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2012 album from the reborn German pirate metal band. Captain Rock n Rolf has written 10 new tracks for Shadowmaker, among them are the mid-tempo opener 'Piece Of The Action', the up-tempo number 'Shadowmaker' (‘roughly the same pace as 'Angel Of Mercy') and the monumental eight minute track 'Dracula', based on Bram Stoker's novel and the Christopher Lee movies. ‘To me, Shadowmaker is a very special album because there was no pressure, time wise or otherwise. I feel it's clearly audible that this relaxed attitude helped me to write one of the strongest Running Wild recordings of all time’. Rolf's fondness for pirate songs reveals itself here as 2 of the 10 cuts are dedicated to the ‘songs of the sea’ but overall, this is a typical Running Wild album stylistically and lyrically speaking. However, 7 years of shore leave have seemingly inspired the Master and Commander, Rock N Rolf, as the tracks on ‘Shadowmaker’ sound refreshed, inspired and well, it also sounds like Kasparek just wanted to lay down some driving metal tunes that met his own high standards…he succeeds. ‘Shadowmaker’ is definitely better than ‘Rogues En Vogue’ and in keeping with albums like ‘Victory’ and ‘Brotherhood’. Track listing: 1. Piece Of The Action 2. Riding On The Tide 3. I Am Who I Am 4. Black Shadow 5. Locomotive 6. Me And The Boys 7. Shadowmaker 8. Sailing Fire 9. Into The Black 10. Dracula Dvd listing: 1. Making of ‘Shadowmaker’ 2. Piece Of The Action-commentary by Rock N Rolf 3. Riding On The Tide-commentary by Rock N Rolf 4. I Am Who I Am-commentary by Rock N Rolf 5. Black Shadow-commentary by Rock N Rolf 6. Locomotive-commentary by Rock N Rolf 7. Me And The Boys-commentary by Rock N Rolf 8. Shadowmaker-commentary by Rock N Rolf 9. Sailing Fire-commentary by Rock N Rolf 10. Into The Black-commentary by Rock N Rolf 11. Dracula-commentary by Rock N Rolf