'95's 'Bottom Line' sees a transition for 'Sinner' as they move away from their more commercial 80's sounding Metal to the harder edged borderline Power Metal of later releases. There's glimpses of their previous style, especially on the more balladsy tracks but for the majority of the album this is more akin to the next release 'Judgement Day'. The already strong line-up of 'Mat', 'Tom Naumann', 'Alexander Beyrodt' and 'Frank Rössler' is further bolstered by former 'Saxon' drummer 'Fritz Randow' and future full time 'Sinner' guitarist 'Henry Wolter'.

After a short introduction courtesy of an air hostess it's full throttle into the first track 'The Biggest Lie', a lively punchy rocker which displays some sharp vocal work from 'Mat Sinner', while the guitaring is stringent, masterful and further enhanced by a sweet solo- excellent work. Better still is 'Roses of Yesterday' which features some divine head-swaying rhythm which ebbs and flows with the best of them, while lyrically it pretty sharp, especially the gritty hard-hitting chorus. The energy is maintained with 'When Silence Falls' a rhythm driven rocker that's graced with some tasty guitar hooks, while the powerful chugger 'All Men are Heroes' is an enjoyable romp but perhaps a tad repetitive. More reminiscent of earlier 'Sinner' is the 80's rocker 'I Can't Stop the Fire' originally co penned by 'Neil Schon' and others, a good hearty affair, that comes complete with sweet fret work and punchy 'Mat Sinner' vocals. Less impressive is the ballad 'We'll Make it Alright', I've never been that impressed by 'Sinner's' slower material and this languid affair fails to alter my opinion. Back on track in magnificent form is the pulsating gem 'Rage of the Hurricane', a splendidly written rocker, which is graced by shredding guitars, a killer chorus and a sublime ebbing and flowing rhythm- Top track!. The tempo falls for the gritty plodder 'Mercy Killer' which features an interesting late pick-up, while 'Dead End Street' is brisk, vibrant and very similar to work from their next release 'Judgement Day'. The album takes a turn for the worst with 'In the Heart of the Young' a fairly tame balladsy number that harks back to an earlier 'Sinner', overall reminds me of 'Saxon's' 'Walking Through Tokyo' (also released in the same year). The pace is lifted with the riff driven 'Hearts of Steel', there's more than a shade of 'The Cult' here especially with the catchy rhythm, but still a nice departure for 'Sinner' and it comes off particularly well. 'Bottom Line' bottoms out with the predictable ballad 'Say Goodbye', the spoken opening is indicative of 'Tony Martin' led 'Sabbath', regrettably though it soon becomes trite, despite some nice keyboard work from 'Frank Rössler'.

Just one of many strong albums from 'Sinner', but this one in particular seems to get overlooked!