Gates to Purgatory

Gates to Purgatory
Studio album by Running Wild
Released	26 December 1984
Recorded	1984
Genre	Speed metal
Label	Noise
Producer	Running Wild
Running Wild chronology
Gates to Purgatory (1984) Branded and Exiled (1985)

Gates to Purgatory is the first studio album by Running Wild. It predates their piracy themes and has mostly satanically-influenced lyrics but also features songs with anarchic and libertarian (in the sense of European libertarianism) themes. The album has sold over 235,000 copies worldwide.

Track listing

All tracks were composed and written by Gerald "Preacher" Warnecke and Rolf Kasparek.

1. "Victim of States Power" – 3:36
2. "Black Demon" – 4:25
3. "Preacher" – 4:22
4. "Soldiers of Hell" – 3:23
5. "Diabolic Force" – 4:58
6. "Adrian S.O.S." – 2:49
7. "Genghis Khan" – 4:11
8. "Prisoner of Our Time" – 5:22

The following tracks appeared on the CD release, the US and Canadian editions of the LP, as well as on the Victim of States Power EP:

1. "Walpurgis Night" – 4:09 (This track is cut off very close to the end due to the condition of the master tape on most releases)
2. "Satan" – 5:00

Personnel

• Rolf Kasparek - guitar, vocals
• Gerald "Preacher" Warnecke - guitar
• Stephan Boriss - bass guitar
• Wolfgang "Hasche" Hagemann - drums

Trivia

• The sludge metal band Kingdom of Sorrow made a cover of the song "Soldiers of Hell" in their album Behind the Blackest Tears.