7 Sinners
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7 Sinners is the thirteenth studio album by Helloween, released October 31, 2010.
A video clip for "Are You Metal?" was released October 11, 2010. Its visuals draw from the Saw movie franchise and play on clichés of the metal genre. 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.
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Where the Sinners Go" | Andi Deris | 3:35 |
| 2. | "Are You Metal?" | Andi Deris | 3:37 |
| 3. | "Who is Mr. Madman?" | Sascha Gerstner | 5:42 |
| 4. | "Raise the Noise" | Michael Weikath | 5:06 |
| 5. | "World of Fantasy" | Markus Grosskopf | 5:14 |
| 6. | "Long Live the King" | Andi Deris | 4:12 |
| 7. | "The Smile of the Sun" | Andi Deris | 4:36 |
| 8. | "You Stupid Mankind" | Sascha Gerstner | 4:04 |
| 9. | "If a Mountain Could Talk" | Markus Grosskopf | 6:44 |
| 10. | "The Sage, The Fool, The Sinner" | Michael Weikath | 3:59 |
| 11. | "My Sacrifice" | Sascha Gerstner | 4:59 |
| 12. | "Not Yet Today" | Andi Deris | 1:11 |
| 13. | "Far in the Future" | Andi Deris | 7:45 |
| 14. | "I'm Free" (deluxe edition bonus track) | Markus Grosskopf | 4:15 |
| 15. | "Faster We Fall" (japanese bonus track) | Markus Grosskopf | 4:48 |
| 16. | "Aiming High" (digital download bonus track) | Markus Grosskopf | 4:32 |
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| BW&BK [3] | (7.5/10) |
| Sputnikmusic [4] |   |
| About.com [5] | |
| Allmusic.com | [6] |
| Voice Of Rock [7] |   |
Personnel
- Andi Deris – Vocals
- Michael Weikath – Guitar
- Sascha Gerstner – Guitar, backing vocals
- Markus Grosskopf – Bass
- Dani Löble – Drums
Additional personnel:
- Matthias Ulmer - 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[8] |
|---|---|---|---|
| European Billboard Top 100 [9] | 56 | - | |
| Czech Republic Albums Chart [10] | 9 | Gold | 3.000+ |
| Greek Albums Chart [11] | 13 | - | |
| Finnish Albums Chart [12] | 16 | - | |
| Japanese Combined Albums Chart [13] | 18 | - | |
| Japanese Western Albums Chart [14] | 6 | - | |
| Russian Albums Chart [15] | 22 | - | |
| Slovenian Albums Chart [16] | 22 | - | |
| German Albums Chart [17] | 25 | - | |
| Croatian Albums Chart [18] | 26 | - | |
| Swiss Albums Chart [19] | 38 | - | |
| Swedish Albums Chart [20] | 40 | - | |
| Spanish Albums Chart [21] | 51 | - | |
| Austrian Albums Chart [22] | 57 | - | |
| French Albums Chart [23] | 65 | - | |
| Italian Albums Chart [24] | 78 | - | |
| US Heatseekers Albums Chart [25] | 7 | - | |
| US Independent Albums Chart [26] | 45 | - | |
| UK Rock Albums Chart [27] | 21 | - |
References
- ^ "HELLOWEEN: '7 Sinners' Album Details Revealed".
- ^ [1]
- ^ http://www.bravewords.com/hardwares/1001687
- ^ http://www.sputnikmusic.com/review/40128/Helloween-7-Sinners/
- ^ http://heavymetal.about.com/od/helloween/gr/Helloween-7-Sinners-Review.htm
- ^ http://allmusic.com/album/7-sinners-r2035434/
- ^ http://www.voiceofrock.com/reviews/cd/582-cd-review-helloween-7-sinners
- ^ Certification award levels IFPI. Retrieved August, 2009.
- ^ http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/depeche-mode-soars-to-euro-album-chart-summit-1003968071.story#/artist/helloween/4810
- ^ http://www.ifpicr.cz/hitparada/index.php?a=titul&hitparada=14&titul=148567&sec=476d479c16d7ac3d351b4a889e831da7
- ^ http://www.ifpi.gr/chart01.htm
- ^ http://ifpi.fi/tilastot/virallinen-lista/albumit/2010/45
- ^ http://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/artist/124419/products/music/887564/1/
- ^ http://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/artist/124419/products/music/887564/1/
- ^ http://lenta.ru/articles/2010/11/19/chart/
- ^ http://www.rtvslo.si/val202/news/article/34
- ^ http://www.musicline.de/de/chartverfolgung_summary/title/Helloween/7+Sinners/longplay
- ^ http://www.hdu-toplista.com/index.php?what=izvodjaci&w=details&id=619
- ^ http://swisscharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Helloween&titel=7+Sinners&cat=a
- ^ http://swedishcharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Helloween&titel=7+Sinners&cat=a
- ^ http://www.promusicae.es/files/listassemanales/albumes/top%20100%20albumes%20(PUBLICAR)_w44.2010.pdf
- ^ http://austriancharts.at/showitem.asp?interpret=Helloween&titel=7+Sinners&cat=a
- ^ http://www.chartsinfrance.net/Helloween/7-Sinners-a109752350.html
- ^ http://www.fimi.it/classifiche_artisti.php
- ^ http://www.billboard.com/#/artist/helloween/chart-history/4810?f=324&g=Albums
- ^ http://www.billboard.com/#/artist/helloween/chart-history/4810?f=326&g=Albums
- ^ http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/chart/rockalbums