The End of Sanctuary

Artist: Sinner
Label: Nuclear Blast Americ
Category: Music

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Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1

UPC: 727361647124
EAN: 0727361647124
ASIN: B00004RIWI

Release Date: 2000-05-09

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Tracks:

Signed, Sealed & Delivered
Blood Relations
The End Of Sanctuary
Pain In Your Neck
Edge Of The Blade
The Prophecy
Destiny
Congress Of Deceit
Heavy Duty
Night Of The Wolf
Broken World
Hand Of The Saint

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Customer Reviews:

My fave metal album of the year 2000!.......2003-11-15

Okay, anyone who knows me well knows damn well that I consider this to be my favorite metal album of the year 2000, so a little bias may creep in here and there. Anyway, for those of you for are not yet familiar with the band (your day of enlightenment will come...) Sinner have been around for about twenty years (and at least ten albums, depending on how you count 'em), causing quite a stir in their native Germany, but receiving scant attention on these shores. Anyway, "The End of Sanctuary" is fairly heavy, often fast-paced, and laced with generous helpings of beautifully well-executed harmony guitars and atmospheric keyboard touches. The result is a combination of melody, power and professionalism seldom heard from a modern metal band. Cuts such as "The Prophecy," "Congress of Deceit" and the chugging lead-off tune "Signed, Sealed and Delivered" are rendered sturdy and distinctive by absolutely top-notch playing all around, particularly in the skillful dueling guitars of Alex Beyrodt and Henny Wolter. Elsewhere, we also get a couple of nice long, emotive epic tracks that showcase frank Roessler's pristine, almost orchestral-sounding keyboards. The overall feeling of the album is slick, smooth, exuberant and tasteful, with a nod to many classic rock and metal acts, most notably Thin Lizzy, whose influence is made abundantly clear by the aforementioned harmony guitars, which are all over the place on "The End of Sanctuary" (much to my delight- I can't get enough of 'em). Man, all I can say is I've just got to hand it to Mat Sinner and Company. They've managed to bring the long-forgotten art of complex, melodic hard rock into the 21st century and put their own stamp on it. Good job, fellas.

Pure, powerful, melodic.......2000-06-25

Mat Sinner, the German heavy metal veteran, puts out again a solid rock album which should be able to deliver the old time fans what they need. As many of you might know, Sinner is among the oldest heavy metal bands of Germany and it looks like the fire burning in Mat Sinner and his bandmates will stay lit and bright as long as they keep up their work the way it already is. "The End of Sanctuary" is just another example of Mat Sinner's successful attempt to shape Sinner's raw musical potential into (almost) pure power metal while remaining fully true to their roots. As many of you might notice, Sinner's sound is mingled in this album with (a little) progressive metal this time. While it adds a fresh feeling, I can't deny it rather disturbed me. The keyboards are much more present in this album than in the past, which I believe hurts the powerful riffs and softens things a little. Except that, a great album. You will surely like it if you've been a Sinner fan, but if you are looking for an album to get into Sinner, I'd recommend Judgement Day.

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