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Helloween are known as the inventors of 'German Melodic-Speed-Metal’ and are creative pioneers and one of the most successful metal bands in personal union since their beginnings in 1984.

If there is a golden thread throughout more than 25 years of band history, 13 studio albums, countless headliner tours around the globe and far more than 5 million sold records, then it's the special kind of humor: don't take yourself too seriously and simply live statements like: "just have fun with the shit you're doing." Maybe it's exactly this easiness, that allows Helloween to be one of the most constant bands of the genre, and yet the one that at the same time dares to experiment more than others and has defined metal in advanced and modern ways for decades. While some copycats rather stick with the same old patterns, Andi Deris, Michael Weikath, Sascha Gerstner, Markus Großkopf and Dani Löble aren't afraid of risking something - and are rightfully rewarded with success.

7 Sinners proves all that once again. It's definitely one of the fastest and hardest albums in the band's history, bursts with vitality, presents sensational novelties—and still is a record in best Helloween tradition. That might partly be due to the versatility of the various songwriters within the band, who over time have become so homogeneous, that the 13 songs have formed a unity on their own in the studio—but there also is a very concrete explanation. The album was recorded completely without a click track, which, considering the extreme speed of the songs, borders on 'high-performance music'. Especially drummer Löble showcases that his technique is at world-class-level. Following his excellent inner clock, bass and drums drive tracks like "Are You Metal?", "Long Live The King" or "Who Is Mr... Full Bio