Former Accept members Herman Frank and David Reece will return with a new project, Iron Allies, whose debut album will be released by AFM Records. Iron Allies has entered Horus Sound Studio in Hannover, Germany, to begin the recordings. Arne Neurand will be the co-producer. Joining Frank and Reece are bassist Donnie Van Stavern (RIOT) and drummer Francesco Jovino (U.D.O., PRIMAL FEAR, VOODOO CIRCLE, JORN).
Last October, Reece discussed his collaboration with Frank in an interview with the “Heavy Metal Mayhem” radio show. He said: “The ironic thing about Herman and I, we played festivals many times and not even met each other. And here we are, part of the same band and their history. And we would miss each other by, like, two minutes. We always wanted to see each other, but something came up [and] we never really got to meet. So Herman and I started talking, and we said, ‘Yeah, let’s put a band together. Who do you wanna get?’ Well, my manager suggested Donnie from RIOT on bass, Donnie Van Stavern. And we talked to [drummer] Mike Heller from FEAR FACTORY a few times, and that didn’t really work out. And then I said, ‘I’ve got Francesco Jovino, dude, on my [solo] album. This guy is a beast.’ So then we got the band together. So right now we’re sitting on about 22 songs that are recorded.”
And he continued, regarding the music style of Iron Allies: “It’s got some of those elements of old [ACCEPT circa] ‘Restless And Wild’. It’s got Dave’s voice — [as heard on my solo albums] ‘Cacophony [Of Souls]’ and ‘Blacklist [Utopia]’. It’s ripping shit, man. I’m really excited about it.”
