Masquerade (Running Wild album)

Masquerade
Masquerade
Studio album by Running Wild
Released	30 October 1995
Recorded	July–August 1995
Studio	Horus-Sound-Studio, Hannover, Germany
Genre	Heavy metal, power metal, speed metal
Length	50:49
Label	Noise
Producer	Rolf Kasparek, Karl-Ulrich Walterbach
Running Wild chronology

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal	6/10^[1]
Rock Hard	9.0/10^[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[edit]

All tracks written by Rolf Kasparek except where noted

Side A
No.	Title	Length
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.	Title	Length
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.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Iron Heads" (From the Death Metal compilation album)	Kasparek, Warnecke	3:45
2.	"Bones to Ashes" (From the Death Metal compilation album)		5:17
Total length:			61:51

2017 Remastered Edition bonus tracks
No.	Title	Length
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[edit]

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[edit]

Rolf Kasparek – vocals, guitar
Thilo Hermann – guitars
Thomas Smuszynski – bass guitar
Jörg Michael – drums

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[edit]

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

References[edit]

^ 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.
^ "Reviews: Running Wild - Masqurade". issue 102 (in German). Rock Hard. 1995. Retrieved 14 May 2021.
^ "Offiziellecharts.de – Running Wild – Masquerade" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 16 January 2017.

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[martin-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 14 May 2021.

[ac_Germany4_Running_Wild-3] "Offiziellecharts.de – Running Wild – Masquerade" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 16 January 2017.

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v t e Running Wild
Studio albums	Gates to Purgatory Branded and Exiled Under Jolly Roger Port Royal Death or Glory Blazon Stone Pile of Skulls Black Hand Inn Masquerade The Rivalry Victory The Brotherhood Rogues en Vogue Shadowmaker Resilient Rapid Foray Blood on Blood
Live albums	Ready for Boarding Live The Final Jolly Roger
Compilations	The First Years of Piracy 20 Years in History