- heavy metal
- 67 min
- 16 tracks
- Noise
Gates to Purgatory is the debut studio album by German heavy metal band Running Wild, released in 1984. Predating their pirate themes, the album features mostly satanically-influenced lyrics, alongside songs with anarchic and libertarian themes. The lyrical content was partly influenced by Gerald "Preacher" Warnecke's studies in theology. He left the band shortly after the album's release to become a vicar.
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Grave, classical in form, earnest and unpretentious.
- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- unpretentiousprestige
- sparerichly built
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- 1Victim of States Power3:37
- 2Black Demon4:25
- 3Preacher4:22
- 4Soldiers of Hell3:24
- 5Diabolic Force5:01
- 6Adrian S.O.S.2:47
- 7Genghis Khan4:08
- 8Prisoner of Our Time5:23
- 9Chains & Leather (Rock From Hell – German Metal Attack version)5:08
- 10Adrian (Rock From Hell – German Metal Attack version)2:43
- 11Walpurgis Night (The Sign of Women’s Fight)5:19
- 12Satan4:09
- 13Iron Heads (Death Metal version)3:45
- 14Bones to Ashes (Death Metal version)5:17
- 15Soldiers of Hell (1991 re-recorded version)3:22
- 16Prisoner of Our Time (1991 re-recorded version)4:36
16 tracks, 67 minutes.
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- Running Wild
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- Noise
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