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│ METAL CLASSICS ARCHIVE │
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│ + Running Wild - Blazon Stone + │
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│║ Release Information ║ │
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│║ Release Date.Oct-20-2017 Encoder......L3.97 -V2 --vbr-new ║ │
│║ Genre........Metal Graber.......EAC ║ │
│║ Year.........2017 Khz/Bitrate..44,1/ Br ║ │
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│║ Ripper.......The_Patriarch Songs........15 ║ │
│║ Covers.......Yes Url... www.running-wild.net ║ │
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│║ Release Notes ║ │
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│║ Artist : Running Wild Rating : You Decide! ║ │
│║ Album : Blazon Stone Label : Noise ║ │
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│║ Description : ║ │
│║ ║ │
│║ Running Wild rarely gets the credit it should, ║ │
│║ as it has degenerated into a two-man performance ║ │
│║ piece with little soul left. Many producers of ║ │
│║ masterpieces lost their lustre throughout ║ │
│║ history, and that Running Wild is one of them ║ │
│║ should call forth only grief, not hatred. Let me ║ │
│║ be clear about this: no band I know of, in metal ║ │
│║ or otherwise, released, time after time, ║ │
│║ stupendously successful albums for nearly an ║ │
│║ entire decade. The chain of releases starting at ║ │
│║ Under Jolly Roger and ending, regretfully, with ║ │
│║ The Rivalry, has never been equaled in my mind. ║ │
│║ Time after time they hit the mark triumphantly ║ │
│║ and with dignity, hoisting the black flag ║ │
│║ prepared to slit the throats of the philistines. ║ │
│║ Blazon Stone may be the highlight in that line- ║ │
│║ up. ║ │
│║ ║ │
│║ The Band is chiefly associated with pirates, but ║ │
│║ not pirates as they actually existed. Pirates ║ │
│║ were brutes and savagas, knaves, fools and ║ │
│║ thugs. They are romanticized for one reason ║ │
│║ only: they represent a suppressed cry for ║ │
│║ freedom that throbs in the bosom of every worker ║ │
│║ who stoically struggles forward in his 9 to 5. ║ │
│║ Running Wild found there its source of ║ │
│║ inspiration. The band's entire existence is a ║ │
│║ stand against banal middle-class philistinism: ║ │
│║ the unambitious, merely content and lightly ║ │
│║ pleasurable contrasts starkly with Running ║ │
│║ Wild's powerful call of "Death or Glory!" When ║ │
│║ the band wants to achieve an effect, it tries to ║ │
│║ do it monumentally. They are not concerned with ║ │
│║ the unanimated, the small or the 'exciting'; ║ │
│║ they care only for the grotesque and theatrical, ║ │
│║ the truly rousing passions of the soul. ║ │
│║ ║ │
│║ The union of pirates with Running Wild was only ║ │
│║ natural. Power Metal captivates the minds of ║ │
│║ blue-collar workers who long for and fantasize ║ │
│║ about the adventure their dull lives lack, while ║ │
│║ Running Wild's chief influences was Accept, a ║ │
│║ gritty, down 'n' dirty band whose members ║ │
│║ reveled in their youthful rebellion. Running ║ │
│║ Wild stood for something - naive, undeveloped, ║ │
│║ and rudimentary though it may have been - and ║ │
│║ stuck with it for years, defending it ║ │
│║ passionately. This something was a vague concept ║ │
│║ of "liberty" and "freedom", which they found ║ │
│║ exemplified in the romanticized myth of the ║ │
│║ modern pirate, and which they embraced ║ │
│║ wholeheartedly without a single stammer of irony ║ │
│║ or second thoughts. ║ │
│║ ║ │
│║ At the same time, songs like Slavery demonstrate ║ │
│║ they do not romanticize or justify the violence. ║ │
│║ In Slavery they condemn those "brutes" for ║ │
│║ enacting their "deadly raid", only to cleverly ║ │
│║ end by emphasizing that the "machinery" that ║ │
│║ caused those awful deeds is still "in motion / ║ │
│║ as long as money is the law". Lyrically, this is ║ │
│║ Running Wild's most ambitious album, as Bloody ║ │
│║ Red Rose and Little Big Horn demonstrate. The ║ │
│║ latter is a particular favorite, chronicling the ║ │
│║ failure of cavalry commander Custer in a battle ║ │
│║ against the local Indian population. Nearly ║ │
│║ three hundred American soldiers died in a ║ │
│║ crushing defeat, including Custer and family. ║ │
│║ Wisely, the Running Wild members do not comment ║ │
│║ on the right or wrong of either side; they only ║ │
│║ emphasize Custer's foolish daring of "the hand ║ │
│║ of fate", leading to a "painful bloody day". ║ │
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│║ Little Big Horn's riff uses the theme of the ║ │
│║ popular folk tune The Girl I Left Behind Me, ║ │
│║ infusing it with a patriotistic air that is at ║ │
│║ once cheerful and proud, in contrast to the ║ │
│║ embarrassing defeat Custer suffered. The guitar ║ │
│║ leads are universally effective on this album, ║ │
│║ in fact. No band as consistently turned out ║ │
│║ catchy but gritty power metal leads like Running ║ │
│║ Wild. They had a perfect ear for them, and no ║ │
│║ album is without a few first-rate riffs. They ║ │
│║ are brief but filled with power. The great power ║ │
│║ metal bassist Jens Becker, who is currently in ║ │
│║ Grave Digger and a few additional projects, ║ │
│║ proves he is a master at his instrument too, ║ │
│║ with amazing bass guitar support. Drummer AC, an ║ │
│║ ex-groupie, remains in tune with the bad ║ │
│║ excellently. He fell in love with the band ║ │
│║ before he started playing with it, and his ║ │
│║ passion feels almost tangible. The drumming ║ │
│║ thumps along powerfully, while the guitars have ║ │
│║ that irreplacably clean power metal sound, aided ║ │
│║ by amplified bass guitar support. ║ │
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│║ Rolf supports the moral upheaval and passion by ║ │
│║ shouting with power and touches of anger. Still, ║ │
│║ it is a contained passion, with beautifully ║ │
│║ rounded and even melodic singing. The vocal ║ │
│║ lines, though not exactly elegant, are ║ │
│║ implemented gracefully to make them clean and ║ │
│║ resounding. I'd have preferred them mixed more ║ │
│║ at the front, but Running Wild is known to have ║ │
│║ problems with vocal mixing. It is luckily never ║ │
│║ drowned out too much, with Rolf still soaring ║ │
│║ above the instruments with his gruff singing. ║ │
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│║ As always Running Wild's sincerity and elevation ║ │
│║ steals the show, however. A song like Blazon ║ │
│║ Stone calls to mind elaborate scenes of piracy ║ │
│║ and buccaneering, and the great freedom one ║ │
│║ feels in conquering the wild sea. Anyone who has ║ │
│║ heard the enslaving call of the sea will feel ║ │
│║ its power. Neither the romantic passages of ║ │
│║ Berlioz's Corsaire overture, nor even Wagner's ║ │
│║ Fliegende HollΣnder Overture so greatly capture ║ │
│║ that side of piracy. The strain of moral ║ │
│║ indignation so sincerely accompanying many of ║ │
│║ the band's singles ("Raise your Fist", "Bad to ║ │
│║ the Bone") is also discovered once more in ║ │
│║ Lonewolf, an indictment of tedious middle-class ║ │
│║ philistinism, and Straight to Hell, which should ║ │
│║ speak for itself. The latter is an indictment of ║ │
│║ the highest quality because it is not made up ║ │
│║ merely of verbal fireworks and worked up anger: ║ │
│║ it sounds so sincere. Later songs like Kiss of ║ │
│║ Death represent this too in part, but are not as ║ │
│║ powerful. They seem partly put-on û merely ║ │
│║ another attempt to write a similar song. Here it ║ │
│║ feels as if was written in a burst of rage. ║ │
│║ ║ │
│║ Neither the production or playing, nor even the ║ │
│║ writing, is flawless, but as usual Running Wild ║ │
│║ makes up for it ample with spirit. Do not make ║ │
│║ that all-too common mistake of underrating ║ │
│║ Running Wild, and give their best albums a ║ │
│║ listen. This is one of them. ║ │
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│║ Release Tracklist ║ │
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│ 01 - Blazon Stone [06:31] │
│ 02 - Lonewolf [04:48] │
│ 03 - Slavery [05:15] │
│ 04 - Fire & Ice [04:08] │
│ 05 - Little Big Horn [04:59] │
│ 06 - Over the Rainbow [01:56] │
│ 07 - White Masque [04:17] │
│ 08 - Rolling Wheels [05:33] │
│ 09 - Bloody Red Rose [05:06] │
│ 10 - Straight to Hell [03:50] │
│ 11 - Heads or Tails [04:58] │
│ 12 - Billy the Kid [04:46] │
│ 13 - Genocide [04:46] │
│ 14 - Blazon Stone (Re-Worked Version 2003) (Bon [06:30] │
│ 15 - Little Big Horn (Re-Worked Version 2003) ( [05:00] │
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│ Total Length : [72:23 minn │
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│ ║ Greetings To: ║ │
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│ Too all people who contributes to make this │
│ archive of good music in a exceptional conditions │
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