Masquerade (Running Wild album)

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
Length	50:49
Label	Noise
Producer	Rolf Kasparek, Karl-Ulrich Walterbach
Running Wild chronology
Black Hand Inn (1994) Masquerade (1995) The Rivalry (1998)

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

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

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

• 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

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

References

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