Year : 2019
Style : Power Metal , Pirate Heavy Metal , Speed Metal
Country : Germany
Audio : 320 kbps + all scans
Size : 51 mb
Bio:
Running Wild is a German heavy metal band, formed in 1976 in Hamburg.In 1976, Rolf "Rock'n'Rolf" Kasparek, along with Uwe Bendig, Michael Hofmann and Jörg Schwarz, founded the group GRANITE HEARTS in Hamburg. At this time, Hasche and Matthias Kaufmann were together in another Hamburg-based band GROBER UNFUG. In 1977, Matthias was also helping out GRANITE HEARTS as bass player. Rehearsals were held at the Emilie-Wüstenfeld School, which is where Matthias and Rolf got to know each other. Matthias also persuaded Hasche to join the band. After rehearsing hard, the new group were desperate to find the right name ... They hit on RUNNING WILD (1979) as they were all fans of KISS and JUDAS PRIEST.After many personnel changes, Rolf has long been the only remaining member of the original line-up and he alone determines the direction of the band. He writes almost all of the music and lyrics for RUNNING WILD.Running Wild is a German heavy metal band, formed in 1976 in Hamburg. They were part of the German metal scene to emerge in the early to mid-1980s. Although the earlier releases contained satanic themes and imagery, Gerald “Preacher” Warnecke, the guitar player of the band, was studying theology at the time and is a vicar in Cologne now.In 1987, the band released the album "Under Jolly Roger" which was a switch to pirate-based and historical themes. While the historical lyrics were very superficial at first, the lyrics for later albums were intensively researched by Rolf Kasparek particularly.After this album, from 1988 to 1992 (the albums "Port Royal", "Death Or Glory", "Blazon Stone" and "Pile Of Skulls") Running Wild mainly wrote historically-based lyrics. As well as lyrics about pirates like Calico Jack Rackham, Klaus Störtebeker or the little-known Henry Jennings, the band also addressed subjects like the Wars Of The Roses, The Battle Of Waterloo or the colonization of the New World by the Conquistadors.On April 17, 2009 Rolf announced that Running Wild had split-up. Their last show was at Wacken Open Air on July 30, 2009. It was recorded for CD and DVD release and appeared as The Final Jolly Roger on June 24, 2011.As of October 21, 2011, Running Wild have reformed. The most recent album, titled Resilient, is due to be released in October 2013.
Album:
Traditional heavy metal.The very name, I suppose, conjures up history. Looking back.And yet, there aren’t many true exponents of it.Here, lets be clear, I don’t mean the likes of Manowar and their dungeons and dragons style romps, I mean the greats. The Maiden’s. The Saxon’s. The Priest’s.The other week I was lucky – no, make that honoured – enough to be invited to watch KK Downing’s return to the stage. An utterly glorious evening that in many ways was simply a celebration of Heavy Metal.Running Wild, are cut from the same cloth. They know their way around the classics, but also there are not many better bands who are still proud to be out there on the frontline, making this music.This is a four tracker, essentially to bridge the gap from their last record, “Rapid Foray”, to their next one, due out in the summer.And I mean this as absolutely no disrespect when I say: there’s one cover on here, but so well is the classic sound nailed throughout that, I did wonder if the others were too.The title track, is a prime example. “Crossing The Blades” is going to appear in a different form on the album, but anyone that loves Saxon is pretty much going to lose it as soon as the intro kicks in.But it is far from the only time you understand just how good Rock N’ Rolf and his boys are. “Stargazed” sounds so much like it could be a Dio era Rainbow tune that I actually looked up to see if it was. For my money, the best thing here, if your fist isn’t in the air when the chorus hits then, either check your pulse, or you don’t like metal.Likewise, the last one here “Ride On The Wild Side” starts with a solo from Peter Jordan, and manages to sound a little more modern than the others. Indeed, bands like The Rods – who would be obvious contemporaries – would do well to learn how to stop being overtly dated by listening to this – and goodness me, the solo is filthy sounding.There is one more. And this is the one, actually, that made me wonder if all the “bonus” songs here were covers, but it wouldn’t have mattered if they were, because they own “Strutter” too, to be honest.How good is “Crossing The Blades”? Well, Rolf Kasparek has a lot to do to live up to his nickname of “Rock n Rolf”. This manages it with ease. Forget pining for a new album, there is enough here to keep you thrilled for ages.
Line Up:
Rock 'n' Rolf - Vocals, Guitars (1979-2009, 2011-present), Bass (2004) - See also: Giant-X, Toxic Taste, ex-Granite Hearts
Peter Jordan - Guitars (2005-2009, 2011-present) - See also: Giant-X, Toxic Taste, ex-Peek-a-Boo
Ole Hempelmann - Bass (2019-present) - See also: ex-Donnerkopf, ex-Talon, ex-Thunderhead, ex-Dreamtide
Michael Wolpers - Drums (2019-present) - ee also: FB1964, Victory, ex-Herman Frank
Tracklist:
01. Crossing The Blades
02. Stargazed
03. Strutter (KISS cover)
04. Ride On The Wild Side
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