Masquerade (Running Wild album)

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Masquerade
Masquerade Running Wild cover.jpg
Studio album by
Released30 October 1995
RecordedJuly–August 1995
StudioHorus-Sound-Studio, Hannover, Germany
GenreHeavy metal, power metal
Length50:49
LabelNoise
ProducerRolf Kasparek, Karl-Ulrich Walterbach
Running Wild chronology
Black Hand Inn
(1994)
Masquerade
(1995)
The Rivalry
(1998)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal6/10[1]
Rock Hard9.0/10[2]

Masquerade is the ninth album by German band Running Wild. It is the first in a trilogy of a theme of good versus evil, continued with The Rivalry and concluded with Victory.

Track listing[]

All tracks written by Rolf Kasparek except where noted

Side A
No.TitleLength
1."The Contract / The Crypts of Hades"2:20
2."Masquerade"4:20
3."Demonized"4:41
4."Black Soul"5:18
5."Lions of the Sea"5:49
6."Rebel at Heart"5:45
Side B
No.TitleLength
7."Wheel of Doom"4:02
8."Metalhead"4:56
9."Soleil Royal"4:44
10."Men in Black"4:35
11."Underworld"6:19
Total length:50:49
Japanese bonus tracks
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Iron Heads" (From the Death Metal compilation album)Kasparek, Warnecke3:45
2."Bones to Ashes" (From the Death Metal compilation album) 5:17
Total length:61:51
2017 Remastered Edition bonus tracks
No.TitleLength
1."Lions of the Sea" (2003 Re-recorded version)3:45
2."Black Soul" (2003 Re-recorded version)5:17
Total length:61:51

Release[]

Two different limited edition releases exist; a wooden box containing a poster and a big box treasure chest that comes with the Death or Glory Tour - Live VHS, the adrian bandana, a 26 page booklet and the original album

Personnel[]

Additional Musician
  • Ralf Nowy – effects on "The Contract / The Crypts of Hades" and "Underworld"
Production
  • Rock 'n' Rolf – producer
  • Karl-Ulrich Walterbach – executive producer
  • Gerhard Woelfe – engineer, mixing
  • Marisa Jacobi – layout, typography
  • Andreas Marschall – cover art

Charts[]

Chart (1995) Peak
position
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[3] 54

References[]

  1. ^ Popoff, Martin (1 August 2007). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 3: The Nineties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 373. ISBN 978-1-894959-62-9.
  2. ^ "Reviews: Running Wild - Masqurade". issue 102 (in German). Rock Hard. 1995. Retrieved 2021-05-14.
  3. ^ "Offiziellecharts.de – Running Wild – Masquerade" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 2017-01-16.
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