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Blazon Stone

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Mateys, I be no pirate myself. But after hearing Blazon Stone and subsequent Running Wild releases, I just wanted to grab me cutlass, eyepatch, and talking parrot and go on a swashbuckling adventure! One can taste the salty sea air, feel the convulsions of a wooden ship deck in high waves, and relish the plunder of gold and booty by simply spinning this CD! Very imaginative, descriptive lyrics, rocket drumming, blazing guitar riffs, and searing vocals make Blazon Stone a must-have metal album. You must own this album, no doubt! These guys are for real! I'm surprised that they aren't HUGE. Maybe over in Europe? Riff after glorious riff, song after memorable song, Running Wild won me over the moment they first boarded my CD player. Soccer-holler choruses! Pirate Metal! I hope they come to the US, specifically Hartford, Connecticut to pillage and lay waste to a land that has spawned some of THE WORST music (metal and non-metal) in decades! Let me put it to you in a simple equation: YOUR LIFE-RUNNING WILD= COMPLETE AND UTTER DISGRACE.
Pieces of eight! Pieces of eight! AAAARRRGGGGHHHH!-- David Newman

If I was able to choose 10 albums that I would be buried with. I would choos this album as one of them. I can tell YOU that you won't be disappointed. Running Wild and free for ever.

Blazon Stone was a slight departure for Running Wild as it contained a few more commercially appealing songs like "Lonewolf" and seemed to drop the overall pirate theme they had going. However, musically it still maintains Rolf's signature style of galloping rhythyms and epic leads mixed with aggressive vocals. This is a good addition to anyone's RW library, but it isn't their best. Try Black Hand Inn or Pile of Skulls if you're looking for better albums to start your collection.

This is one of the best CDs in heavy and speed metal genre to date. I've listened tens of albums from bands like Blind Guardian, Rhapsody, Stratovarius, Angra, Iron Maiden, Dream Theater and i must confes this one is on the top of the iceberg! Ok, not really the BEST of all, but it stands pretty high... I have four albums from Running Wild allready and this is the best one... there is no poor track on this release. My favourites are "Little Big Horn" , "White Masque" .. "Lonewolf" oh yes! great! this is a "must" for true RW fan...

Running Wild, has set a standard that other metal bands should try and achieve (and some, like The Darkness, DO attempt to achieve). Blazon Stone is arguably their best album for the quality of songs as a whole. It's something I couldn't go a month without listening to at least once.

From the opening chords of "Blazon Stone" to the story about Custer's last stand in "Little Big Horn" to the amazing work done in "White Masque" all the way until the album ends with "Heads or Tails," it has just as strong a note as it began. Oftentimes the middle of an album is the weaker points, but there is no point in this album that the listener is not pounded with the guitar rifs and the heavy drums that should be brought back into the limelight of today's music.

If one wants the feel of great 80's metal from a band of today, Blazon Stone is the album one should get.

blazon stone is the best record ever released by running wild.the 1992 album combines enormous power with sing-along melodies and brilliant lyrics.i must mention of course the top musicians too!THIS CD IS A MUST!!!!!!

Since Heavy Metal has pretty much gone down the tubes in the US (There are some good bands left, even some great new ones), I've had to turn to a less trendy country for my Heavy Metal fix. Germany is one of the best countries for Heavy Metal today w/ 80's feel. And this is one of the TOP bands from Germany. If you like fast organized music then Running Wild is for you.