Sinner - Crash & Burn

Published September 28 2008

*=Staff's pick	Crash & Burn* Break The Silence The Dog Heart Of Darkness* Revolution Unbreakable Fist To Face* Until It Hurts Little Head Connection Like A Rock

Genre	Heavy Metal	Mat Sinner	Vocals
Tracks	11	Henny Wolter	Guitar
Runningtime	42 Min.	Christof Leimn	Guitar
Label	AFM Records	Mat Sinner	Bass
Release	19 September 2008	Klaus Sperling	Drums
Country	Germany	-	Keyboard
Similar artists	Primal Fear

The brain behind the Primal Fear organisation, Mat Sinner, returns with his other band Sinner which he releases albums with "on the side" so to speak, when time allows. During their by now 26 years of activity, the band has released some really good albums, for example Touch Of Sin (1985), Judgement Day (1997), The End Of Sanctuary (2000), There Will Be Execution (2003) and especially The Nature Of Evil (1998).

Mat himself and guitarist Henny Wolter are responsible for most compositions on this album, but Mat has also been working with Igor Gianola (U.D.O.) on three songs and Magnus Karlsson (Allen/Lande, Bob Catley, Starbreaker among many others) on one. The ones where Gianola has been involved are clearly U.D.O.-sounding in their structure. However, considering the guitarists involved in the writing, I do miss some more sharp and distinct riffs.

The title track Crash & Burn is nothing but a brilliant song with a great , thunderous riff and a catchy chorus and this is good, old Sinner as I love them and I am glad to hear that at least one more song, Fist To Face, follows in the same vein. There is overall a good mix of straight forward, classic metal songs (the mentioned Crash & Burn, Fist To Face), more rockier ones with more catchy elements (Heart Of Darkness, Unbreakable, Connection) and those more in between (Break The Silence, The Dog, Heart Of Darkness, Like A Rock).

This is a bit more soft and laid back album than for example The End Of Sanctuary and especially There Will Be Execution and The Nature Of Evil, and Sinner will probably never top the latter, but it is good and vital enough for extensive and enjoyable listening and Sinner are not by far to be counted out yet. I personally prefer this before the couple of latest Primal Fear albums, musical- but also vocal wise.

See also review of: One Bullet Left , Mask Of Sanity , There Will Be Execution

Performance	Originality	Production	Vocals	Songwriting
7,5	6	7,5	8	5

Summary
5,5 chalices of 10 - Tommy