Herman Frank is a German

Germans

The Germans are a Germanic ethnic group native to Central Europe. The English term Germans has referred to the German-speaking population of the Holy Roman Empire since the Late Middle Ages....

 guitar player. He joined the heavy metal

Heavy metal music

Heavy metal is a genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, largely in the Midlands of the United Kingdom and the United States...

 band Accept

Accept

Accept is a German heavy metal band from the town of Solingen, originally assembled by former vocalist Udo Dirkschneider, guitarist Wolf Hoffmann and bassist Peter Baltes. Their beginnings can be traced back to the late 1960s...

 before the release of their 1982 album, Restless and Wild, and left after the following (and the band's most successful) album, 1984's Balls to the Wall

Balls to the Wall

Balls to the Wall is the fifth album by the German metal band Accept. European label Lark Records released the album in December 1983, but its US release was delayed until a month later as to not compete with the band's then-current album Restless and Wild, which had arrived in the US in early 1983...

was released. He was preceded by Jan Koemmet

Jan Koemmet

Jan Koemmet is a German guitar player and an international designer. He joined the heavy metal group Accept between their albums Breaker and Restless and Wild. He was preceded by Jörg Fischer and succeeded by Herman Frank. After his departure from Accept, he formed Bad Steve with other past...

 in Accept and succeeded by Jörg Fischer

Jörg Fischer

Jörg Fischer is a German guitar player, primarily known for his work with Accept. He has also released an album with Billionaire Boys' Club, called Something Wicked Comes....

. When Accept reunited for festival appearances in 2005, it was with Herman Frank in the spot alongside constant presence Wolf Hoffmann

Wolf Hoffmann

Wolf Hoffmann grew up in Wuppertal. He is primarily known as guitarist in the German heavy metal band Accept since 1976. In 1997, he released the album Classical with rock versions of classical pieces...

. He was involved in the band's recent reunion and appears on their 2010 album Blood of the Nations

Blood of the Nations

Blood of the Nations is Accept's twelfth studio album. It is the band's first studio recording since 1996's Predator and the first album to feature vocalist Mark Tornillo and drummer Stefan Schwarzmann. It is the first album without Udo Dirkschneider on vocals since Eat the Heat in 1989...

, their first album in 14 years, and upcoming one Stalingrad

Stalingrad (Accept album)

Stalingrad is the upcoming thirteenth studio album by German heavy metal band Accept, which is currently scheduled to be released in April 2012 by the independent German record label Nuclear Blast Records. It will be their second album since their 2009 reunion...

.

Frank has also recorded with Hazzard

Hazzard

Hazzard was a German heavy metal band formed by Herman Frank of Accept fame. The band featured Malcolm McNulty on vocals, who later joined Sweet as both bass player and vocalist and is currently with Slade as Mal McNulty. Hazzard's only album release was mixed by Michael Wagener at Dierks Studios,...

, Victory

Victory (band)

Victory was a German Heavy Metal and hard rock band from Hanover, most successful in the 1980s. With extensive tours and radio airplay, the band also made a breakthrough in North America.-Emergence:...

, Moon'Doc, Sinner

Sinner (band)

Sinner are a German heavy metal band formed by vocalist and bassist Mat Sinner in 1982 . They were part of the German heavy/speed/power metal scene. Their latest album, One Bullet Left, was released in 2011.-History:...

 and Saeko

Saeko

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.

Frank has worked as record producer and mixer for Saxon

Saxon (band)

Saxon are an English heavy metal band, formed in 1976 in Barnsley, Yorkshire. As front-runners of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal, they had 8 UK Top 40 albums in the 1980s including 4 UK Top 10 albums. Saxon also had numerous singles in the Top 20 singles chart...

, Rose Tattoo

Rose Tattoo

Rose Tattoo is an Australian rock and roll band, now led by Angry Anderson, that was formed in Sydney in 1976. Their sound is hard rock mixed with blues rock influences, with songs including "Bad Boy for Love", "Rock 'n' Roll Outlaw", "Nice Boys", "We Can't Be Beaten" and "Scarred for Life"...

, Molly Hatchet

Molly Hatchet

Molly Hatchet is an American southern rock band formed in Jacksonville, Florida, in 1975. They are widely known for their hit song "Flirtin' with Disaster" from the album of the same title. The band, founded by Dave Hlubek and Steve Holland, took its name from a prostitute who allegedly mutilated...

 and several others.

Accept

Accept

Accept is a German heavy metal band from the town of Solingen, originally assembled by former vocalist Udo Dirkschneider, guitarist Wolf Hoffmann and bassist Peter Baltes. Their beginnings can be traced back to the late 1960s...

• 1982 - Restless and Wild
• 1983 - Balls to the Wall
  Balls to the Wall
  Balls to the Wall is the fifth album by the German metal band Accept. European label Lark Records released the album in December 1983, but its US release was delayed until a month later as to not compete with the band's then-current album Restless and Wild, which had arrived in the US in early 1983...
  
  
• 2010 - Blood of the Nations
  Blood of the Nations
  Blood of the Nations is Accept's twelfth studio album. It is the band's first studio recording since 1996's Predator and the first album to feature vocalist Mark Tornillo and drummer Stefan Schwarzmann. It is the first album without Udo Dirkschneider on vocals since Eat the Heat in 1989...
  
  
• 2012 - Stalingrad
  Stalingrad (Accept album)
  Stalingrad is the upcoming thirteenth studio album by German heavy metal band Accept, which is currently scheduled to be released in April 2012 by the independent German record label Nuclear Blast Records. It will be their second album since their 2009 reunion...
  
  

Victory

Victory (band)

Victory was a German Heavy Metal and hard rock band from Hanover, most successful in the 1980s. With extensive tours and radio airplay, the band also made a breakthrough in North America.-Emergence:...

• 1985 - Victory
• 1986 - Don't Get Mad... Get Even
• 1987 - Hungry Hearts
• 1989 - Culture Killed The Native
• 1990 - Temples of Gold
• 1992 - You Bought It - You Name It
• 1996 - Voiceprint
• 2003 - Instict

Moon'Doc

• 1995 - Moon'Doc
• 1996 - Get Mooned
• 2000 - Realm of Legends

Track listing

1. Moon II
2. 7 Stars
3. Father Buries Son
4. Heal Me
5. Hero
6. Kill the King
7. Down to the Valley
8. Lord Tonight
9. Bastard Legions
10. Welcome to Hell

Credits

• Herman Frank - guitar
• Jioti Parcharidis (Victory
  Victory (band)
  Victory was a German Heavy Metal and hard rock band from Hanover, most successful in the 1980s. With extensive tours and radio airplay, the band also made a breakthrough in North America.-Emergence:...
  
  ) - vocals
• Peter Pichl (Running Wild
  Running Wild (band)
  Running Wild is a German heavy metal band, formed in 1976 in Hamburg. They were part of the German heavy/speed/power metal scene to emerge in the early to mid 1980s. The band has carved its niche in the metal world as the first "pirate metal" band, a theme which took off with the release of Under...
  
  ) - bass
• Stefan Schwarzmann
  Stefan Schwarzmann
  Stefan Schwarzmann is a German drummer who has recorded for Accept, U.D.O., Running Wild, X-Wild, Krokus and Helloween. Schwarzmann joined Helloween as a replacement for departing drummer Mark Cross in 2003. Although Stefan got on well with the members of the band, he had other musical preferences...
  
  - drums