EVEN THOUGH WE’RE ALL INTERNATIONALISTS, FOR NOW THE BOOK WILL ONLY BE AVAILABLE IN GERMAN. With contributions from Damir Arsenijevic, Alain Badiou, Étienne Balibar, Gracie Mae Bradley, Cédric Durand, the European Space Agency (sort of), Sara Farris, Alexandre Kojève, Maurizio Lazzarato, Sandro Mezzadra, Toni Negri, Thomas Piketty, Beatriz Preciado, Bernard Stiegler, Martin Wolf, Slavoj Žižek. And to top it all off, check out our exclusive “Europe from Detroit” mix that comes courtesy of acid legend Carlos Souffront. No, not another debate on Europe, not just the usual policy proposals, no moralising appeals. We simply want to take stock of our ignorance in order to turn it into something more productive. Call it recycling if you will. The contributions in the volume do not reflect anything like a unity of vision. Often, they agree on very little. But that doesn’t mean the texts assembled here do not resonate with one another. Philosophers, economists, journalists and activists comment on past and present manifestations of Europe. Taken together, these essays are exercises in defamiliarisation. Sure, we don’t fully understand what is going on. Then again, experts didn’t fare too well either, as a quick glance at the pre-2008 forecasts of economists, the analyses of geopolitical pundits or the trajectories of the expert-led transitional governments in Europe’s South reveals. That’s why we have no desire to wallow in passivity and fatalism. On the contrary, creating a sense of distance between Europe and ourselves will perhaps enable us to relate to it in new ways. Ever since the postwar reconstruction, Europe vacillated between grand political designs and economic expediency. The introduction of the Euro in 2002 and the ongoing crisis of 2008 have accelerated a shift in the balance of power. Nation-states lost some of their prerogatives and now have to accommodate the demands of unelected supranational entities in charge of implementing the precepts of economic rationality. A sense of powerlessness has become widespread. It has given a new lease of life to nationalism and xenophobia across Europe. Young people in particular wonder what could possibly be the point of having democracy conform to markets if capitalism cannot even make good on its one spellbinding historical promise: to enable wealth creation for the masses through individual effort and hard work? As is stands in 2014, giving up democratic principles in order to purify the operations of the markets seems like the surest way to the worst of both worlds: a technocratic caesarism. Economists tentatively hail Greece’s return to the capital markets, they rejoice at the first signs of positive growth rates and welcome, give or take some accounting tricks, the sound budgets in member-states that are testament to the efficacy of the austerity measures. Meanwhile, unemployment in many parts of the EU remains stubbornly high. And let’s not even talk about wage levels. Far from marking the end of history and the triumph of liberal market societies, 1989 could have turned out to be a Pyrrhic victory for capitalism, a possibility for which even François Furet allowed in his very last essays. Before its long overdue collapse, ‘real existing socialism’ - imperialist, authoritarian, unjust, inefficient, and downright depressing as it was - nonetheless inspired a fear among the governments of the so-called Western world that tamed capitalism in ways not seen before or after. Did bureaucratic state capitalism in the East protect the liberal capitalism of the West from what it wanted? Even when the latter seemed to be on excellent form after 1989, it often turned out to be pumped up on a diet of monetary steroids: soaring private and company debt sustained the boom times. Capitalism’s hold over the planet is neither uniform nor exclusively imposed by force. It emerged out of a contingent history of the “universalisation of a tendency”; as Deleuze and Guattari put it. However, a Europ

EVEN THOUGH WE’RE ALL INTERNATIONALISTS, FOR NOW THE BOOK WILL ONLY BE AVAILABLE IN GERMAN. With contributions from Damir Arsenijevic, Alain Badiou, Étienne Balibar, Gracie Mae Bradley, Cédric Durand, the European Space Agency (sort of), Sara Farris, Alexandre Kojève, Maurizio Lazzarato, Sandro Mezzadra, Toni Negri, Thomas Piketty, Beatriz Preciado, Bernard Stiegler, Martin Wolf, Slavoj Žižek. And to top it all off, check out our exclusive “Europe from Detroit” mix that comes courtesy of acid legend Carlos Souffront. No, not another debate on Europe, not just the usual policy proposals, no moralising appeals. We simply want to take stock of our ignorance in order to turn it into something more productive. Call it recycling if you will. The contributions in the volume do not reflect anything like a unity of vision. Often, they agree on very little. But that doesn’t mean the texts assembled here do not resonate with one another. Philosophers, economists, journalists and activists comment on past and present manifestations of Europe. Taken together, these essays are exercises in defamiliarisation. Sure, we don’t fully understand what is going on. Then again, experts didn’t fare too well either, as a quick glance at the pre-2008 forecasts of economists, the analyses of geopolitical pundits or the trajectories of the expert-led transitional governments in Europe’s South reveals. That’s why we have no desire to wallow in passivity and fatalism. On the contrary, creating a sense of distance between Europe and ourselves will perhaps enable us to relate to it in new ways. Ever since the postwar reconstruction, Europe vacillated between grand political designs and economic expediency. The introduction of the Euro in 2002 and the ongoing crisis of 2008 have accelerated a shift in the balance of power. Nation-states lost some of their prerogatives and now have to accommodate the demands of unelected supranational entities in charge of implementing the precepts of economic rationality. A sense of powerlessness has become widespread. It has given a new lease of life to nationalism and xenophobia across Europe. Young people in particular wonder what could possibly be the point of having democracy conform to markets if capitalism cannot even make good on its one spellbinding historical promise: to enable wealth creation for the masses through individual effort and hard work? As is stands in 2014, giving up democratic principles in order to purify the operations of the markets seems like the surest way to the worst of both worlds: a technocratic caesarism. Economists tentatively hail Greece’s return to the capital markets, they rejoice at the first signs of positive growth rates and welcome, give or take some accounting tricks, the sound budgets in member-states that are testament to the efficacy of the austerity measures. Meanwhile, unemployment in many parts of the EU remains stubbornly high. And let’s not even talk about wage levels. Far from marking the end of history and the triumph of liberal market societies, 1989 could have turned out to be a Pyrrhic victory for capitalism, a possibility for which even François Furet allowed in his very last essays. Before its long overdue collapse, ‘real existing socialism’ - imperialist, authoritarian, unjust, inefficient, and downright depressing as it was - nonetheless inspired a fear among the governments of the so-called Western world that tamed capitalism in ways not seen before or after. Did bureaucratic state capitalism in the East protect the liberal capitalism of the West from what it wanted? Even when the latter seemed to be on excellent form after 1989, it often turned out to be pumped up on a diet of monetary steroids: soaring private and company debt sustained the boom times. Capitalism’s hold over the planet is neither uniform nor exclusively imposed by force. It emerged out of a contingent history of the “universalisation of a tendency”; as Deleuze and Guattari put it. However, a Europ

ACCEPTs "A Decade Of Defiance" erscheint als Deluxe Edition mit 7CD und 44-seitigem Booklet, mit bisher unveröffentlichten Fotos, exklusiven Linernotes, die auf einem kürzlich von Mark Gromen (Bravewords.com) geführten Interview mit Wolf Hoffmann und Mark Tornillo basieren, sowie seltenen Extra-Tracks! Artwork von Gyula Havancsák (Destruction, Stratovarius, Annihilator). Als ACCEPT sich 2009 reformierten, war dies der Beginn eines neuen, aufregenden Kapitels in einer bereits legendären Karriere, die 1976 in der deutschen Stadt Solingen begann und Klassiker wie "Restless & Wild", "Balls to the Wall" und "Metal Heart" hervorbrachte. Mit Sänger Mark Tornillo an der Spitze veröffentlichten ACCEPT und ihr langjähriger Labelpartner Nuclear Blast Records fünf triumphale Alben, die allesamt Top-10-Platzierungen erreichten, wobei das 2014er Album "Blind Rage" es sogar auf Platz 1 in Deutschland schaffte! Nun erscheint mit "A Decade Of Defiance" ein streng limitiertes Earbook, das die vergangenen Jahre mit Wolf Hoffmann und Mark Tornillo Revue passieren lässt, die dem Autor Mark Gromen (Bravewords.com) detaillierte und sehr persönliche Einblicke in diese spannende Zeit gewährten. Illustriert mit einer Vielzahl von bisher unveröffentlichten Fotos und Artwork von Gyula Havancsák (Destruction, Stratovarius, Annihilator), enthält "A Decade Of Defiance" alle fünf Studioalben 2010-2021 mit ausgewählten Extra-Tracks und dem Live-Höhepunkt "Symphonic Terror - Live at Wacken". TRACKLISTS: - Blood Of The Nations (2010): Disc 1: 01. Beat the Bastards 05:25, 02. Teutonic Terror 05:14, 03. The Abyss 06:54, 04. Blood of the Nations 05:38, 05. Shades of Death 07:33, 06. Locked and Loaded 04:29, 07. Time Machine 05:25, 08. Kill the Pain 05:47, 09. Rollin’ Thunder 04:54, 10. Pandemic 05:36, 11. New World Comin’ 04:51, 12. No Shelter 06:04, 13. Bucket Full Of Hate 05:12, 14. Land of the Free 04:51 (Bonus) - Stalingrad (2012): Disc 2: 01. Hung, Drawn and Quartered 04:35, 02. Stalingrad 05:59, 03. Hellfire 06:07, 04. Flash to Bang Time 04:07, 05. Shadow Soldiers 05:47, 06. Revolution 04:08, 07. Against the World 03:36, 08. Twist of Fate 05:31, 09. The Quick and the Dead 04:26, 10. Never Forget 04:52, 11. The Galley 07:22 (Bonus) - Blind Rage (2014): Disc 3: 01, Stampede 05:14, 02. Dying Breed 05:21, 03. Dark Side of My Heart 04:36, 04. Fall of the Empire 05:45, 05. Trail of Tears 04:08, 06. Wanna Be Free 05:37, 07. 200 Years 04:30, 08. Bloodbath Mastermind 05:59, 09. From the Ashes We Rise 05:53, 10. The Curse 06:28, 11. Final Journey 05:02, 12. Thrown to the Wolves 03:51 - The Rise of Chaos (2017): Disc 4: 01. Die by the Sword 05:00, 02. Hole in the Head 04:01, 03. The Rise of Chaos 05:16, 04. Koolaid 04:58, 05. No Regrets 04:20, 06. Analog Man 04:10, 07. What’s Done Is Done 04:08, 08. Worlds Colliding 04:28, 09. Carry the Weight 04:33, 10. Race to Extinction 05:24, 11. Dark Side of My Heart (live) 04:52 - Too Mean To Die (2021): Disc 5: 01. Zombie Apocalypse 05:35, 02. Too Mean to Die 04:21, 03. Overnight Sensation 04:24, 04. No Ones Master 04:10, 05. The Undertaker 05:38, 06. Sucks to Be You 04:05, 07. Symphony of Pain 04:39, 08. The Best Is Yet to Come 04:47, 09. How Do We Sleep 05:41, 10. Not My Problem 04:22, 11. Samson and Delilah 4:31 (instrumental), 12. Life’s a Bitch 03:46 - Symphonic Terror - Live at Wacken 2017 (2018): Disc 6: 01 Die by the Sword 05:31, 02. Restless and Wild 04:31, 03. Koolaid 05:05, 04. Pandemic 06:00, 05. Final Journey 05:18, 06. Night on Bald Mountain 07:08 (instrumental), 07. Scherzo 05:28 (instrumental), 08. Romeo and Juliet 05:46 (instrumental), 09. Pathétique 05:56 (instrumental), 10. Double Cello Concerto in G Minor 03:40 (instrumental), 11. Symphony No. 40 in G Minor 04:38 (instrumental) - Disc 7: 01. Princess of the Dawn 07:36, 02. Stalingrad 06:21, 03. Dark Side of My Heart 04:40, 04. Breaker 04:30, 05. Shadow Soldiers 06:00, 06. Dying Breed 05:45, 07. Fast as a Shark 04:51, 08. Metal Heart 07:32, 09. Teutonic Terror

ACCEPTs "A Decade Of Defiance" erscheint als Deluxe Edition mit 7CD und 44-seitigem Booklet, mit bisher unveröffentlichten Fotos, exklusiven Linernotes, die auf einem kürzlich von Mark Gromen (Bravewords.com) geführten Interview mit Wolf Hoffmann und Mark Tornillo basieren, sowie seltenen Extra-Tracks! Artwork von Gyula Havancsák (Destruction, Stratovarius, Annihilator). Als ACCEPT sich 2009 reformierten, war dies der Beginn eines neuen, aufregenden Kapitels in einer bereits legendären Karriere, die 1976 in der deutschen Stadt Solingen begann und Klassiker wie "Restless & Wild", "Balls to the Wall" und "Metal Heart" hervorbrachte. Mit Sänger Mark Tornillo an der Spitze veröffentlichten ACCEPT und ihr langjähriger Labelpartner Nuclear Blast Records fünf triumphale Alben, die allesamt Top-10-Platzierungen erreichten, wobei das 2014er Album "Blind Rage" es sogar auf Platz 1 in Deutschland schaffte! Nun erscheint mit "A Decade Of Defiance" ein streng limitiertes Earbook, das die vergangenen Jahre mit Wolf Hoffmann und Mark Tornillo Revue passieren lässt, die dem Autor Mark Gromen (Bravewords.com) detaillierte und sehr persönliche Einblicke in diese spannende Zeit gewährten. Illustriert mit einer Vielzahl von bisher unveröffentlichten Fotos und Artwork von Gyula Havancsák (Destruction, Stratovarius, Annihilator), enthält "A Decade Of Defiance" alle fünf Studioalben 2010-2021 mit ausgewählten Extra-Tracks und dem Live-Höhepunkt "Symphonic Terror - Live at Wacken". TRACKLISTS: - Blood Of The Nations (2010): Disc 1: 01. Beat the Bastards 05:25, 02. Teutonic Terror 05:14, 03. The Abyss 06:54, 04. Blood of the Nations 05:38, 05. Shades of Death 07:33, 06. Locked and Loaded 04:29, 07. Time Machine 05:25, 08. Kill the Pain 05:47, 09. Rollin’ Thunder 04:54, 10. Pandemic 05:36, 11. New World Comin’ 04:51, 12. No Shelter 06:04, 13. Bucket Full Of Hate 05:12, 14. Land of the Free 04:51 (Bonus) - Stalingrad (2012): Disc 2: 01. Hung, Drawn and Quartered 04:35, 02. Stalingrad 05:59, 03. Hellfire 06:07, 04. Flash to Bang Time 04:07, 05. Shadow Soldiers 05:47, 06. Revolution 04:08, 07. Against the World 03:36, 08. Twist of Fate 05:31, 09. The Quick and the Dead 04:26, 10. Never Forget 04:52, 11. The Galley 07:22 (Bonus) - Blind Rage (2014): Disc 3: 01, Stampede 05:14, 02. Dying Breed 05:21, 03. Dark Side of My Heart 04:36, 04. Fall of the Empire 05:45, 05. Trail of Tears 04:08, 06. Wanna Be Free 05:37, 07. 200 Years 04:30, 08. Bloodbath Mastermind 05:59, 09. From the Ashes We Rise 05:53, 10. The Curse 06:28, 11. Final Journey 05:02, 12. Thrown to the Wolves 03:51 - The Rise of Chaos (2017): Disc 4: 01. Die by the Sword 05:00, 02. Hole in the Head 04:01, 03. The Rise of Chaos 05:16, 04. Koolaid 04:58, 05. No Regrets 04:20, 06. Analog Man 04:10, 07. What’s Done Is Done 04:08, 08. Worlds Colliding 04:28, 09. Carry the Weight 04:33, 10. Race to Extinction 05:24, 11. Dark Side of My Heart (live) 04:52 - Too Mean To Die (2021): Disc 5: 01. Zombie Apocalypse 05:35, 02. Too Mean to Die 04:21, 03. Overnight Sensation 04:24, 04. No Ones Master 04:10, 05. The Undertaker 05:38, 06. Sucks to Be You 04:05, 07. Symphony of Pain 04:39, 08. The Best Is Yet to Come 04:47, 09. How Do We Sleep 05:41, 10. Not My Problem 04:22, 11. Samson and Delilah 4:31 (instrumental), 12. Life’s a Bitch 03:46 - Symphonic Terror - Live at Wacken 2017 (2018): Disc 6: 01 Die by the Sword 05:31, 02. Restless and Wild 04:31, 03. Koolaid 05:05, 04. Pandemic 06:00, 05. Final Journey 05:18, 06. Night on Bald Mountain 07:08 (instrumental), 07. Scherzo 05:28 (instrumental), 08. Romeo and Juliet 05:46 (instrumental), 09. Pathétique 05:56 (instrumental), 10. Double Cello Concerto in G Minor 03:40 (instrumental), 11. Symphony No. 40 in G Minor 04:38 (instrumental) - Disc 7: 01. Princess of the Dawn 07:36, 02. Stalingrad 06:21, 03. Dark Side of My Heart 04:40, 04. Breaker 04:30, 05. Shadow Soldiers 06:00, 06. Dying Breed 05:45, 07. Fast as a Shark 04:51, 08. Metal Heart 07:32, 09. Teutonic Terror