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Gates to Purgatory

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Released
  
December 26, 1984

Artist
  
Running Wild

Producer
  
Running Wild

Genres
  
Heavy metal, Speed metal

Recorded
  
June, 1984

Release date
  
26 December 1984

Label
  
Noise International

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Studio
  
Caet Studio, Berlin, Germany

Gates to Purgatory (1984)
  
Branded and Exiled (1985)

Similar
  
Running Wild albums, Heavy metal albums

Running wild gates to purgatory 1984 full album


Gates to Purgatory is the first studio album by Running Wild. It predates their piracy themes and has mostly satanically-influenced lyrics but also features songs with anarchic and libertarian (in the sense of European libertarianism) themes. The album has sold over 235,000 copies worldwide.

Contents

The album was reissued in 2012 by Lemon records.

Gates to purgatory running wild full album extra tracks


Track listing

All tracks were composed and written by Gerald "Preacher" Warnecke and Rolf Kasparek.

  1. "Victim of States Power" – 3:36
  2. "Black Demon" – 4:25
  3. "Preacher" – 4:22
  4. "Soldiers of Hell" – 3:23
  5. "Diabolic Force" – 4:58
  6. "Adrian S.O.S." – 2:49
  7. "Genghis Khan" – 4:11
  8. "Prisoner of Our Time" – 5:22

The following tracks appeared on the CD release, the US and Canadian editions of the LP, as well as on the Victim of States Power EP:

  1. "Walpurgis Night" – 4:09 (This track is cut off very close to the end due to the condition of the master tape on most releases)
  2. "Satan" – 5:00

Personnel

  • Rolf Kasparek – guitar, vocals
  • Gerald "Preacher" Warnecke – guitar
  • Stephan Boriss – bass guitar
  • Wolfgang "Hasche" Hagemann – drums
  • Cover versions

  • The sludge metal band Kingdom of Sorrow did a cover of the song "Soldiers of Hell" in their album Behind the Blackest Tears.
  • Songs

    1Victim of States Power3:40
    2Black Demon4:29
    3Preacher4:26

    References

    Gates to Purgatory Wikipedia