November 9, 2010 – German heavy metal legends Helloween have released their 13th studio album, 7 Sinners, today in North America on The End Records. 7 Sinners is definitively one of the fastest and hardest albums in the Helloween’s catalog. At press time, Amazon MP3 has 7 Sinners ranked at #1 in the Hard Rock & Metal category, #24 in Rock and #98 in overall Bestsellers.
Bass player Markus Grosskopf commented: “For all those out there who found our special best-of CD Unarmed to be too smooth and calm, I have great news. The new album will hit you right in the face! It is very heavy and contains all the classic Helloween trademarks! Some songs are very powerful and hymnic, others contain the fastest bass-drum patterns our drummer Dani [Löble] has ever played!”
7 Sinners has been lauded by the press:
“extremely solid, occasionally fantastic…far more interesting than the average power metal release.” – All Music Guide
“… a virtually perfect album”- AOL
“Helloween circa 2010 have quite a bit of pep left in them. In fact, it’s not a reach to say that they’re a heck of a lot more of an imposing power metal band now than they were 10 years ago” – Blistering.com
“Similar to fine wine, most artists tend to be better with age…Even if you don’t appreciate heavy metal and it’s monstrous sound, you’ll appreciate the classic undertones hidden in 7 Sinners” – Ultimate-Guitar.com
“7 Sinners is a slick album that makes up for Helloween’s so-so years. If it’s is any indication of
Helloween’s future, their best years are ahead of them.” – The New Review.net
“7 Sinners is a continuation of the recent successes that have made Helloween one of the most consistent power metal bands around” – Sputnik Music.com
7 Sinners Tracklist:
1. Where The Sinners Go
2. Are You Metal?
3. Who is Mr. Madman?
4. Raise The Noise
5. World Of Fantasy
6. Long Live The King
7. The Smile Of The Sun
8. You Stupid Mankind
9. If A Mountain Could Talk
10. The Sage, The Fool, The Sinner
11. My Sacrifice
12. Not Yet Today
13. Far In The Future
Helloween is currently on tour in Europe. Please visit one of the following links for dates and more information:
http://www.helloween.org
http://www.myspace.com/helloween
http://twitter.com/helloweenorg
http://www.youtube.com/user/helloweenorg
