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

One year after the strong “Blazon Stone”, Running Wild released one of their best works to date. 1992’s “Pile of Skulls” at times harks back to older material like “Under Jolly Roger”, with the intensity and attitude of their classics, but in a better produced way with a lot more melody vowed into the process. But this also carries on the pattern of getting ever more epic. Each song has a fairly epic atmosphere. The pirate-based speed metal anthem “Whirlwind”, the Indian-inspired mid-paced anthem “Roaring Thunder” and of course the 11 minute closer “Treasure Island” all has different but quite majestic and powerful atmospheres.

And the song intensity gets kicked up yet another notch, and the entire album is completely relentless nearly all the way through, even on mid-paced numbers like “Black Wings of Death” and previously mentioned “Roaring Thunder”. This is all kickass material all through.

Running Wild were on a remarkable roll from the late eighties to mid nineties, and “Pile of Skulls” has all the traits that made the band great back in the day, the musicianship is top notch (by then Rolf’s vocals had fully matured, giving him a distinct and easily recognizable voice), the production is virtually impeccable and the songs themselves are among the very best that pirate-themed speed/power metal has to offer.

Tracklist:

1. Chamber of Lies
2. Whirlwind 3. Sinister Eyes
4. Black Wings of Death
5. Fistful of Dynamite
6. Roaring Thunder
7. Pile of Skulls
8. Lead or Gold
9. Fennings’ Revenge
10. Treasure Island