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Running Wild is tagged as: heavy metal, power metal, pirate metal, speed metal, metal

Running Wild is one band from a wave of German Heavy metal bands to emerge in the early/mid 1980s (along with Helloween, Rage, Blind Guardian, Grave Digger, etc). The music they play is a mixture of heavy and speed metal. The band has carved its niche in the metal world as the first “pirate metal” band, a theme which took off with the release of Under Jolly Roger in 1987. The band played their farewell show at the Wacken Open Air 2009, for which setlist fans voted for. In October 2011 Rolf officially announced the comeback including a new studio album called “Shadowmaker” due in April 2012.
In 1976 a new school band called Granite Heart was established in Hamburg, Germany under the command of Rolf Kasparek alias Rock’n’Rolf. Granite Heart consisted of: Rock’n’Rolf (lead vocals, guitar), Uwe Bendig (guitar), Michael Hoffmann (drums) and Jörg Schwarz (bass), who was replaced by Carsten David (bass) shortly after.
Around 1979 the band was renamed as Running Wild and in 1983 they released their first demo-tape with the following line-up: Rock’n’Rolf (lead vocals, guitar), Uwe Bendig (guitar), Matthias Kaufmann (bass) and Hasche (drums).
Running Wild astonished their hometown Hamburg, Germany with heavy speed Metal ...
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Top 10 Running Wild Songs
Riding The Storm
Under Jolly Roger
Pirate Song
Bad To The Bone
Ballad Of William Kidd
Port Royal
Conquistadores
Welcome To Hell
The Rivalry
Raise Your Fist
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Top 10 Running Wild Albums
20 Years in History
The Brotherhood
Port Royal
The Rivalry
Death or Glory
Under Jolly Roger
Live
Black Hand Inn
Gates to Purgatory
Rogues en Vogue
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