Running Wild’s classic album “Black Hand Inn” as a deluxe double Picture-LP (limited to 500 copies). Comes with an insert and an huge poster of the artwork!

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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”. In fact, with this release, Running Wild basically set their own bar so high that the inevitable disappointments were sure to come. Regardless, “Black Hand Inn” stands as a masterpiece of this unique style, an album that anyone with even a passing interest in traditional or power metal should be sure not to miss.

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.

Tracklist:
1. The Curse
2. Black Hand Inn
3. Mr. Deadhead
4. Soulless
5. The Privateer
6. Fight the Fire of Hate
7. The Phantom of Black Hand Hill
8. Freewind Rider
9. Powder & Iron
10. Dragonmen
11. Genesis (the Making and the Fall of Man)
12. Dancing on a Minefield
13. Poisoned Blood