Blood on Blood (album)
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{{Infobox album
| name = Blood on Blood
| type = studio
| artist = Running Wild
| cover = Running Wild - Blood on Blood.png
| alt =
| released = {{start date|df=yes|2021|10|29}}
| recorded = 2019–2020
| studio =
| genre =
| length = 55:40
| label = Steamhammer
| producer = Rolf Kasparek
| prev_title = Rapid Foray
| prev_year = 2016
| next_title =
| next_year =
| misc = {{Singles
| name = Blood on Blood
| type = Studio
| single1 = Crossing the Blades
| single1date = 6 December 2019
| single2 = Diamonds & Pearls
| single2date = 13 August 2021
| single3 = The Shellback
| single3date = 24 September 2021
}}
}}
Blood on Blood is the seventeenth studio album by the German heavy metal band Running Wild, their first album in five years since 2016's Rapid Foray. It was released by Steamhammer Records on 29 October 2021.{{cite web|url=https://metalinvader.net/running-wild-new-album-entitled-blood-on-blood-in-october/|author=Metal Invader Team|title=Running Wild: new album entitled "Blood On Blood" in October|website=Metal Invader|accessdate=5 July 2021}}{{cite web|url=https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/running-wild-to-release-blood-on-blood-album-in-october/|title=RUNNING WILD To Release 'Blood On Blood' Album In October|website=Blabbermouth.net|date=30 July 2021|accessdate=30 July 2021}}
In December 2019, an EP titled Crossing the Blades was released as an early hint for a new album.{{cite web|url=https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/running-wild-to-release-crossing-the-blades-ep-in-december/|title=RUNNING WILD To Release 'Crossing The Blades' EP In December|website=Blabbermouth.net|date=15 October 2019|access-date=15 October 2019}} Two more singles were released in advance, closer to the album's release date: "Diamonds & Pearls" on 13 August 2021{{cite web|url=https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/running-wild-releases-new-single-diamonds-pearls/|title=RUNNING WILD Releases New Single 'Diamonds & Pearls'|website=Blabbermouth.net|date=13 August 2021|access-date=13 November 2021}} and "The Shellback" on 24 September 2021.{{cite news|title=RUNNING WILD RELEASE NEW SINGLE AND LYRIC VIDEO "THE SHELLBACK"|url=https://bravewords.com/news/running-wild-release-new-single-and-lyric-video-the-shellback|website=Brave Words & Bloody Knuckles|date=24 September 2021|accessdate=13 November 2021}}
Critical reception
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = Blabbermouth
| rev1score = 7/10{{cite web|title=CD Reviews – Blood on Blood RUNNING WILD|url=https://www.blabbermouth.net/cdreviews/blood-on-blood/|author=Dom Lawson|website=Blabbermouth.net|date=1 November 2021|accessdate=13 November 2021}}
}}
Rock Hard magazine praised Blood on Blood, saying that the album "should really stir up the German album charts soon. Every bet!".{{cite magazine |title=RUNNING WILD - Gegen die Strömung, gegen den Wind|journal=Rock Hard |year=2021 |last=Mader|first=Matthias|issue=413 |url=https://www.rockhard.de/artikel/running-wild-gegen-die-stroemung-gegen-den-wind_563233.html|accessdate=13 November 2021 |language=German}} That promise is fulfilled with the album reaching number 8 on the German album charts.{{cite magazine |title=RUNNING WILD - "Blood On Blood"-Album auf Platz 8 der deutschen Charts|journal=Rock Hard |year=2021 |last=Michels|first=Alexandra|issue=413 |url=https://www.rockhard.de/artikel/running-wild-blood-on-blood-album-auf-platz-8-der-deutschen-charts_566922.html|accessdate=13 November 2021 |language=German}}
Metal Hammer has noted highlight tracks from the album including "the solid rock ballad 'One Night One Day' as well as the ten-minute bouncer 'The Iron Times 1618-1648', in which Rolf [Kasparek] epically addresses the Thirty Years' War."{{cite magazine |title=The metal albums of the week from October 29th with Whitechapel, Mastodon, Running Wild and others |journal=Metal Hammer |date =29 October 2021|url=https://www.metal-hammer.de/die-metal-alben-der-woche-vom-29-10-mit-whitechapel-mastodon-running-wild-u-a-1876601/|accessdate=13 November 2021 |language=de}}
Track listing
{{Track listing
| total_length = 55:40
| title1 = Blood on Blood
| length1 = 4:07
| title2 = Wings of Fire
| length2 = 3:57
| title3 = Say Your Prayers
| length3 = 5:08
| title4 = Diamonds & Pearls
| length4 = 4:47
| title5 = Wild & Free
| length5 = 5:27
| title6 = Crossing the Blades
| length6 = 6:00
| title7 = One Night, One Day
| length7 = 4:59
| title8 = The Shellback
| length8 = 6:11
| title9 = Wild, Wild Nights
| length9 = 4:34
| title10 = The Iron Times (1618–1648)
| length10 = 10:30
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = Japan edition bonus tracks{{cite web|url=http://www.marquee.co.jp/avalon/runningwild.html|title=「ラニング・ワイルド/ブラッド・オン・ブラッド」{{!}}MARQUEE|work=アヴァロン{{!}} AVALON online|accessdate=11 February 2022|language=ja-JP}}
| total_length = 67:11
| title11 = Stargazed
| length11 = 3:43
| title12 = Strutter
| note12 = Kiss cover
| length12 = 3:08
| title13 = Ride on the Wild Side
| length13 = 4:06
}}
Crossing the Blades promotional EP contains an earlier recording of the EP's title track and the bonus tracks of the Japan edition of Blood on Blood.
{{Track listing
| total_length = 29:55
| headline = New Gems and Live Treasures promotional EP{{cite magazine |title=RUNNING WILD - Rock Hard Vol. 413 erscheint mit exklusiver CD|journal=Rock Hard |year=2021 |last=Bauer|first=Simon|issue=413 |url=https://www.rockhard.de/artikel/running-wild-rock-hard-vol.-413-erscheint-mit-exklusiver-cd_560759.html|accessdate=13 November 2021 |language=German}}
| title1 = Wings of Fire
| length1 = 4:01
| title2 = Crossing the Blades
| length2 = 6:00
| title3 = Fistful of Dynamite
| note3 = Live in Wacken Open Air 2018
| length3 = 4:59
| title4 = Bad to the Bone
| note4 = Live in Wacken Open Air 2018
| length4 = 5:03
| title5 = Rapid Foray
| note5 = Live in Wacken Open Air 2018
| length5 = 4:56
| title6 = Uaschitschun
| note6 = Live in Wacken Open Air 2018
| length6 = 4:56
}}
Personnel
- Rolf Kasparek – vocals, lead and rhythm guitars, additional bass
- Peter Jordan – lead guitars
- Ole Hempelmann – bass
- Michael Wolpers – drums
;Production
- Rolf Kasparek – producer, recording, mixing, photography
- Timetools Mastering – mastering
- Jens Reinhold – artwork, layout
Charts
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|+ Chart performance for Blood on Blood ! scope="col"| Chart (2021) ! scope="col"| Peak |
| {{album chart|Austria|27|artist=Running Wild|album=Blood on Blood|rowheader=true|access-date=14 November 2021}} |
| {{album chart|Germany4|8|id=486952|artist=Running Wild|album=Blood on Blood|rowheader=true|access-date=14 November 2021}} |
| {{album chart|Switzerland|18|artist=Running Wild|album=Blood on Blood|rowheader=true|access-date=14 November 2021}} |