Running Wild is one of several German power metal bands to emerge in the mid/late 1980s (along with Helloween, Rage, Blind Guardian, Grave Digger , etc). The band has carved its niche in the metal world as the first (and probably only) "pirate metal" band, a theme which took off with the release of Under Jolly Roger in 1987 (thus abandoning the satanic imagery of their earlier work). The band is still active today.

Discography

Studio

• Gates to Purgatory (debut album 1984)

1. Victim of States Power
2. Black Demon
3. Preacher
4. Soldiers of Hell
5. Diabolic Force
6. Adrian SOS
7. Genghis Khan
8. Prisoner of Our Time
9. Walpurgis Night
10. Satan

• Branded and Exiled (1985)
• Under Jolly Roger (1987)
• Port Royal (1988)
• Death or Glory(1989)
• Blazon Stone (1991)
• Pile of Skulls (1992)
• Black Hand Inn (1994)
• Masquerade (1995)
• The Rivalry (1998)
• Victory (2000)
• The Brotherhood (2002)
• Rogues en Vogue (2005)

Live

• Ready for Boarding (1988)
• Live (2002)

EPs/Compilations

• Wild Animal (1990)
• First Years of Piracy (Re-recordings) (1991)
• 20 Years in History (2003)