RUNNING WILD - Shadowmaker Hits The German Charts
May 5, 2012, 12 years ago
German metallers RUNNING WILD's new album, Shadowmaker, has hit the German Media Control charts at #12!
The band has achieved the following chart positions in Europe:
Germany: #12
Sweden: #43
Austria: #61
Finland: #90
Kelley Simms from BraveWords.com spoke with German metal legend and Running Wild leader Rock & Rolf Kasparek about being back on the pirate ship!
“I didn’t make any plans of which direction the record should go,” Rolf says about Shadowmaker. “But when I got the idea to do the album, I wrote the title 'Shadowmaker'. From the first track I knew it should be the title track because the title is really great. Shadowmaker is a new start ... the present heading into the future with no turning back on the past. This deals with the story of the Shadowmaker concerning old prophecies — when Judgement Day comes. He’s a kind of debt-collector. A guy who would judge these kinds of people who did evil and would lose their soul. The Shadowmaker is a colorful character and that’s why I chose not to use Adrian (official band mascot) for that.”
Read the entire interview here.
The album is released as a limited first edition in a black jewel case with silver printing and slipcase plus a 40 minute bonus DVD with a making of and a track by track commentary by Rock N' Rolf. The double gatefold LP comes with printed innersleeves and clear vinyl. There is also a boxset limited to 1,000 copies worldwide. It contains two LPs, the black jewel case with the DVD, a poster, a sticker, a postcard and a 30 page book in LP size about the history of the band.
Artwork for Shadowmaker was created by Rock N´Rolf and Jens Reinhold (EVERGREY, FREEDOM CALL, VIRGIN STEELE).
Tracklisting black jewel case plus DVD:
CD
'Piece Of The Action'
'Riding On The Tide'
'I Am Who I Am'
'Black Shadow'
'Locomotive'
'Me & The Boys'
'Shadowmaker'
'Sailing Fire'
'Into The Black'
'Dracula'
DVD
Making of Shadowmaker
Track by track commentary by Rock N´Rolf
Length approx. 40 min
Tracklisting LP:
LP 1:
Side 1
'Piece Of The Action'
'Riding On The Tide'
'I am Who I am'
Side 2
'Black Shadow'
'Locomotive'
'Me & The Boys'
LP 2:
Side 1
'Shadowmaker'
'Sailing Fire'
'Into The Black'
Side 2
'Dracula'
Boxset:
- two LPs, clear vinyl- Black jewel case incl. DVD
- Poster
- Postcard
- Sticker
- 30 page book in LP size about the history of the band plus photos
- 35 x 35 cm
- hard cardboard material with top
