Predator is the eleventh studio album release by German heavy metal

Heavy metal music

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 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...

. It was released in 1996, produced by Michael Wagener

Michael Wagener

Michael Wagener is a music producer, mixer, and engineer from Hamburg, Germany, best known for his work with many top hard rock and heavy metal bands in the late 80's. Wagener's works have sold over ninetyfour million albums worldwide. Wagener was the original guitarist for the German band Accept...

 and recorded at 16th Ave. Sound Studios, Nashville, TN

Nashville, Tennessee

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. Predator was Accept's last album before their hiatus from 1997, and their last recording with singer Udo Dirkschneider

Udo Dirkschneider

Udo Dirkschneider is a German heavy metal singer who is best known as the vocalist in German heavy metal band Accept and later U.D.O.After leaving Accept in 1987, Dirkschneider formed the band U.D.O....

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Drums and percussion except on "Primitive" and additional percussion on "Predator" were by Michael Cartellone

Michael Cartellone

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 from Damn Yankees

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 and Lynyrd Skynyrd

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Track listing

1. "Hard Attack" (Hoffmann/Baltes/Dirkschneider) – 4:46
2. "Crossroads" (Hoffmann/Baltes/Dirkschneider/Deaffy) – 5:13
3. "Making Me Scream" (Hoffmann/Baltes/Dirkschneider/Deaffy) – 4:14
4. "Diggin' in the Dirt" (Hoffmann/Baltes/Dirkschneider/Deaffy) – 4:01
5. "Lay It Down" (Hoffmann/Baltes/Deaffy) – 5:02
6. "It Ain't Over Yet" (Hoffmann/Baltes) – 4:17
7. "Predator" (Hoffmann/Dirkschneider/Deaffy) – 3:37
8. "Crucified" (Hoffmann/Baltes/Dirkschneider/Deaffy) – 3:01
9. "Take Out the Crime" (Kaufmann/Dirkschneider/Deaffy) – 3:12
10. "Don't Give a Damn" (Hoffmann/Baltes/Dirkschneider/Deaffy) – 2:58
11. "Run through the Night" (Kaufmann/Dirkschneider/Deaffy) – 3:19
12. "Primitive" (Hoffmann/Baltes) – 4:38

Credits

• Udo Dirkschneider
  Udo Dirkschneider
  Udo Dirkschneider is a German heavy metal singer who is best known as the vocalist in German heavy metal band Accept and later U.D.O.After leaving Accept in 1987, Dirkschneider formed the band U.D.O....
  
  : Lead vocals
• 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...
  
  : Guitars
• Peter Baltes
  Peter Baltes
  Peter Baltes, born April 4, 1958 in Solingen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, is a German hard rock and heavy metal musician. He is a member of the German heavy metal group Accept, which he played as bassist with on 15 albums, selling more than 17 million records around the world...
  
  : Bass guitar, lead vocals on "Lay It Down" and "It Ain't Over Yet", co-vocals on "Crossroads"
• Michael Cartellone
  Michael Cartellone
  Michael Cartellone born in 1962 is the current drummer of Lynyrd Skynyrd , and the former drummer of Damn Yankees and Accept . He is also an accomplished painter, having done so for many years. Before joining Damn Yankees, Tommy Shaw, both of Styx and Damn Yankees, recalled Michael painting...
  
  : Drums