirations come together with us to record these classic ACCEPT songs," said guitarist and band mastermind Wolf Hoffmann. The project underlines ACCEPT's towering status: from "Balls To The Wall" and "Metal Heart" onward, the band helped lay the groundwork for speed and power metal, influencing generations of musicians worldwide.
For La Torre, the guest slot is a natural fit. Best known for fronting QUEENSRŸCHE since 2012, he is also an accomplished drummer and one of the most respected traditional-metal voices of his generation. Sharing a stage with ACCEPT — and lending his pipes to their golden-anniversary record — places him squarely in the lineage of classic heavy metal he has championed throughout his career.
ACCEPT's current lineup features Wolf Hoffmann and Philip Shouse on guitars, longtime vocalist Mark Tornillo, drummer Christopher Williams and bassist Martin Motnik. With "Teutonic Titans 1976–2026" on the horizon and a packed festival season underway, the veterans show no signs of slowing as they mark 50 years of Teutonic steel.