7 Sinners

7 Sinners
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)
Label SPV/Steamhammer, Spinefarm Records (UK)
Producer Charlie Bauerfeind
Helloween chronology
Unarmed – Best of 25th Anniversary
(2009)		 7 Sinners
(2010)		 Burning Sun
(2012)
Singles from 7 Sinners
  1. "Are You Metal?"
    Released: 11 October 2010

7 Sinners is the 13th 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]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Where the Sinners Go"Andi Deris3:36
2."Are You Metal?"Deris3:35
3."Who is Mr. Madman?"Sascha Gerstner5:43
4."Raise the Noise"Michael Weikath5:07
5."World of Fantasy"Markus Grosskopf5:15
6."Long Live the King"Deris4:13
7."The Smile of the Sun"Deris4:37
8."You Stupid Mankind"Gerstner4:04
9."If a Mountain Could Talk"Grosskopf6:44
10."The Sage, the Fool, the Sinner"Weikath4:00
11."My Sacrifice"Gerstner4:59
12."Not Yet Today"Deris1:11
13."Far in the Future"Deris7:42
Deluxe edition bonus track[3]
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
14."I'm Free"Grosskopf4:10
Japanese bonus tracks[4]
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
14."Faster We Fall"Grosskopf4:47
15."Aiming High" (download only)Grosskopf4:32
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
BW&BK(7.5/10) [5]
Sputnikmusic [6]
About.com [7]
Allmusic.com [8]

Personnel

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]
European Billboard Top 100[10] 56 -
Czech Republic Albums Chart[11] 9 Gold 3.000+
Greek Albums Chart[12] 13 -
Finnish Albums Chart[13] 16 -
Japanese Combined Albums Chart[14] 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][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] 21 -

References

  1. ↑
  2. ↑ Syrjala, Marko (11 January 2011). "Helloween – bassist Markus Grosskopf". Metal Rules. Retrieved 31 May 2015.
  3. ↑ "iTunes - Music - 7 Sinners (Deluxe Version) by Helloween". Retrieved 28 February 2012.
  4. ↑ 7シナーズ: 音楽 [7 Sinners]. Amazon.co.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved May 5, 2013.
  5. ↑ bravewords.com. "> Hardwares > HELLOWEEN - 7 Sinners". Bravewords.com. Retrieved 2011-07-26.
  6. ↑ "Helloween - 7 Sinners (staff review)". Sputnikmusic. Retrieved 2011-07-26.
  7. ↑ "Helloween 7 Sinners Review - Review of 7 Sinners by Helloween". Heavymetal.about.com. 2010-11-09. Retrieved 2011-07-26.
  8. ↑ Rivadavia, Eduardo (2010-11-09). "7 Sinners - Helloween". AllMusic. Retrieved 2011-07-26.
  9. ↑ "Certification award levels" (PDF). IFPI. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-05-05. Retrieved 2015-05-17.
  10. ↑ "Information Not Found". Billboard.com. Retrieved 2011-07-26.
  11. ↑ ds. "Čns Ifpi". Ifpicr.cz. Retrieved 2011-07-26.
  12. ↑ "Ελληνικό Chart". Ifpi.gr. Archived from the original on 21 July 2011. Retrieved 2011-07-26.
  13. ↑ "Musiikkituottajat - Tilastot - Suomen virallinen lista - Albumit". Ifpi.fi. Retrieved 2011-07-26.
  14. 1 2 "７シナーズ ハロウィンのプロフィールならオリコン芸能人事典-ORICON STYLE" (in Japanese). Oricon.co.jp. Retrieved 2011-07-26.
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  16. ↑ "Val 202 - Slo Top 30". Rtvslo.si. Archived from the original on 2011-06-09. Retrieved 2011-07-26.
  17. ↑ musicline.de / PhonoNet GmbH. "Die ganze Musik im Internet: Charts, News, Neuerscheinungen, Tickets, Genres, Genresuche, Genrelexikon, Künstler-Suche, Musik-Suche, Track-Suche, Ticket-Suche" (in German). musicline.de. Archived from the original on 2012-10-10. Retrieved 2011-07-26.
  18. ↑ "Top of the Shops - službena tjedna lista prodanih albuma u Hrvatskoj". Hdu-toplista.com. 2009-06-29. Retrieved 2011-07-26.
  19. ↑ Steffen Hung (2010-11-14). "Helloween - 7 Sinners". swisscharts.com. Archived from the original on 13 June 2011. Retrieved 2011-07-26.
  20. ↑ Steffen Hung (2010-11-05). "Helloween - 7 Sinners". swedishcharts.com. Retrieved 2011-07-26.
  21. ↑
  22. ↑ "spanishcharts.com - Helloween - 7 Sinners" (in Spanish). spanishcharts.com. Retrieved 2015-05-17.
  23. ↑ Steffen Hung. "Helloween - 7 Sinners". austriancharts.at. Retrieved 2011-07-26.
  24. ↑ "Helloween - 7 Sinners". Chartsinfrance.net. 2010-11-15. Retrieved 2011-07-26.
  25. ↑ "FIMI - Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana - Classifiche". Fimi.it. 2011-07-17. Archived from the original on 22 July 2011. Retrieved 2011-07-26.
  26. ↑ "italiancharts.com - Helloween - 7 Sinners" (in Italian). italiancharts.com. Retrieved 2015-05-17.
  27. ↑ Helloween 7 Sinners Billboard.com, November 27, 2010
  28. ↑ "Helloween 7 Sinners". Billboard.com. Retrieved 2015-05-17.
  29. ↑ "Radio 1 - Chart - UK Top 40 Rock Albums". BBC. 2007-02-24. Retrieved 2011-07-26.
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