Year : 2010 (Nuclear Blast Rough Trade Edition 2020)
Style : Melodic Power Metal
Country : Germany
Audio : 320 kbps + all scans
Size : 234 mb
Bio:
Helloween is a German power metal band founded in 1984 in Hamburg, Northern Germany. The band is a pioneering force in the power metal subgenres and their second and third studio albums, Keeper of the Seven Keys Part I and Part II, are considered masterpieces of the genre. Twelve musicians have been a part of the band's line-up in its history, which has consisted of singer Andi Deris, guitarists Michael Weikath and Sascha Gerstner, bass guitarist Markus Grosskopf, and drummer Daniel Löble since 2005.Helloween was formed in 1984 by members of bands Iron Fist, Gentry, and Powerfool. Its first line-up consisted of Weikath, Grosskopf, singer and guitarist Kai Hansen and drummer Ingo Schwichtenberg. After the release of a self-titled EP and a first album in 1985, it expanded into a quintet when singer Michael Kiske joined, with Hansen only acting as guitarist. Under this line-up, they released the Keeper of the Seven Keys albums (1987 and 1988), which established Helloween as a notable heavy metal band and led to the creation of the power metal subgenre. However, Hansen left the band quickly after the release of Part II and was replaced by Roland Grapow. He then created the band Gamma Ray.Helloween's first two albums without Hansen, Pink Bubbles Go Ape (1991) and Chameleon (1993), were commercial and critical failures,which created tensions between band members and led to the firing of Schwichtenberg and the departure of Kiske. They were replaced by Uli Kusch and Andi Deris respectively. The albums released under this line-up, consisting of Master of the Rings (1994), The Time of the Oath (1996), Better Than Raw (1998) and The Dark Ride (2000), received a warm reception from both fans and critics, gradually establishing Helloween as a successful band again.However, tensions following the release of The Dark Ride led to the dismissals of both Grapow and Kusch, who then went on to found Masterplan together. Grapow was replaced by Gerstner, but the attempts to find a new drummer were chaotic and no band member was credited for drums on the album Rabbit Don't Come Easy (2003). The band finally found a stable drummer in the person of Löble in 2005. Under this new and current line-up, the longest in its history, the band has released four successful studio albums: Keeper of the Seven Keys: The Legacy (2005), Gambling with the Devil (2007), 7 Sinners (2010), and Straight Out of Hell (2013), with all members except Löble contributing to songwriting.Since its creation, Helloween has released fourteen studio albums, three live albums, three EPs, and twenty-seven singles, and has sold more than five million records worldwide.
Album:
7 SINNERS (Remastered 2020) Limited clear vinyl LP pressing. Digitally remastered.7 Sinners is the 13th studio album by German power metal band Helloween, originally released in 2010. 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. HELLOWEEN deliver with 7 sinners (remastered 2020) an extraordinary Double Vinyl in Gatefold Cover and with padded inner sleevE. Transparent Vinyl.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.Commenting on the album, bassist Markus Grosskopf said: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...
Line-Up:
Andi Deris - Vocals, Songwriting (tracks 1, 2, 6, 7, 12, 13), Lyrics (tracks 1, 2, 6, 7, 12, 13)
Michael Weikath - Guitars, Songwriting (tracks 4, 10), Lyrics (tracks 4, 10)
Sascha Gerstner - Guitars, Songwriting (tracks 3, 8, 11), Lyrics (tracks 3, 8, 11)
Markus Grosskopf - Bass, Songwriting (tracks 5, 9), Lyrics (tracks 5, 9)
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 – Spoken prologue to 'Who is Mr. Madman?' Also voiced the intro on their last studio album Gambling with the Devil.
Marcos Moura – Pumpkins Illustrations
Tracklist:
01. Where The Sinners Go 03:35
02. Are You Metal? 03:35
03. Who Is Mr. Madman? 05:42
04. Raise The Noise 05:06
05. World Of Fantasy 05:14
06. Long Live The King 04:12
07. The Smile Of The Sun 04:36
08. You Stupid Mankind 04:03
09. If A Mountain Could Talk 06:43
10. The Sage The Fool The Sinner 03:59
11. My Sacrifice 04:59
12. Not Yet Today 01:12
13. Far In The Future 07:42
14. I'm Free 04:10 (Bonus Track)
15. Faster We Fall 04:49 (Bonus Track)
16. Aiming High 04:33 (Bonus Track)
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