В начале 80-х годов два немецких паренька, 18-летний Франк Томс и 16-летний Рене Шульц развлекались тем, что играли на гитарах в группе под названием "Expect no mercy". Эта банда из Сигена не несла в себе ничего особо нового, а ориентировалась на традиционный металл типа " Dio" и " Iron maiden". Два года ребята провели вместе, а потом их пути разошлись. Пока Рене определялся со своими пристрастиями, Томс присоединился к команде "Breaker", имевшей неплохой успех в окрестностях. Группа специализировалась на классическом спид-металле, и помимо Томса включала в себя Эберхарда Вейела (вокал, бас) и Волкера Борчета (ударные).
Когда популярность коллектива значительно подросла, название сменили на "Accuser" и под этой вывеской на лейбле "Atom H" выпустили дебютный альбом. Франк не был полностью удовлетворен работой, т.к. ему хотелось, чтобы саунд был еще тяжелее. С этой целью он пригласил Шульца присоединиться к "Accuser", и парни создали изумительный дуэт лидер-гитар.
Звучание действительно изменилось и теперь представляло собой нечто типа прогрессив-трэш. Альбом "The conviction", выпущенный новым составом, имел положительные отзывы по всей Европе, где прошли первые гастроли группы. В 1989-м вышел "Who dominates who?", после которого в нескольких изданиях Томс и Шульц получили звания "Germanys best Thrash-Guitarists" и "Best Metal Guitar-Duo". После очередных гастролей и записи следующего альбома из коллектива ушел Вейел. Его обязанности взял на себя Франк и "Accuser" вновь отправились в студию. Неожиданно для самих музыкантов альбом "Repent" получился настолько тяжелым, насколько они и хотели.
Раскрутку диска группа проводила в турне в компании "Cancer" и " Paradise lost". Стремясь идти по пути дальнейшего утяжеления, "Accuser" заключили контракт с "Koch records" и отправились в Америку на сессии новой пластинки. Запись проходила в "Pyramid sound studios", а руководил действом Алекс Париалис, продюсировавший в свое время такие банды как " Overkill", " Testament", " Metallica".
Результат удовлетворил всех, и группа впервые отправилась в европейское турне в роли хедлайнеров. Однако когда второй раз коллектив попал в "Pyramid studios", оказалось, что музыканты изрядно подустали за десять лет непрерывных гастролей и сессий. Это отразилось на работе и "Taken by the throat" нельзя было назвать отличным альбомом. Последовавшее европейское турне "Accuser" провели в компании с " Overkill". Рене на нем отыграл всего несколько дат, а остальное время его подменял Джерри Маккензи (экс-" Danzig").
Когда команда наконец-то вернулась домой, было принято решение о ее роспуске. Долгое время Франк и Рене занимались каждый своими делами, но как-то раз после совместного просмотра видеозаписей выступлений "Accuser" они решили возродить свою команду. Для этого дела они пригласили двух бывших участников еще одной метал-группы из Сигена "Panacea", басиста Уве Шмидта и ударника Олли Фешера.
Состав
Frank Thoms - вокал, гитара
Rene Schutz - гитара
Uwe Schmidt - бас
Olli Fechner - ударные
Дискография
The Conviction - 1987
Experimental Errors - 1988
Who Dominates Who? - 1989
Double Talk - 1991
Repent - 1992
Confusion Romance - 1994
Reflections - 1994
Taken By The Throat - 1995
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