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Running Wild - Black Hand Inn



8.6 | 371 votes |
Release date: 24 March 1994
Style: Heavy metal, Power metal, Speed metal

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48 want it


01. The Curse
02. Black Hand Inn
03. Mr. Deadhead
04. Soulless
05. The Privateer
06. Fight The Fire Of Hate
07. The Phantom Of The Black Hand Hill
08. Freewind Rider
09. Powder And Iron
10. Dragonmen
11. Genesis (The Making And Fall Of Man)
12. Dancing On A Minefield [bonus]
13. Poisoned Blood [bonus]

Top 20 albums of 1994: 6

Additional info
Produced by Rock 'n Rolf.
Engineered and mixed by Charlie Bauerfeind.
Co-engineering and Digidesign programming by Sascha Paeth (Digidesign support by Ergosum Computers).
Drums recorded at Vox-Studio, Bendestorf.
Recorded and mixed at Horus-Sound-Studio, Hannover.
Cover artwork by Andreas Marschall.
All music and lyrics by Rolf Kasparek.

Guest review by
MahoDM
Rating:
9.5
Ahoy, fellow rum enjoyers! If you’re looking for some speed, technique and melody, check this album out.

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published 18.02.2022 | Comments (6)

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Comments: 13   Visited by: 811 users
18.02.2011 - 17:51
Rating: 10
Yugosaki
MASTERPIECE
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EaEBpRWr2IA
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29.04.2013 - 20:03
Lião
Account deleted
Last track is very impressive. I like how this album approaches the Power Metal style, yet with the old-school heavy metal feeling.
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13.12.2014 - 17:49
Rating: 9
NocturnalStalker
Metal Addict
This is not only my favourite Running Wild record ever, but also my heavy/power metal album No. 1. Those riffs and melodies make me want to jump out of my skin.
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"And we are not who we think we are
We are who we're afraid to be"
- Lux Occulta "The Opening of Eleventh Sephirah"
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03.01.2015 - 17:43
Ahoi! A great Running Wild album. This is the most melodic one, I think. The eponymous song is mindblowing.
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{}::::::[]:::::::::::::::::> ONLY DEATH IS REAL <:::::::::::::::::[]::::::{}
Rest In Peace: Bon Scott, Dave G. Halliday, Michael "Destructor" Wulf, Jerry Fogle, Quorthon, Witchhunter
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08.06.2016 - 13:23
Rating: 10
JOPE OF STEELE
Steelemeister
Written by Yugosaki on 18.02.2011 at 17:51

MASTERPIECE

Agree.

Written by [user id=142057] on 29.04.2013 at 20:03

Last track is very impressive. I like how this album approaches the Power Metal style, yet with the old-school heavy metal feeling.

Great song, though the lyrics seem nonsense to me

Written by NocturnalStalker on 13.12.2014 at 17:49

This is not only my favourite Running Wild record ever, but also my heavy/power metal album No. 1. Those riffs and melodies make me want to jump out of my skin.

Definitely a strong candidate as one of the best heavy metal albums ever! Rolf made amazing job on these compositions.

Written by Infernal Eternal on 03.01.2015 at 17:43

Ahoi! A great Running Wild album. This is the most melodic one, I think. The eponymous song is mindblowing.

One of the most melodic but one of the heaviest as well. IMO both of these "Black Hand" songs are magnificent, but then again, most of this album is
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16.10.2016 - 00:00
Rating: 8
Redel
Moderator
This is a great album. I would say it is their best.
The last song is my fav here.
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05.04.2018 - 19:34
Bad English
Tage Westerlund
A bit changes, no historic, pyratic themas, known lyrical concept bases as they did, but musically I like, small changes but its RW,
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I stand whit Ukraine and Israel. They have right to defend own citizens.

Stormtroopers of Death - "Speak English or Die"

I better die, because I never will learn speek english, so I choose dieing
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18.01.2021 - 18:50
Rating: 10
majormalfunction
Smashing record all the way through!
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Everything's twice as bright with money in your hands
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04.04.2021 - 20:15
Rating: 9
AndyMetalFreak
A Nice Guy
Contributor
This is imo the best by RW, and one of the best in heavy metal, RW were on top form here and delivered some of the best quality riffs in heavy metal history, and the last song was an epic masterpiece. I see this album as their ultimate peak, some of the albums that followed were good but were never going to match this classic. I see this album the same way as I see Powerslave by IM.
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25.01.2022 - 11:02
Rating: 10
MahoDM
Dumbass
I love this album
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21.02.2022 - 19:51
Rating: 8
F3ynman
Nocturnal Bro
Contributor
What a fantastically fun adventure! I love the catchy melodies and fast guitar-work! While there are many great songs here ("Soulless", "Privateer", "Freewind Rider", "Genesis"), my favorite still stays "Black Hand Inn" (the title track) - sooo damn catchy!
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06.01.2023 - 19:05
Rating: 10
MahoDM
Dumbass
Written by JOPE OF STEELE on 08.06.2016 at 13:23

Written by [user id=142057] on 29.04.2013 at 20:03

Last track is very impressive. I like how this album approaches the Power Metal style, yet with the old-school heavy metal feeling.

Great song, though the lyrics seem nonsense to me

the lyrics are about a religion inveted by some writer. Rolf got inspired by it and felt it would be an interesting thing to sing about
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03.06.2024 - 20:57
Rating: 8
Majesty1911
I don't think that this one is a masterpiece or the best Running Wild album, but it's definitely a very enjoyable one! "The Privateer", "The Phantom Of Black Hand Hill", "Dragonmen" and the title track are some of the most stand-out songs for me here.
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Glory to the Nation!
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