Sin7sinS - Purgatory Princess review
| Band: | Sin7sinS |
| Album: | Purgatory Princess |
| Style: | Gothic metal, Gothic rock |
| Release date: | November 2014 |
01. Heart Of Stitches
02. Stronger
03. Take Your Hands Off Me
04. Say What You Want
05. No Tears Left
06. Bittersweet Dreams
07. The Great Illusion Of Control
08. Jerusalem
09. Different Place Different Stage
10. Touch Of Pandora
If you adore the pop-symphonic genre and are hungry for some new blood then I'd recommend Sin7sinS. The music is fun, quite heavy, and the variety among tunes seems like it'll lead to some great replay value. If, and only if, you absolutely ADORE the pop side of the symphonic genre.
With words like "Princess" and "Sins" I think you know pretty well what to expect. Add the cover "art" and musicians' stage names and you could pretty well bet money on it. You'd be right; sort of. Yes, it's commercialized gothic/symphonic metal with childish lyrics and Minnie Mouse on vocals, but surprisingly the music is not so bad. I liked this album well enough on the first spin.
Unfortunately, it started to lose appeal very quickly. My first mistake was listening with headphones: I could no longer ignore the terrible lyrics. I couldn't just lose myself in the silly, guilty pleasure music any longer. I was yanked down a path of repetitive, juvenile poetry that would make even a 14 year-old cringe.
Some songs do have a nice throwback quality, retro rhythms and such, and the keyboard effects complement a few songs quite well. It's professionally mixed and produced thanks to Dan Swanö. Even Epica's Mark Jansen lends his voice to a few tracks. The lead singer has a very cool and interesting low range but spends about 90% of the time in a whiney, squeaky high range. Add her questionable English skills and this might be a turn-off for some.
The press release states this album, "contains [their] most heavy material to date" and thank god for that. The best thing about Purgatory Princess, and what makes it truly bearable, is the nice level of heaviness.
If you already love this genre and don't mind the more commercial offerings, definitely check this out. It moves along at a nice clip and several songs were pretty fun. It even has some "guilty pleasure" potential for the more tr00 fans of symphonic metal, though it will not in any way appeal to fans of other genres.
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Written on 08.11.2014 by
Susan appreciates quality metal regardless of sub-genre. Metal Storm Staff since 2006. Twitter: @HeavyMetalSusan |
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| M C Vice ex-polydactyl Posts: 3349 From: Australia  |
Sounds like it would be enjoyed more by someone who doesn't speak English (I assume it's in English, since the titles are).
---- "Another day, another Doug." "I'll fight you on one condition. That you lower your nipples." " 'Tis a lie! Thy backside is whole and ungobbled, thou ungrateful whelp!"
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| ArieV Posts: 3 From: The Netherlands  |
Susan acts like a real heavy metal chick on the outside but she's a little vulnerable girl (child) for real on the inside... Off course she has listened with her headphones...otherwise her mommy won't allow her to listen to metal - fake-fucking-wanna be-metal-chick ## How was church last sunday, did you have a good time with father Dowling? Please let from know on a man do the serious reviews - before people really going to believe this crap non-sense?! What have you written and released yourself lately Susan? I suppose you have just learned to hold your guitar properly at your second guitar lesson last week? O hold on, she plays keyboard... Stupid sea-cow, I'll hoop we will meet in real life someday so I can tell this in your swollen ugly face... With kind regards, ArieV (nephew of Gen-Morphine)
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| Ilham Giant robot Posts: 5161 From: Canada  |
^Are you twelve? I'll let Susan answer you though.
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| Marcel Hubregtse Grumpy Old Fuck Posts: 40071 From: The Netherlands  |
What Susan has achieved? Mmm, well being a professional opera singer.
---- Member of the true crusade against European Flower Metal Yesterday is dead and gone, tomorrow is out of sight Dawn Crosby (r.i.p.) 05.04.1963 - 15.12.1996 
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| Susan Smeghead Posts: 6941 From: USA  |
Well, I guess one isn't truly accomplished at their craft until they have haters  I feel like a real journalist now  Either that, or his uncle just can't handle criticism. Could go either way.
---- "A life all mine Is what I choose At the end of my days" --The Gathering "A Life All Mine" from Souvenirs
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| Alex F Slick Dick Rick Posts: 3502 From: USA  |
Well that ArieV person seems to be spewing the most idiotic shit I've seen in a while on MS.
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| Karlabos Meat and Potatos Posts: 5658 From: Brazil  |
---- "Aah! The cat turned into a cat!" - Reimu Hakurei
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| Marcel Hubregtse Grumpy Old Fuck Posts: 40071 From: The Netherlands |
Written by Guest on 01.12.2014 at 02:37 ArieV is not a band member just a relative of one  Because of his comment I am now considering going to the Sin7sinS gig in dB's which is only a 10 minute walk away.
---- Member of the true crusade against European Flower Metal Yesterday is dead and gone, tomorrow is out of sight Dawn Crosby (r.i.p.) 05.04.1963 - 15.12.1996
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| ArieV Posts: 3 From: The Netherlands |
A nephew is NOT a band member - and try listen for yourself to the latest album and then I'll look forward to your response...
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| Marcel Hubregtse Grumpy Old Fuck Posts: 40071 From: The Netherlands |
Ah crap that show was yesterday.
---- Member of the true crusade against European Flower Metal Yesterday is dead and gone, tomorrow is out of sight Dawn Crosby (r.i.p.) 05.04.1963 - 15.12.1996
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| ArieV Posts: 3 From: The Netherlands |
Written by Susan on 01.12.2014 at 02:27 A real journalist - off course you do... Latrzz Susan
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Account deleted Written by Marcel Hubregtse on 01.12.2014 at 02:43 Personally I don't believe that. ArieV is most likely one of the band and is posing as a "nephew" to deflect any negative attention his / her shite band might attract as a result of his / her hollow attempts at insulting Susan.
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| Susan Smeghead Posts: 6941 From: USA |
There is no such thing as bad publicity! Truer words were never spoken 
---- "A life all mine Is what I choose At the end of my days" --The Gathering "A Life All Mine" from Souvenirs
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| angel. Evil Butterfly Posts: 2419  |
Written by Karlabos on 01.12.2014 at 02:40 Hahahaha it sounds like a party for you Karla About the comment written by someone related to the band : Boy ! really you must get glad that someone listens to your record that closely to write on it, I think it's a compliment. It gets double when something professionally would be written on it, whether you agree or disagree with the review, take it as a way for improvement.
---- The Fangirl.
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| Koen Smits Posts: 1331 From: Belgium  |
Written by ArieV on 01.12.2014 at 02:09 Mature and objective.
---- RIP: Frank Vandenbroucke (6 nov 1974 - 12 oct 2009) Written by Bad English on 05.04.2014 at 15:05 but spoil thius film is like spoil porn and say porn ends whit cum shot ...
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| tea[m]ster Au Pays Natal Posts: 5245 From: USA  |
Holy shit, I've never seen such a tirade here...did I miss something? Isn't this what we are in the business of doing?
---- rekt
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| Wukk Posts: 792 From: UK  |
I think I missed this the first time round. Good read.
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| Lord_Regnier Posts: 1469 From: Canada  |
Written by ArieV on 01.12.2014 at 02:09 Dismissing a review because it was written by a girl... That's really hitting the bottom, as far as stupidity goes. A perfect way to lose all credibility.
---- "Why would we fear death, when life is so much more frightening?"
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