Branded and Exiled is the second studio album of German metal band Running Wild , released by the West German label Noise Records in the fall of 1985 .
| Branded and exiled | ||||
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| studio album Running Wild | ||||
| Date of issue | autumn 1985 | |||
| Recorded by | August 1985 | |||
| Genres | heavy metal , speed metal , the first wave of black metal | |||
| Duration | 35:46 | |||
| Producer | Running wild | |||
| A country |  Germany | |||
| Language of songs | English | |||
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| Noise record | N 0030 ( LP ) N 0030-3 (CD) | |||
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In the summer of 1985, the guitarist Pricher left the band and Mike Moti was invited to take his place, who, during the recording of the album (in the West Berlin studio Casablanca, in August), performed the solo guitar parts in 3 songs. The album was released in the fall and has sold about 35,000 copies [1] , despite the average ratings of professional critics. To date, over 250 thousand disks have been sold. .
Content
Songs
- The anthem “Chains and Leather” is one of the earliest songs of Running Wild and was written by Rolf Kasparek around 1980 . It was originally recorded in 1983 at the Preußen studio along with the song Adrian (SOS) and the musicians were very unhappy with the result. Nevertheless, this option entered the “Heavy Metal Like a Hammerblow” demo. Album view was received along with the rest of the songs during studio sessions in August 1985, and in 1990 it was re-recorded for the “ Wild Animal ” mini-album.
- In the lyrics of the song “Mordor”, perhaps for the first time, the inhabitants of Mordor are presented as a positive side [2] .
- The songs “Branded and Exiled”, “Fight the Oppression” and “Marching to Die” in 1991 were re-recorded by the composition of that time and published on the compilation “ The First Years Of Piracy ” [3] .
Song List
The author of music and lyrics is Rolf Kasparek , except for # 2 (text co-authored with Stefan Boriss) and # 6 (music and lyrics by Stefan Boriss ).
- "Branded and Exiled" ( Russian. Branded and expelled ) - 3:53
- “Gods of the Iron” ( Rus. The gods of iron ) - 4:01
- “Realm of Shades” ( Rus. Kingdom of shadows ) - 4:27
- “Mordor” ( Rus. Mordor ) - 4:49)
- "Fight the Oppression" ( rus. Fight against Oppression ) - 4:53
- “Evil Spirit” ( Russian. The Spirit of Evil ) - 3:18
- Marching to Die ( Rus. Marching to death ) - 4:35
- Chains and Leather ( Rus. Chains and Leather ) - 5:42
Formats and reissues
The album was originally released as a vinyl record (# N0020), and in 1988 it was reissued on CD (# N0020-3).
Record Members
- Rock'n'Rolf - guitar, vocals
- Majk - lead guitar (in songs ## 2, 7, 8)
- Stephan - bass
- Hasche - drums