7 Sinners Explained

7 Sinners
Type:studio
Artist:Helloween
Cover:Helloween - 7 Sinners.jpg
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
Prev Title:Unarmed – Best of 25th Anniversary
Prev Year:2009
Next Title:Burning Sun
Next Year:2012

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 31 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]

Personnel

The booklet which accompanies the CD contains photos of band members : each one of them is in a position evoking the Seven Deadly Sins.

Additional personnel:

Charts

Chart (2010)Peak
position
Croatian Albums Chart [3] 26
Czech Republic Albums Chart[4] 9
Slovenian Albums Chart [5] 22

Notes and References

  1. Web site: HELLOWEEN: '7 Sinners' First-Week Sales Revealed. 17 November 2010. Blabbermouth.net. 20 December 2021.
  2. Web site: Syrjala. Marko. Helloween – bassist Markus Grosskopf. Metal Rules. 31 May 2015. 11 January 2011.
  3. Web site: Top of the Shops - službena tjedna lista prodanih albuma u Hrvatskoj . Hdu-toplista.com . 2009-06-29 . https://web.archive.org/web/20111006040942/http://www.hdu-toplista.com/index.php?what=izvodjaci&w=details&id=619 . October 6, 2011 . July 29, 2021.
  4. Web site: Čns Ifpi . Ifpicr.cz . 2011-07-26.
  5. Web site: Val 202 - Slo Top 30. 9 June 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20110609014611/http://www.rtvslo.si/val202/news/article/34. 20 December 2021. 2011-06-09.