Running Wild - Metal Weekend

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Deutschland's Stolz - Metal

Das ist richtig Metal, nicht wie der Müll von den Scorpions - aber das ist reine Geschmacksache - was meinst Du denn @muscara dazu?

Time for Heavy Music

Running Wild is a German Metal combo and since I bought their albums early 1980ies and did. ot hear anything during the last 20 years I thought they are gone - but no - they still exist and play - what a nice surprise. Sp go an listen to awesome Metal from Hamburg in Germany. If interested read below facts about the band from Wikipedia and check above an entire concert from the famous WACKEN OPEN AIR

About the band

Running Wild is a German heavy metal band, formed in 1976 in Hamburg, Germany. They were part of the German metal scene to emerge in the early to mid-1980s. Over the course of their career, they have released sixteen studio albums, three live albums, five compilation albums, and six singles/EPs. Although their earlier releases contained Satanic themes and imagery, from the third album on (Under Jolly Roger), the band's primary subject matter centered around pirates, sailing, and other historical events.

In 1987, the band released the album Under Jolly Roger, which was a switch to pirate-based and historical themes, creating and influencing the later named pirate metal subgenre of heavy metal in the 2000s in the process. While the historical lyrics were very superficial at first, the lyrics for later albums were intensively researched, by Rolf Kasparek in particular.

After this album, from 1988 to 1992 (for the albums Port Royal, Death or Glory, Blazon Stone and Pile of Skulls), Running Wild mainly wrote historically based lyrics. In addition to lyrics about pirates like Calico Jack, 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.[1]

On 17 April 2009 Rolf announced that Running Wild had split up. Their intended 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. The split would prove temporary as they reunited in 2012. Running Wild played live for the Wacken Open Air festival in July 2015. As of 2016, the band have released 16 studio albums, with their most recent being Rapid Foray.



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Hör ich mir mal in Ruhe an - heute Abend ist Kneipe, da bin ich beschäftigt.

I'll listen to it when I have more time than right now :)

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Das waren Helden meiner Jugend, und die erste Metalband die ich Live gesehen habe. Anno dazumal bei der Death or Glory Tour. Wenn es Werbung für ein Piratendasein mit E-Gitarren gibt, dann von diesen Herren! Danke für den Post. (Mein Kind legt gelegentlich die Port Royal auf, was mich natürlich sehr erfreut, und verhindert das ich die Band zu sehr vernachlässige :D)

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