Black Hand Inn

Black Hand Inn is the eighth Running Wild studio album, released March 24, 1994 by Noise Records. It is a loose concept album about a resurrected man, against a backdrop of piracy, foreseeing Armageddon.

The albums story starts in The Curse which a man by the name of John Xenir(played by Rolf Kasperek) has been condemned to death for using forbidden powers and is burned at the stake to save his soul. After the fire burns out all that is left is a blackened and charred hand. In the title track John is alive and creates his own inn in a grove with the sign of a black hand on the front door. He shows to his patrons his powers by predicting their futures.A priest happens to see his powers and threatens him and calls him a devil however John unfazed tells the man that long ago his was burned away that the priest is really the evil one.

The album has sold over 200,000 records worldwide.

Track listing

1. "The Curse" – 3:15
2. "Black Hand Inn" – 4:32
3. "Mr. Deadhead" – 4:02
4. "Soulless" – 4:57
5. "The Privateer" – 4:21
6. "Fight the Fire of Hate" – 6:38
7. "The Phantom of Black Hand Hill" – 6:25
8. "Freewind Rider" – 5:15
9. "Powder & Iron" – 5:18
10. "Dragonmen" – 5:42
11. "Genesis (the Making and the Fall of Man)" – 15:18
12. "Dancing on a Minefield" – 5:00 (Bonus Track)
13. "Poisoned Blood" – 3:44 (Bonus Track)

All songs by Kasparek. The lyrics of the song "Genesis" are based on the book "The 12th Planet" by Zecharia Sitchin.

Singles

• The Privateer

Members

• Rolf Kasparek - vocals and guitar
• Thilo Hermann - guitars
• Thomas Smuszynski - bass guitar
• Jörg Michael - drums

References