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Black Lotus

Sister Sin Format: Audio CD
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Track Listings

1 Food for Worms
2 Chaos Royale
3 Au Revoir
4 Desert Queen
5 Count Me Out
6 Stones Throw
7 The Jinx
8 Ruled By None
9 Sail North

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Having honed their craft for over 12 years, rocked hundreds of stages around the world and sold over 35,000 albums since their inception, Sweden's Sister Sin have delivered their most intense and charismatic work yet on their fifth full-length album, BLACK LOTUS. 'Sister Sin skillfully inject elements of classic, metal-tinged hard rock in the vein of Motley Crue, Accept, and Judas Priest, while remaining contemporary and palatable, akin to bands like the Pretty Reckless and Halestorm. 'Frontwoman LIV Jagrell is as commanding as ever with attitude-heavy, full-throated roars and sing-along choruses, backed by heaps of swaggering riffs and ripping guitar solos over a rabble-rousing, beat stomping rhythm section. 'Despite a strong homage to their classic heavy metal predecessors, Sister Sin establishes themselves as a staple in the modern hard rock scene with raw, captivating musicianship on BLACK LOTUS. 'Forget nostalgia: heavy metal is alive and screaming.

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  • Is Discontinued By Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ No
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.94 x 4.92 x 0.39 inches; 2.96 ounces
  • Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ Victory Records
  • Original Release Date ‏ : ‎ 2014
  • Date First Available ‏ : ‎ August 23, 2014
  • Label ‏ : ‎ Victory Records
  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00MZ3VF68
  • Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 1
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.7 4.7 out of 5 stars 102 ratings

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Paul Lawrence
5.0 out of 5 stars Hard driving tunes with a high quotient of posterior kicking
Reviewed in the United States on November 4, 2018
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What has always struck me about this 'un is that it is so uniformly hammering. It is one of those albums that just doesn't let up in its commitment to rocking hard and heavy. The basis of the album is driving guitars with excellent work on not only the riffs but the way they intertwine with the vocal melodies. Lyrically it can often be quite naff but the fact that the stupidity lyrically comes across as tongue in cheek gets it across the line.

The album has only nine tracks and that is a good thing because by limiting it to this the band has sidestepped the problems with filler. So many of the tracks here are strong and it's a definite 'highway album'. Also a very good work out album.

The production is kept simple with lots of focus on making sure the listener hears the salient riffs and vocals and the booklet has full lyrics (so you can double check that some of the sillier stuff really is in there and it's not just your imagination).

High art? Nope. Will it kick you in the posterior? Yeah pretty much.
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Jerred D
5.0 out of 5 stars Another great album by Sister Sin
Reviewed in the United States on October 31, 2014
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Wow! Another great album by Sister Sin. Every song kicks it. Absolutely no filler songs, though Jinx and Sail North are a little different sounding, but they are still awesome in their own way.

My only complaint is the same as "Polar Bear" it's too short, only 9 songs. Sister Sin is old school metal through and through, they are at the top of their game and are one of the best offerings right now. I can't wait to see them play some of these live.

If you like them try Doro, Crucified Barbara, Battle Beast, and Kobra and the Lotus - all good old school Metal female fronted bands and all not from the USA.
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Vinyl_Freak
4.0 out of 5 stars Colored vinyl? Why?
Reviewed in the United States on April 17, 2018
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It was on white vinyl, which I did not want. I'd rather just have it on the durable black vinyl so I can play it a lot without worrying about wearing it out in 10 plays or so. The music is great, though. That's why it has four stars.
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HornFan2
5.0 out of 5 stars Badass Good!!!
Reviewed in the United States on January 18, 2015
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Sister Sin's an awesome old school metal band, arguably the best band out there right now and they just keep raising the bar with each release. I'm 'In It For Life', as a fan of them. Liv's badass on vocals, Jimmy shreds on the six string, Dave's awesome on drum's and Strandh's just clicks with them. Although I like every track, my only complaint with this one, is that it's just 9 songs, and wish they added more songs to it. But I fix that problem, live in Fla., so I just burned a copy of the CD and repeated the songs on it.
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Cory in AZ
5.0 out of 5 stars Love the music, attitude, and energy!
Reviewed in the United States on February 7, 2015
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When I purchase new music, I listen to it continuously for a few days and add my favorite tracks to my playlist. I then reorder the playlist so that the music "flows" right and listen to that for weeks and remove the tracks that I start skipping over to get to the "good stuff". This effort yields playlists that I can listen to for years. My 13-track Sister Sin playlist contains four from this album; Chaos Royale, Count Me Out, Stones Thrown, and The Jinx.
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F. Hankic
5.0 out of 5 stars Heavy Metal !!!
Reviewed in the United States on July 11, 2015
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Great songs, amazing vocals, quality playing. It's a perfect Heavy Metal record. It doesn't bring anything new to the genre, but fortunately it doesn't need too. If you are a Heavy Metal fan you will not be disappointed with this one. You will probably put it away after a month or two but I would say that that is a great value for the price of a CD.
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space1966
3.0 out of 5 stars Way too uniform for me.
Reviewed in the United States on November 12, 2014
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Their previous release provided a hint to what was to come in Black Lotus. Songs are interchangeable. Not one stands out from the 9 tracks. It's monotonous. What's worse you could listen to this band or another, it would be barely noticeable. Sister Sin lost something along the way. Listen to "Switchblade Serenades" and "True Sound of the Underground" to truly appreciate what they are capable of. Crucified Barbara followed the same path. Unfortunately.
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D.Richmond
5.0 out of 5 stars Sin is good sometimes...
Reviewed in the United States on November 7, 2014
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all the positive reviews say the same things, believe them. I'm impressed with how catchy each song it, and how they each are their own rock anthem, just tremendous power coming from the vocals. Can't wait to check out the other albums, but probably won't stop playing this one for a while.
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Lizard
5.0 out of 5 stars Hard rock
Reviewed in Canada on September 8, 2022
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First time hearing “sister sin”
Well deserved 5 stars. Lead singer
She has great range metal riffs songs very good
Well rounded album

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Jack Casta
5.0 out of 5 stars Urka!
Reviewed in Italy on July 25, 2021
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Esplosivi...bella scoperta. Lo ritengo il miglior album della band tanto da aver acquistato il CD
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Dany VH
5.0 out of 5 stars Le plein d'énergie
Reviewed in France on November 13, 2015
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A l'heure où est annoncée le split du groupe, je tenais à dire quelques mots sur ce dernier album des suédois.
Il s'agit de leur 5ème livraison, et à mes oreilles c'est le meilleur, le plus abouti.
Liv Jagrell est une chanteuse dynamique (c'est le moins que l'on puisse dire), à la voix hargneuse, que je situerai au juste milieu entre Arch Enemy et Crucified Barbara. Ce qui me plait c'est que le chant hurlé reste clair (on peut suivre et comprendre les paroles, ce qui n'est pas le cas avec Arch Enemy).
Musicalement on est en présence d'une usine à riff très efficace. L'album est superbement bien produit et le seul mot qui me vient à l'esprit est ENERGIE. Si on pouvait mettre cette musique dans le réservoir de notre voiture on résoudrait le problème de l'énergie renouvelable.
Il n'y a pas de titre faible sur cet album, même la "ballade" ("The Jinx") passe très bien, et il n'y en a qu'une.
Le seul reproche que l'on pourrait faire tient au fait que l'ensemble peut paraître linéaire (c'est souvent le cas avec des albums présentant des titres sur le même tempo), mais dans la mesure où ces chansons sont bonnes (comme Liv d'ailleurs...) alors le problème est moins sensible.
Il est à noter que hormis le premier album, où le groupe se cherchait, les autres albums présentaient la même caractéristique.
Donc effectivement si le split du groupe se confirme, au moins partiront ils au sommet de leur gloire.
5 étoiles car c'est leur meilleur album, même s'ils n'inventent rien dans ce style musical.
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James
5.0 out of 5 stars Heavy, Epic and overall, pretty Sensational
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 9, 2014
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This is my favourite Sister Sin album yet. I've been a fan since the days of "Switchblade Serenade" and whilst this may not be their best record technically (depending on who you ask), with tracks of such forceful conviction, musical skill and vocal power, any rock fan would be missing out not to hear it at least a few times.

The first five tracks may be the finest openers I've heard on a record this year.

Every one of "Food for Worms", "Chaos Royale", "Au Revoir", "Desert Queen" and "Count Me Out" blast you off your feet, each a heavy rock anthem entirely of its own. Singer Liv Jagrell's vocals are simply awesome. Her ability to sound in-your-face and aggressive without actually resorting to screaming is remarkable.

Highly recommended.

"Killers of hearts, spawned out of the dark!"
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Markus Schmidl
5.0 out of 5 stars Da ist Pfeffer drin...
Reviewed in Germany on November 6, 2014
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Sister Sin pflegen einen harten, eingängigen Mix aus Hardrock und Heavy Metal und geben dabei mächtig Gas. Man kann durchaus sagen, daß die *Sündigen Schwestern* uns mit einer neuen Scheibe beehren. Was sie bisher veröffentlichten hatte Hand-und Fuß, war stimmig und verdammt knackig. Das neue Album macht da keine Ausnahme.

Für das songwriting waren wie (fast) immer Gitarrist Jimmy und Schlagwerker Dave verantwortlich. Die Krönung erhalten die neun Tracks durch die kräftige, eigenwillige Stimme von Frontfrau Liv Jagrell, die sich als klassische Shouterin die buchstäbliche Seele aus dem Leibe schreit. Die Band selbst habe ich eher zufällig für mich entdeckt als sie 2011 mit U.D.O. auf Tour waren.

Obwohl Sister Sin sicherlich nur eine kleine Erscheinung im großen Ozean des Heavy Metal sind, gab es bisher keine CD die mich nicht überzeugen konnte. Die Scheiben wurden selbst bei längerer Dauerrotation nicht langweilig. Sister Sin stehen für satten Rock (der Einfachheit mal so bezeichnet) und demonstrieren diesen in Nummern wie *Chaos Royale*, *Ruled By None*, *Desert Queen*, die ich einfach mal wahllos aus dem Reigen herauspicke. Ich glaube sogar einige experimentelle Spielereien entdeckt zu haben. Das balladeske *The Jinx* klingt etwas banduntypisch, ist aber verdammt stark.

Einziges Manko ist die kurze Spielzeit von nur gut 37 Minuten. In den 1970ern und 1980ern war es zwar völlig normal das sich Langrillen um die 30-Minuten-Marken bewegten, aber heute wirkt das irgendwie komplett aus der Zeit gefallen. Was natürlich nichts an der Spitzenqualität der 9 Nummern ändert – und es ist mir allemal lieber, als wenn sinnfreies Füllmaterial dazu gepackt worden wäre und eine längere Spielzeit zu heucheln.

FAZIT: bewährte Rezeptur - erstklassiger Stoff...
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