Rapid Foray is the sixteenth studio album by German heavy metal band Running Wild. It was released by Steamhammer Records on 26 August 2016. The album was delayed due to Rolf Kasparek's shoulder injury, and their subsequent show at Wacken in 2015. A lyric video was made for "Black Bart".
According to Kasparek, he recorded the vocals and guitars at his personal studio while Peter Jordan recorded guitar solos, drums and choruses. A total of three studios were involved in total for the recording process. He also gave mention that only three musicians took part on the album.
An enhanced limited edition digipak edition includes a double-sided poster and an exclusive Running Wild compass; available only on the EMP.de website
New Noise magazine called it a "full length full of sweet speed metal riffs, German rhythms, and fun righteous anthems, and that "the band really does feel as true to the vintage sounds off of their classic material." attributing a rating of Five stars.
Riding the Storm - The Very Best of the Noise Years 1983-1995 is a Best of including tracks from Running Wild's nine releases on Noise Records, from 1984 (Gates to Purgatory) to 1995 (Masquerade), plus two songs featured on the 1984 Victim of States Power EP, a bonus track taken from the 1991 Little Big Horn EP and an instrumental one taken from the CD version of Blazon Stone, in chronological order except for some little variations.
The cover art depicts the respective releases.
Disc 1:
- Tracks 1, 4 Victim of States Power (1984)
- Tracks 2-3 Gates to Purgatory (1984)
- Tracks 5-7 Branded and Exiled (1985)
- Tracks 8-11 Under Jolly Roger (1987)
- Tracks 12-16 Port Royal (1988)
Disc 2:
- Tracks 1-4 Death or Glory (1989)
- Tracks 5-7 Blazon Stone (1991)
- Track 8 Little Big Horn (1991)
- Tracks 9-11 Pile of Skulls (1992)
- Tracks 12-15 Black Hand Inn (1994)
- Track 16 Masquerade (1995)
Released May 20th, 2016.
Resilient is the fifteenth studio album by Running Wild, released on 4 October 2013 via Steamhammer Records.
In a 2013 interview, Rolf Kasparek described the album as audibly tougher and more compact than the previous album Shadowmaker. He then went on to talk about the song "Bloody Island" in which he explained that the demo version of the song would've been a great fit on their Pile of Skulls album.
As with the previous album, the bass and drums were once again recorded by guests that wanted to remain anonymous
A limited edition boxed set, released exclusively on the German Amazon website, features a poster flag, a patch, 2 posters, 2 stickers and a photo card
Scandinavian release date: October 2nd
German release date: October 4th
European release date: October 7th
American release date: October 8th
Shadowmaker is the fourteenth studio album by German heavy metal band Running Wild, released on 20 April 2012. It is the band's first studio album since 2005's Rogues en Vogue and the first since the band's return after breaking up in 2009.
Since the band's return to the scene, Rolf wrote 10 new tracks for Shadowmaker, among them are the midtempo opener "Piece of the Action", the uptempo number "Shadowmaker" (roughly the same pace as "Angel Of Mercy" from Rogues en Vogue) and the monumental eight-minute track "Dracula", based on Bram Stoker's novel and the Christopher Lee movies. In an interview, he talks about the album:
"To me, Shadowmaker is a very special album because there was no pressure, time wise or otherwise. I feel it's clearly audible that this relaxed attitude helped me to write one of the strongest Running Wild recordings of all time."
Bass and drums were recorded by anonymous guests.
The song "Me & the Boys" was originally composed for Rolf Kasparek's side project Toxic Taste.
German release date: April 20th 2012
European release date: April 23rd 2012
North American release date: April 24th 2012
- The slipcase release contains a DVD with a track-by-track commentary session by Rolf Kasparek
- The 2x limited edition 12" vinyl release (showing the album cover with a dark silver coloured image than the original shown above) comes with the original CD, a DVD in a black jewel case containing the above features and also includes a postcard, stickers, a poster and a 30-page LP format book with the history of the band packaged in a cardboard box, limited to 1,000 copies worldwide
