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Classic Album Review: Sinner | The Second Decade

Matt Sinner & his old-school metal outfit collect two decades of vintage riff-rock.

This came out in 2000 – or at least that’s when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):

 


Second decade? Heck, I didn’t know there was a first one.

Fortunately, if you’re as out of the loop on this as I am, this compilation is a good way to get up to speed on this old-school European metal quintet. And I do mean old-school: Singer/bassist Matt Sinner — is that a great rock ’n’ roll name, or what? — and his cohorts still crank out the same kind of ’80s riff-rock that hasn’t been heard on these shores since Faster Pussycat gave up the ghost. They’ve got the catchy, chorus-friendly song titles (Born to Rock, Jump the Gun), the Van Halen dive-bomb fretwork, the galloping double-bass drums, and vocals that sound like a duet between Axl Rose and Blackie Lawless. Extra points for the silver lamé CD cover (a la KISS’s Double Platinum) and the smoking cover of Accept’s Balls To The Wall. See you in the third decade.