Section A - Wall of Silence

I was not certain if Mausoleum Records was still a going concern as it has been a few years since I‘ve heard something from them after a bit of a small Renaissance in the late 00s. So to see a release from them, namely Section A’s “Wall of Silence”, a rather unorthodox but not bad, melodic metal hybrid came as a bit of a surprise. The Danes feature guitarist Torben Enevoldsen (Acacia Avenue, Fate, Fatal Force), Nicklas Sonne (Malrun, Defecto) on vocals, Dennis Hansen (Acacia Avenue, Fatal Force) on drums and Julien Spreutels (Ethernity, Epysode) on a guest capacity on keyboard solos.
 
The band has evolved since its early days in the early 00s and on this, fourth release, after some line-up shuffles and the occasional different guest per album, they appear to be a little heavier, more power metal oriented, but still with the occasional more prog arrangement here or there. They sound a bit like mid-era Nocturnal Rites with bits of Firewind and Eldritch thrown in, (at the most melodic and least thrashy respectively)… while “Wall of Silence” doesn’t disappoint, it gets a little too indulgent after a few songs and that’s without being super “complex”. It could be a combination of the not top notch production in conjunction with some less that interesting moments that might make the listener drift… but that’s basically down to the listener. The talent is there but I’m guessing it might take them a little more to present something really “stellar”…