HELLOWEEN — 7 Sinners (review)

HELLOWEEN — 7 Sinners album cover Album · 2010 · Power Metal Buy this album from MMA partners
4/5 ·
Stephen
Over 15 albums in almost 3 decades, Helloween has strengthed themselves as the true defender of European power metal. And after the 25th anniversary playful album, "Unarmed", the band returns in action with "7 Sinners", and this time they unleashed a very balanced mix of "Master of The Rings" and "Gambling With The Devil", with the essence of "The Dark Ride" element thrown in. It's modern, it's aggressive, it's blazing, but yet the melodic flavor from their classic era is still there.

"Where The Sinners Go" has an updated sound, not very fast paced, and honestly this first track almost put a doubt in me, are they really back in form or not? But then the punctual title question, "Are You Metal?" breaking in, it's a phenomenal power metal track, equipped with a dark riffs and insane drumming, and followed by "Who Is Mr.Madman?" with a raging melodic rhythm and superior sing-along chorus, damn me but I just know the king has reclaim the throne.

"Raise The Noise", "If A Mountain Could Talk", and "The Sage, The Fool, The Sinner" are examples of how they brought back the glorious era of the 80s when the speed and harmonic are the success keys. "World of Fantasy" erupted with a volcanic riffs, the synth implementation is effective, the chorus blows many average power metal tracks you heard before. I spotted at least three fillers which I think should have been left out to form a perfect album, but overall a very satisfying result and the quality is up there side by side with "Gambling With The Devil".

Though I still think "Gambling" is more enjoyable and accomplished, "7 Sinners" put Helloween back on the map and if this kind of album are they going to release in the years to come, I bet it's impossible to shake them off from the top.
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