''7 Sinners'' is the thirteenth studio album by German

power metal Power metal is a subgenre of heavy metal combining characteristics of traditional heavy metal with speed metal, often within symphonic context. Generally, power metal is characterized by a faster, lighter, and more uplifting sound, in contra ...

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Helloween Helloween is a German power metal band founded in 1984 in Hamburg by members of bands Iron Fist, Gentry, Second Hell and Powerfool. Its first lineup consisted of singer and guitarist Kai Hansen, bassist Markus Grosskopf, guitarist Michael Wei ...

, 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. Commenting on the album, bassist

Markus Grosskopf Markus Grosskopf (born 21 September 1965) is a German musician who is the bass guitarist, backing vocalist and a founding member of the power metal band Helloween. Biography Grosskopf started playing bass at the age of 15 when he became friend ...

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Track listing

Personnel

* Andi Deris – Vocals * Michael Weikath – Guitar *

Sascha Gerstner Sascha Gerstner (born 2 April 1977) is a German musician who has been one of the guitarists and backing vocalists of power metal band Helloween since 2002. He is also a former member of Freedom Call. Biography Gerstner grew up in Nuremberg, ...

– Guitar, backing vocals *

– 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 Peter Rodney "Biff" Byford (born 15 January 1951) is an English singer best known as the lead vocalist of the heavy metal band Saxon. Early life Byford was born in Skelmanthorpe, West Yorkshire, the youngest of four children to Ernest Ch ...

– Spoken prologue to 'Who is Mr. Madman?' Also voiced the intro on their last studio album ''Gambling with the Devil''. * Marcos Moura – Pumpkins Illustrations

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References

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