Running Wild

[The_7th_one]

Accept and Destruction are another great bands to see

 

[Cat Milk Supreme]

RUNNING WILD To Release 'Crossing The Blades' EP In December

It's been three years since RUNNING WILD wowed its fans with its latest album, "Rapid Foray". Three years in which a lot of water has passed under the metal galleys of time and the fans' requests for new songs have become more and more vociferous. To ease the wait so that his supporters won't...

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[Cat Milk Supreme]

 

[Cat Milk Supreme]

Decent tune, be great live. Hoping they announce an Irish date but I will certainly travel if I have to. Pretty sure they will be at Bloodstock in England but a sweaty club gig would suit me better.

 

[The_7th_one]

New Running Wild album in October

RUNNING WILD To Release 'Blood On Blood' Album In October

"Blood On Blood" track listing:

01. Blood On Blood (4:07)
02. Wings Of Fire (3:57)
03. Say Your Prayers (5:14)
04. Diamonds & Pearls (4:44)
05. Wild & Free (5:28)
06. Crossing The Blades 6:00)
07. One Night, One Day (4:59)
08. The Shellback (6:11)
09. Wild, Wild Nights (4:30)
10. The Iron Times (1618 – 1648) (10:29)

Lineup:

Rock N' Rolf - guitar, vocals
Peter Jordan - guitar
Ole Hempelmann - bass
Michael Wolpers - drums

 

[GhostofCain]

Decent tune, be great live. Hoping they announce an Irish date but I will certainly travel if I have to. Pretty sure they will be at Bloodstock in England but a sweaty club gig would suit me better.

Nice song. It is good to hear the band sound exactly the same as they did 30 years ago!

 

[Night Prowler]

It is good to hear the band sound exactly the same as they did 30 years ago!

Good?

 

[Kalata]

Running Wild finally made (sort of) a ballad song for their new album - the song is called ''One Night, One Day''.

The best song from the new album (imo) is ''Wings Of Fire''.

 

[Sea_Of_Madness]

I just listened to the new album. I must say it is a great record all the way through and probably their best since Black Hand Inn.

 

[Eddie's Uncle]

Nice song. It is good to hear the band sound exactly the same as they did 30 years ago!

Minus the good production, minus the power and minus the fury, but yeah.

I admit I may be a bit biased, as Running Wild are from my hometown, so they always may have had some bonus when I listen to them. Then again, Helloween are from my hometown too, and I never cared much about them.

Speaking about german power metal, RW were always the best band to me. Blind Guardian may have been close, but everyone else played second fiddle to RW, especially in the 90s.
If you are mean, you could argue hat Running Wild only ever wrote 2 songs: the pirate song and the Judas Priest worship song, and then rewrote them over and over again. You would not be wrong. But they pulled it off so well,that they filled a whole decade with great tracks. Between Under Jolly Roger and Masquerade all albums were killer.
Black Hand Inn was their absolute peak, with every song being an instant classic smash hit.
After Masquerade, things went downhill, although every album until the breakup still had some good songs here and there. Production went down to demo level, songs started to get dull, Rolf lost lots of credibility with that Angelo Sasso cringe. When they finally broke up, I saluted them goodbye and thought it was the right thing to do.

However, the reunion was a mistake. The first 2 post reunion albums were pure amateur shit, laughable when compared to Black Hand Inn. It got a little better then, but overall I would have preferred that they justbremained split up and in good memory.