| 7 Sinners | ||||
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| 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 | |||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| About.com |   [1] |
| AllMusic | [2] |
| BW&BK | 7.5/10[3] |
| Sputnikmusic | [4] |
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.[5]
Commenting on the album, bassist Markus Grosskopf said:[6]
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...
- ^ "Helloween 7 Sinners Review - Review of 7 Sinners by Helloween". Heavymetal.about.com. 2010-11-09. Archived from the original on 2012-03-14. Retrieved 2011-07-26.
- ^ Rivadavia, Eduardo (2010-11-09). "7 Sinners - Helloween". AllMusic. Retrieved 2011-07-26.
- ^ "> Hardwares > HELLOWEEN - 7 Sinners". Bravewords.com. Archived from the original on 2010-11-02. Retrieved 2011-07-26.
- ^ "Helloween - 7 Sinners (staff review)". Sputnikmusic.com. Retrieved 2011-07-26.
- ^ "HELLOWEEN: '7 Sinners' First-Week Sales Revealed". Blabbermouth.net. 17 November 2010. Retrieved 20 December 2021.
- ^ Syrjala, Marko (11 January 2011). "Helloween – bassist Markus Grosskopf". Metal Rules. Retrieved 31 May 2015.