Running Wild

The album proved to be a success, and the band quickly gained a cult following. Guitarist Gerald "Preacher" Warnecke left the band soon after the album's release. The band soon recruited Majk Moti to take his place, and soon recorded their follow up Branded and Exiled in The album sold , copies, expanding the group's fan base.

This album would prove to be the final release of the band with satanic imagery in their music. For the following release, the band shifted their sound and image and adopted a pirate theme. The band released Under Jolly Roger in This would prove a significant change because the band would be more known as a "pirate metal" band, with lyrics dealing with pirates and historical events.

With this album, the band found their identity, and the pirate theme would be prominent on their future releases.

Their follow-up release Port Royal featured a more mature style of songwriting and expanded on the pirate theme explored on their previous album. The album featured one of the band's first epics, Calico Jack. In , the release of the band's fifth studio recording Death or Glory , proved to be the band's most successful album to date. This album and tour would be the final release to feature guitarist Majk Moti and drummer Ian Finlay.

Upon the departure of Moti and Finlay, Kasparek recruited guitarist Axel Morgan and drummer Rudiger Dreffein better known as "AC" to record the band's first album in two years, Blazon Stone , released in The album continued the band's trend of writing about historical themes, and according to band leader, Rolf Kasparek, it was to be the band's best-selling album of the s. In , the band began work on Pile of Skulls which was regarded by many as one of the band's strongest efforts.

The album would go on to be one of Running Wild's worst selling albums up to that point.

Since the band's formation they have sold nearly 5 million albums. The band formed in under the name Granite Heart, but they would change their name in to Running Wild after the Judas Priest song of the same name. The first two of these tracks appeared on the compilation album "Debut No. In June , the band started work on their debut album Gates to Purgatory , which was released by Noise Records , featuring satanic lyrics.

The album proved to be a success, and the band quickly gained a cult following. Guitarist Gerald "Preacher" Warnecke left the band soon after the album's release.

The band soon recruited Majk Moti to take his place, and soon recorded their follow up Branded and Exiled in The album sold , copies, expanding the group's fan base. This album would prove to be the final release of the band with satanic imagery in their music.

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For the following release, the band shifted their sound and image and adopted a pirate theme. The band released Under Jolly Roger in This would prove a significant change because the band would be more known as a "pirate metal" band, with lyrics dealing with pirates and historical events.

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With this album, the band found their identity, and the pirate theme would be prominent on their future releases. Their follow-up release Port Royal featured a more mature style of songwriting and expanded on the pirate theme explored on their previous album. The album featured one of the band's first epics, Calico Jack. In , the release of the band's fifth studio recording Death or Glory , proved to be the band's most successful album to date.

This album and tour would be the final release to feature guitarist Majk Moti and drummer Ian Finlay. Principal photography on the film began on August 17, , in Napa , California.

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