Francozi Elvenstorm so podpisali za založbo Infernö Records, pri kateri bodo v kratkem izdali prvenec z naslovom Of Rage & War. Skupina prisega na klasični heavy metal v stilu skupin, kot so Running Wild, Crystal Viper, Lonewolf, Grave Digger in Iron Maiden. /B.B./

Booklet poslovilnega albuma The Final Jolly Roger skupine Running Wild še vedno diši po svežem tisku (album je izšel 24. junija), band pa je že ponovno aktiven. Izid albuma z naslovom Shadowmaker je pri založbi SPV/Steamhammer napovedan za april 2012. /P.G./

Tukaj lahko v celoti slišite poslovilni live album skupine Running Wild z naslovom The Final Jolly Roger. /P.G./

Running Wild so razkrili tracklisto njihove poslovilne izdaje z naslovom The Final Jolly Roger, ki 24. junija izide pri Golden Core/ZYX Records.

DVD:
01. Intro
02. Port Royal
03. Bad To The Bone
04. Riding The Storm
05. Soulless
06. Prisoner Of Our Time
07. Black Hand Inn
08. Gates Of Purgatory
09. Battle Of Waterloo
10. Der Kaltverformer
11. Raging Fire
12. Whirlwind
13. Tortuga Bay
14. Branded And Exiled
15. Raise Your Fist
16. Conquistadores
17. Under Jolly Roger

CD 1:
01. Intro
02. Port Royal
03. Bad To The Bone
04. Riding The Storm
05. Soulless
06. Prisoner Of Our Time
07. Black Hand Inn
08. Gates Of Purgatory
09. Battle Of Waterloo
10. Der Kaltverformer
11. Raging Fire

CD 2:
01. Whirlwind
02. Tortuga Bay
03. Branded And Exiled
04. Raise Your Fist
05. Conquistadores
06. Under Jolly Roger
/B.B./

24. junija bo (na dveh CDjih, na DVDju ali kot dvojni CD+DVD) izšel poslovilni album skupine Running Wild z naslovom The Final Jolly Roger. /P.G./

Baron van der Blast (pravo ime Matthias Liebetruth - ex Running Wild) je nov bobnar v skupini Grailknights. /P.G./

V današnji oddaji Metal detektor predstavljamo kompilacijo Reunation - A Tribute To Running Wild, na kateri je predelave Running Wild komadov objavilo kar 31 bandov. Poleg tega pa bomo poslušali tudi nove albume bandov Throwdown, Heathen, Sacrifice, Heavenly, Blackthorn, Brown Jenkins, Darkened Nocturn Slaughtercult, Aosoth, Festered in Deathbound. . Metal detektor je na sporedu vsak ponedeljek ob 22.00 na Radiu Študent, 89.3MHz ali www.radiostudent.si. /M.P.C./

Orden Ogan so tukaj objavili video za skladbo We Are Pirates. V skoraj devet minut dolgem spotu, posvečenemu Running Wild, nastopa tudi Majk Moti, bivši kitarist skupine Running Wild - kdo drug pa bi lahko bolje igral pirata? /P.G./

Jeseni bo izšel tribute to Running Wild z naslovom ReUnation - A Tribute To Running Wild. Na dvojnem albumu, ki bo naprodaj za ceno enojnega, boste lahko slišali: 5TH SONIC BRIGADE - Angel Of Mercy, CHINCHILLA - Conquistadores, CRYSTAL VIPER - Libertalia, CUSTARD - Under Jolly Roger, DEADLOCK - When Time Runs Out, ESENIA - Resurrection, EVERTALE - Blazon Stone, FATE - Soul Vampires, HALOR - Little Big Horn, HEAVENLY - Masquerade, HELLISH WAR - Return Of The Gods, JOSÉ JUAN GALLEGO - Draw The Line, MAGICA - Victory, MOTORJESUS - The Rivalry, ORDEN OGAN - The Battle Of Waterloo, OVERTURES - Pirate Song, POWERWOLF - Riding The Storm, RAVAGE - Fight The Fire Of Hate, SATANOCHIO - Siberian Winter, SEVEN SEAS - Detonator, SKILTRON - Ballad Of William Kidd, SOLEMNITY - Dr. Horror, SUIDAKRA - Marooned, THUNDERBLAST - Timeriders, THUNDERSTORM feat. Preacher - Welcome To Hell, WARHEAD - Faceless, WILD KNIGHT feat. Frank Knight & Majk Moti - Tsar, WINTERS DAWN - Into The Fire, WITCHTRAP - Victim Of States Power in WITHERING SOUL - Firebreather. /P.G./

Running Wild so nov potrjen band za festival Wacken Open Air. /P.G./

V pripravi je nov album tribute to Running Wild. Bandi, ki bi želeli sodelovati pri projektu, se lahko do 15. avgusta prijavijo na ta e-mail. /P.G./

Organizatorji festivalov Metalcamp in Metal Mania Open Air skupaj pripravljajo festival z imenom CampMania 2008, ki se bo odvijal prvi vikend v septembru in sicer na plaži v Simonovem Zalivu. Zaenkrat potrjeni nastopajoči so KISS, Dimmu Borgir, Saxon, Kataklysm, Ektomorf, Running Wild in Noctiferia. Več potrjenih skupin sledi kmalu. /P.G./

Helloween basist Markus Grosskopf bo s solo projektom Bassinvaders 25. januarja pri Frontiers Records izdal album Hellbassbeaters. Markus je album posnel brez kitar, pri snemanju pa je sodelovalo veliko priznanih glasbenikov, predvsem basistov: Peavy Wagner (Rage), Tom Angelripper (Sodom), Schmier (Destruction), Billy Sheehan (Steve Vai, Mr. Big, David Lee Roth), Rudy Sarzo (Dio, Ozzy Osbourne, Whitesnake, Quiet Riot), Lee Rocker (Stray Cats), Marco Mendoza (Thin Lizzy, Whitesnake, Ted Nugent), DD Verni (Overkill), Wyzard (Mother's Finest), Dirk Schlächter (Gamma Ray), Joey Vera (Armored Saint, Fates Warning, Anthrax), Stig Pedersen (D.A.D), Nibbs (Saxon), Tobias Exxel (Edguy), Jens Becker (Grave Digger, Running Wild), Dennis Ward (Pink Cream 69), Peter Baltes (Accept), Jan S. Eckert (Masterplan), Michael Müller (Jaded Heart). Od vokalistov sta sodelovala Apollo Papathanasio (Firewind) in Jesper Binzer (D-A-D), od bobnarjev pa André Hilgers (Rage) in Stefan Arnold (Grave Digger). Na albumu bo tudi Helloween priredba Eagle Fly Free. /M.P./

Scorpions bodo novembra izdali live DVD Live At Wacken Open Air 2006: A Night To Remember - A Journey Through Time. Na njem bo njihov lanskoletni nastop na Wacken Open Air festivalu, kjer so kot gostje nastopili njihovi bivši člani Uli Jon Roth, Michael Schenker in Herman Rarebell. Takrat so igrali: Coming Home, Bad Boys Running Wild, The Zoo, Loving You Sunday Morning, Make It Real, Picture Life, Speedy's Coming, Dark Lady, We'll Burn The Sky, Love 'em Or Leave 'Em, Don't Believe Her, Tease Me Please Me, Coast To Coast, Holiday, Lovedrive, Another Piece Of Meat, James Kottak's Drum Solo, Blackout, No One Like You, Matthias Jabs' Guitar Solo, Big City Nights, Can't Get Enough, Still Loving You, In Trance, He's A Woman She's A Man, In Search Of The Peace Of Mind, Dynamite, Rock You Like A Hurricane. /M.P./

Thilo Herrmann (ex Holy Moses, ex Running Wild) se je pridružil Grave Digger kot drugi kitarist. /P.G./