RUNNING WILD - Black Hand Inn PICTURE 2LP (Pre-Order)

Running Wild’s classic album “Black Hand Inn” as a deluxe double Picture-LP. Comes with an insert and an huge poster of the artwork!

As a band, Rolf Kaspareck’s Running Wild needs no introductions.  Now synonymous with the term “Pirate Metal”, the band had essentially been doing the exact same thing for close to a decade by the time this album was released.

Of course, the old adage proves to be true, practice indeed makes perfect, or as close to it as you can get.

Now over two decades since the release of “Black Hand Inn”, Running Wild haven’t ever topped it, only really coming close on the subsequent “Masquerade”.

All of the band members are in top form. Holding everything together is a great production job that largely accentuates the vocals, rhythm guitars, and drums.

If you have never heard Running Wild I would argue this is the best one to start with, though obviously not everyone would agree.

Very few bands playing anything that falls in the bounds of traditional forms of metal can be said to have a truly unique sound.  And “Black Hand Inn” represents the ultimate perfection of this style.

• Artwork by the legendary Andreas Marshall (Sodom, Blind Guardian, Destruction, Obituary)

• Hard to find on vinyl these days

• Produced by Charlie Bauerfeind (Demon, Angra, Gamma Ray) and Sascha Paeth (Rhapsody, Angra, Gamma Ray)

• Extremely limited edition of only 500 copies world wide

• Comes in a quality sleeve with lyrics and a nice A2 poster

• The year 2026 will bring the final Running Wild live show at Wacken Open Air!

For fans of: Judas Priest, Accept, Saxon, Helloween, Grave Digger, Sabaton