Mat Sinner

Mat Sinner
Mat Sinner performing live in 2009
Background information
Genres	Melodic rock, heavy metal, power metal
Occupation(s)	Musician, songwriter, producer
Instruments	Bass guitar, vocals, keyboards
Years active	1982–present
Labels	AFM Records
Associated acts	Sinner, Primal Fear, Voodoo Circle, Kiske/Somerville, Silent Force, Tribuzy, Joacim Cans, Lene kosti, Level 10
Website	matsinner.com

Mat Sinner is a bassist, vocalist, and record producer from Stuttgart, Germany.

His main bands have been Sinner since 1982 and Primal Fear since 1997; he formed the latter band with Ralf Scheepers. But Sinner has been involved in numerous other projects throughout his musical career. He joined Voodoo Circle permanently in 2008 and worked recently as a record producer for Kiske/Somerville, Bobby Kimball/Jimi Jamison (Toto/Survivor), and the first Ralf Scheepers solo album. Sinner is also the musical director of the successful Rock Meets Classic tour in Europe, where legendary rock singers team up with the Bohemian Symphony Orchestra Prague and the Mat Sinner Band, every January.^[1][2]

In 2013 Sinner also joined the band Silent Force.^[3]

In 2014, it was announced that a new project called Level 10, featuring Sinner with Symphony X vocalist Russell Allen and other members of Primal Fear, would be unleashed in January 2015.^[4]

Discography

Sinner

• Wild 'N' Evil (1982) (Demo)
• Fast Decision (1983) (Demo)
• Danger Zone (1984)
• Touch of Sin (1985)
• Comin' Out Fighting (1986)
• Dangerous Charm (1987)
• No More Alibis (1992)
• Respect (1994)
• Bottom Line (1995)
• In the Line of Fire (1996)
• Judgement Day (1997)
• The Nature of Evil (1998)
• The End of Sanctuary (2000)
• There Will Be Execution (2004)
• Mask of Sanity (2007)
• Crash & Burn (2008)
• One Bullet Left (2011)
• Touch of Sin 2 (2013)^[5]

Solo

• Back to the Bullet (1990)

Primal Fear

• Primal Fear (1998)
• Jaws of Death (1999)
• Nuclear Fire (2001)
• Horrorscope (EP) (2002)
• Black Sun (2002)
• The History of Fear (DVD, 2003)
• Devil's Ground (2004)
• Seven Seals (2005)
• Metal Is Forever - The Very Best of Primal Fear (2006)
• New Religion (2007)
• 16.6 (2009)
• Live in the USA (2010)
• 16:6 - All Over The World (DVD, 2010)
• Unbreakable (2012)
• Delivering the Black (2014)^[6]
• Rulebreaker (2016)

Kiske/Somerville

• Kiske/Somerville (2010)
• City of Heroes (2015)

Voodoo Circle

• Voodoo Circle (2008)
• Broken Heart Syndrome (2011)
• More Than One Way Home (2013)
• Whisky Fingers (2015)

Ralf Scheepers

• Scheepers (2011)

Silent Force

• Rising From Ashes (2013)

Level 10

• Chapter One (2015)

Other

• The Heat – Same (1993)
• Skin Deep – Painful Day (1993)
• The Heat – Goldfinger (1995)
• Pegazus – Breaking The Chains (1999)
• Kovenant – New World Order (2000)
• Hammerfall – "Crimson Thunder" (2002)
• Rick Renstrom – Rick Renstrom (2004)
• Joacim Cans – Beyond the Gates (2004)
• Dionysus – Fairytales & Reality (2006)
• Tribuzy – Execution (2006)
• Vengeance – Back in the Ring (2006)
• Biss – Xtension (2006)
• Goddess Shiva – Goddess Shiva (2007)
• Tribuzy – Execution – Live Reunion (2007)
• Barra Bazz – Barra Bazz (2008)
• Vengeance – Soul Collector (2009)
• Phenomena – Blind Faith (2010)
• Kimball/Jamison – Kimball/Jamison (2011)^[7]

References

• Primal Fear

External links

• Mat Sinner
• Mat Sinner Official
• Primal Fear
• Frontiers Records
• Nuclear Blast