7 Sinners
7 Sinners | ||||
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Studio album by Helloween | ||||
Released | 31 October 2010 | |||
Recorded | 2009-2010 at Mi Sueño Studio, Tenerife, Spain | |||
Genre | Power metal | |||
Length | 58:04 62:19 (limited edition) |
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Label | SPV/Steamhammer, Spinefarm Records (UK) | |||
Producer | Charlie Bauerfeind | |||
Helloween chronology | ||||
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Singles from 7 Sinners | ||||
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7 Sinners is the thirteenth studio album by German power metal band Helloween, released in 2010. A video clip for "Are You Metal?" was released 11 October 2010. The whole album could be heard on Myspace a week before the physical release. For the first time since 2000's The Dark Ride, each song on the album is a solo composition, i.e. each member has written both the music and lyrics to his song with no additional input from any other member. 7 Sinners sold 1,900 copies in its first week of release in the U.S.[1]
Commenting on the album, bassist Markus Grosskopf said:[2]
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After Unarmed ]we were ready for some real stuff, you know without having discussed what we are going to do everybody had this will to do some very heavy stuff you know. And that's what came out of it [...] I call it my natural born album. The first two tracks we had were "Are You Metal?" and "Where the Sinners Go" and that was kind of the direction we loved so we kind of left it untouched just gave it a heavy sound and put the other songs around it.
Contents
Track listing
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Where the Sinners Go" | Deris | 3:36 |
2. | "Are You Metal?" | Deris | 3:35 |
3. | "Who is Mr. Madman?" | Gerstner | 5:43 |
4. | "Raise the Noise" | Weikath | 5:07 |
5. | "World of Fantasy" | Grosskopf | 5:15 |
6. | "Long Live the King" | Deris | 4:13 |
7. | "The Smile of the Sun" | Deris | 4:37 |
8. | "You Stupid Mankind" | Gerstner | 4:04 |
9. | "If a Mountain Could Talk" | Grosskopf | 6:44 |
10. | "The Sage, the Fool, the Sinner" | Weikath | 4:00 |
11. | "My Sacrifice" | Gerstner | 4:59 |
12. | "Not Yet Today" | Deris | 1:11 |
13. | "Far in the Future" | Deris | 7:42 |
Deluxe edition bonus track[3] | |||
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No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
14. | "I'm Free" | Grosskopf | 4:10 |
Japanese bonus tracks[4] | |||
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No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
14. | "Faster We Fall" | Grosskopf | 4:47 |
15. | "Aiming High" (download only) | Grosskopf | 4:32 |
Professional ratings | |
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Review scores | |
Source | Rating |
BW&BK | (7.5/10) [5] |
Sputnikmusic | [6] |
About.com | [7] |
Allmusic.com | [8] |
Personnel
- Andi Deris – Vocals
- Michael Weikath – Guitar
- Sascha Gerstner – Guitar, backing vocals
- Markus Grosskopf – Bass
- Dani Löble – Drums
Additional personnel:
- Matthias Ulmer – Keyboards
- Eddy Wrapiprou – Keyboards
- Eberhard Hahn – Flute solo on "Raise the Noise"
- William "Billy" King and Olaf Senkbeil – Choirs
- Ron Deris – Additional backing vocals on "Far in the Future"
- Biff Byford – Spoken prologue to 'Who is Mr. Madman?' Also voiced the intro on their last studio album Gambling with the Devil.
- Marcos Moura – Pumpkins Illustrations
Charts
Chart (2010) | Peak position |
Certification | Sales/ shipments[9] |
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European Billboard Top 100[10][not in citation given] | 56 | - | |
Czech Republic Albums Chart[11] | 9 | Gold | 3.000+ |
Greek Albums Chart[12][not in citation given] | 13 | - | |
Finnish Albums Chart[13] | 16 | - | |
Japanese Combined Albums Chart[14] | 18 | - | |
Japanese Western Albums Chart [14][not in citation given] | 6 | - | |
Russian Albums Chart [15] | 22 | - | |
Slovenian Albums Chart [16][not in citation given] | 22 | - | |
German Albums Chart [17][not in citation given] | 25 | - | |
Croatian Albums Chart [18] | 26 | - | |
Swiss Albums Chart [19] | 38 | - | |
Swedish Albums Chart [20] | 40 | - | |
Spanish Albums Chart [21][22] | 51 | - | |
Austrian Albums Chart [23] | 57 | - | |
French Albums Chart [24] | 65 | - | |
Italian Albums Chart [25][26] | 78 | - | |
US Heatseekers Albums Chart [27] | 7 | - | |
US Independent Albums Chart [28] | 45 | - | |
UK Rock Albums Chart [29][not in citation given] | 21 | - |
References
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