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product_id: 31782493
title: "Gates to Purgatory"
brand: "running wild"
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# Gates to Purgatory

**Brand:** running wild
**Price:** VT7692
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- **What is this?** Gates to Purgatory by running wild
- **How much does it cost?** VT7692 with free shipping
- **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship
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## Description

Digitally remastered and expanded edition of the 1984 debut album from the German Heavy Metal band. Gaining favorable interest, the band were offered to record their first full-length album for Noise Records and Gates to Purgatory was released at the end of that same year. With the band photographed surrounded by skulls and the satanic track titles, Running Wild began to draw comparisons to Venom and their ilk, when in reality they were more influenced by Judas Priest along with Kiss and AC/DC. Running Wild would go on to record eight studio albums for Noise and also release a live album. Lemon.

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 







  
  
    CLASSIC  METAL  MEMORIES
  

*by E***. on Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on August 12, 2012*

it  was  nice  to  see  lemon  records  (uk)  do  a  reissue  of  this  long  lost  classic  from  1984,  victim  of  states  of  power  was  the  first  running  wild  song  i  heard  in  the  autumn  of  1984  as  i  bought  the  12 single inch  viynl  at  a  great  hm  specialty  metal  shop  back  then,  i  loved  the  song  as  well  as  the  b  side  so  when  the  album  arrived  a  month  later  as  a  german  import  i  grabbed  it  the  moment  i  saw  it,  by  all  standards  this  was  the  pre  1987  pirate  image  running  wild  when  i  personally  felt  running  wild  was  going  in  more  of  an  extreme  judas  priest  style  with  this  record  and  its  1985  follow  up  BRANDED  AND  EXILED  (  wich  is  still  my  favorite)  27  years  later,  i  loved  running  wild  from  the  beggining  with  this  record,  of  coarse  in  1984  during  that  huge  wave  of  german  metal  coming  over  here  to  the  states  with  the  likes  of  destruction,  sodom, warrant, axe  victims, helloween,celtic  frost/hellhammer  and  a  host  of  others,  great  metal  on  both  the  noise  label  and  the  mosuleum  label  from  belgium,  running  wild  was  my  favorite  of  them  all  and  it  kind  of  remained  that  way  until  around  2001/2002,  anyway  this  album  is  feirce  driven  force  metal  with  speed  to  it  but  the  judas  priest  elements  are  all  in  there,  some  songs  can  get  slow  at  times  but  they  still  keep  this  album  way  above  water,  i  had  not  listened  to  this  record  since  the  early  90s  about  20  years  ago  so  it  was  great  spinning  this  again  and  remembering  the  glory  days  of  metal,  running  wild  where  slated  for  a  us  tour  in  1986  in  support  of  branded  and  exiled  with  celtic  frost  and  voi  vod  but  sadley  running  wild  jumped  off  the  tour  after  only  a  few  west  coast  gigs  so  by  the  time  the  tour  reached  new  york  running  wild  was  long  gone,  this  is  one  band  i  really  wish  i  had  seen  back  in  the  80s  but  it  also  seemed  as  if  whatever  happened  in  1986  rockin  rolph  didnt  seem  to  want  to  bother  with  the  us  market  again,  as  history  would  have  it  in  1987  they  released  the  under  jolly  rodger  album  (  wich  is  a  classic)  and  went  on  with  a  whole  pirate  image  and  kind  of  got  robbed  of  a  bit  of  fame  like  nwobhm  bands  like  raven  and  saxon  did,  once  again  i  repeat  when  i  got  branded  and  exiled  in  the  autumn  of  1985  i  was  just  blown  away  totally,  i  really  hope  lemon  records  or  another  label  gives  that  the  treatment  the  debut  album  got  here,  on  this  first  album  to  you  get  the  bonus  track  from  the  great  death  metal  compilation  lp  from  1984  as  well,  i  kept  buying  all  the  running  wild  albums  as  they  came  out  for  the  rest  of  the  80s  and  all  through  the  90s  but  after  there  2001  release  i  could  see  rockin  rolph  was  getting  a  bit  stail  and  i  gave  up  then,  if  you  are  new  to  running  wild  i  highley  reccomend  BRANDED  AND  EXILED,  UNDER  JOLLY  RODGER,  READY  FOR  BOARDING, PILE  OF  SKULLS  and  just  about  everything  they  did  up  to  2001,  it  is  really  nice  to  have  a  fresh  remastered  copy  of  this  as  i  still  have  the  original  lps  from  the  80s  and  the  cds  from  the  90s  but  the  remastering  is  so  much  better  on  here,  sadley  my  fourty  something  year  old  eyes  cant  read  the  liner  notes  but  they  appear  to  be  taken  straight  from  the  original  lp  so  i  can  read  them  there,  for  the  price  this  is  an  amazing  peice  of  metal  history,  play  loud  and  enjoy!!!!!!!!!!!!!

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 







  
  
    FANTASTIC  REMASTER,  GREAT  DIGI  PACK  AWESOME  BOOKLET!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  

*by E***. on Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on September 15, 2017*

this  is  a  very  nice  reissue  and  it  has  been  great  spinning  this  disc  and hearing  it  again  for  the  first  time  in many  many years,  i  bought  this  on  the  original  german  noise  label  at  an  old  HM/HR  record  shop  that  used  to  be  here  but  closed  its  doors  as  long  as  30  years  ago  already,  i  hung  there  every  weekend  from  1983  to  about  1986  or  so,  anyway  in  late  1984  i  saw  this  12  inch  as  a  new  release  and  picked  it  up  as  i  loved  the  sleeve  and  name  of  the  band  (  i  saw  the  judas  priest  connection  right  away)  anyway  when  the  needle  hit  the  disc  and  victim  of  states  of  power  came  blowing  through  my  speakers  i  was  a  huge  fan  right there  and  then  some  33  years  back,  i  bought  every  running  wild  album  as  they  came  out  from  then  until  the  songs  finally  started  to  get  a  bit  stail  by  2001  or  there  about,  this  is  a  fantastic  digi  pack,  running  wild  where  just  one  of  many  then  new  german  power metal  bands,  in  1983/84  we  did  not  seem  to use  the  term  thrash  much  that  term  really  took  off  around  late  1984/early  85,  these  german  bands  where  the  best  thing  since  a  few  years  before  when  we  had  the  NWOBHM  going  on,  by  84  that  scene  had  died  off  or  the  bands  went  to  what  we  called  a  poser  style  so  a  lot  of  us  old  school  guys  that  liked  metal  the  way  it  should  sound  got  into  this  wave  of  german  bands  by  1984  such  as  GRAVEDIGGER,  HELLOWEEN,DESTRUCTIOIN,  WARRANT,SODOM, LIVING  DEATH, WARLOCK  & another  called  AXE  VICTIMS  ( who  put  out  one  killer  album  in  1984  called  another  victim  but  where  never  heard  from  again)  and  a  host  of  others,  anyway  it  was  great  back  in  84  since  by  then  everyone  was  getting  more  into  spandex  and  hairspray  then  what  metal  should  sound  like,  running  wild  where  and  still  are  among  my  favorite  bands  from  this  genre  and  era,  i  give  this  4  stars  becouse  the  1991  re  recordings  where  not  needed  even  back  in  91  as  these  1982  to  84  recordings  on  here  are  perfect!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  this  sounds  as  great  as  ever.....

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 







  
  
    Classic German heavy metal album
  

*by L***C on Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on July 6, 2018*

Before they went into Pirate themed metal for which they are better renown, Running Wild did some pretty solid heavy metal. They recorded some demos in the period 1981-1983 which were eventually compiled in the "Heavy Metal Like a Hammer Blow" cassette by the band, which has since been reissued as bootlegs on numerous occasions. They also appeared on a number of compilations such as the legendary Death Metal compilation of Noise Records. The two albums that capture this phase of the band are "Gates to Purgatory", recorded in 1984, and "Branded and Exiled", recorded in 1985. "Gates to Purgatory" includes some classic songs which are the best example of the skillful, solid and accomplished heavy metal style of this band, which is a perfect example of the distinctive sound of German metal around the early 1980s. Some of these include the anarchistic "Victims of State Power", "Adrian SOS", "Soldiers of Hell", all of which were regularly played at their gigs. Two new editions of this cd (in 2012 and 2017) include extra tracks from compilations and other appearances of this band. Running Wild are a classic band, and in my opinion, this early phase captures them at their best. If you are into classic heavy metal and if you like the German bands from the 1980s, you will never be disappointed: get it, this is a must have for you. But don't expect Jolly Roger or Port Royal type of singalong chorus or themes...

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