Running Wild

 Today in 2002 Running Wild released the Live album/DVD Live

Hamburg,Germany Heavy/Power/Speed Metal

Status:Active

Years active: 1976-1979 (as Granite Hearts), 1979-2009, 2011-present

Everyone's favorite pirate metal band, Running Wild was one of the four elder statesmen of German power metal, coming into prominence around the same time as contemporaries Grave Digger, Helloween, and Rage. Lead by "Rock'n'Rolf" Kasparek, they went through the usual lineup changes and such throughout their impressive 30+ year career, even though their musical style really didn't change much over time. Though they flirted with satanic imagery briefly in their early career (as seen on the debut), the aforementioned pirate theme was hatched for their third album (Under Jolly Roger) and amazingly they kept that theme running for many years. Rolf announced in the spring of 2009 that he was breaking up the band, but he revived the group in a semi-solo project state two years later.

GUN Records

Rock 'n' Rolf Vocals, Guitars (Lead)

Bernd Aufermann Guitars, Vocals

Peter Pichl Bass

Matthias Liebetruth Drums

1. March of the Final Battle (The End of All Evil) 02:16 instrumental

2. Welcome to Hell 04:38

3. Bad to the Bone 05:33

4. Lead or Gold 06:04

5. Riding the Storm 05:15

6. When Time Runs Out 06:07

7. The Brotherhood 07:21

8. Soulless 05:43

9. Blazon Stone 05:21

10. Crossfire 04:58

11. Metalmachine Solo 03:02 instrumental

12. Kiss of Death 04:15

13. Uaschitschun 05:32

14. Unation 06:20

15. Victory 06:25

16. Prisoners of Our Time 05:10

17. Purgatory 06:23

18. Soulstrippers 05:19

19. Under Jolly Roger 04:41

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Recorded live on March 30, 2002 at the Halle Gartlage in Osnabruck, Germany.