RUNNING WILD - GATES TO PURGATORY / ORIG. "84 NOISE REC
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Description
"Gates to Purgatory" is the first album by "Running Wild". It predates their piracy themes and mostly has satanically influenced lyrics.
Music Genre: German Heavy Metal
Album
Production information:
The album: "Gates To Purgatory" was produced by: Running Wild
Recorded at Caet Studio, Berlin, Germany Record Label: Noise 0012 Record Format 12" Vinyl Stereo Full-Length Long-Play Gramophone Record
Total Album (Cover+LP) weight: 230 gram Year & Country 1984 Made in Germany
Band Members and Musicians on: Running Wild Gates To Purgatory
- Band-members, Musicians and Performers
- Rock 'n' Roll - Lead Vocals, Guitars
- Preacher - Guitar, Vocals
- Stephan - Bass
- Basche - Drums
Track Listing of: "Gates To Purgatory"
The Songs/tracks on "Gates To Purgatory" are
- Victim of States Power 3:36
- Black Demon 4:25
- Preacher 4:22
- Soldiers of Hell 3:23
- Diabolic Force 4:58
- Adrian S.O.S. 2:49
- Genghis Khan 4:11
- Prisoner of our Time 5:22
UP FOR AUCTION IS A RARE ORIGINAL 1984 "NOISE RECORDS/GERMANY" LP "RUNNING WILD - GATES TO PURGATORY"....THE RECORD IS IN VERY GOD PLUS CONDITION WITH NO SCRATCHES & THE ALBUM COVER IS IN VERY GOOD CONDITION AND HAS BEEN IN A PROTECTIVE SLEEVE SINCE PURCHASED IN THE 80's & IT ALSO COMES WITH THE ORIGINAL LYRIC SLEEVE....THIS IS A 80's GERMAN POWER METAL AT ITS BEST ...GOOD LUCK BIDDING ON THIS KILLER LP!!!!! .............SHIPPING TO ITALY IS $24.00...I've LOST 2 PACKAGES SHIPPING TO ITALY AND ITS COST ME OVER $100.00 SO SORRY ITALY BUT YOU MUST INSURE PACKAGE!!!
Running Wild- a band that until a few months ago I solely associated with "doing pirate metal better then Alestorm", or something along those lines anyway. While I still don't know whether they're better at pirate metal then Alestorm (although that's likely), I do know that they're one hell of a lot better at doing speed/thrash/whatever this is a lot better then basically everyone else.
It's definitely an album that's a good deal more then the sum of its' parts, I think. A quick listen reveals some relatively simple riffing, short and catchy leads, the gruff, vaguely Lemmy-ish vocals of Rolf and the somewhat unremarkable but still competent rhythm section. Sure, that description doesn't sound terribly amazing, I guess- this is just speed metal with a rockier moments and a few thrashier moments when you get down to it- but daaaamn, it just works.
The whole thing is just catchy as all hell and forces you to drop whatever you're doing and just headbang until you crack at least 4 of your vertebrae. Indeed, this review is nigh on impossible to write mainly because it's just so hard to sit still while this album is playing! I guess it's just the fact that Running Wild manage to write unbelievable catchy tunes- if these guys hadn't got into metal it really wouldn't be surprising if they had ended up being songwriters for pop bands.
Every riff commands you to headbang, every vocal demands a sing along. Prisoners of our Time is more infectious then a blood filled syringe, catchier then an ABBA/AIDS hybrid. It's the shining example of that rock-infused metal anthem that every band has tried their hand at writing, but I daresay that no one has succeeded to quite the extent these guys have -and the fact that these guys manage to pull off the similar-and-almost-as-good Genghis Khan just one song before, well, it's just unfair. No band should be able to pull it off twice in one album!
It helps a fair bit that the faster tunes are equally awesome, though. Diabolic Force would be a personal favourite, full of fairly simple Judas Priest-on-meth riffs (chug on a note, play a chord or two, repeat), and well, that's pretty much a good description of every faster song here. Kind of reminds me of Priest's "Rapid Fire" tune- simple chugging riffs, rarely used but super effective lead work. Everything- the simple but effective rhythm work, the excellent vocals, the perfect mix of a dark, sort of black-ish atmosphere- Preacher, in particular, is strangely dark and oddly reminiscent of Bathory- but yet the said darkness is mixed in with the drunken good times that only thrash and speed metal can bring. It's just perfect. Perfect!
It's hard to really say that much more about this album, really. It's this simple but awesome speed metal that is really catchy and leaves you grinning and nursing your neck gingerly. Straightforward, fast, heavy, efficient and ruthless heavy metal- what more could you ask for?
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