Section A - The Seventh Sign (2003)

Having previously released two instrumental albums on Lion Music, Danish guitarist Torben Enevoldsen needed a change of pace and wanted to write an all-vocal album. The result was “The Seventh Sign”.

Torben Enevoldsen’s initial basic idea was to simply put together a band of musicians he admired and would like to work with. So in the beginning of 2001, he began writing down names of musicians and started sending out inquiries.

Andreas Lill, drummer of the German prog metal band Vanden Plas was the first musician to join. Soon after, the former Lion’s Share vocalist Andy Engberg joined completing the initial Section A line-up.

Meanwhile recruiting members for Section A, Enevoldsen had been busy writing material for the band. The style would be a blend of very melodic hard rock and the more aggressive and complex prog metal. While Torben was keeping busy writing the music, Andy Engberg and his friend Conny Welén wrote the lyrics.

The recording sessions for the first album began in the spring of 2001, and went on and off throughout the summer. Apart from all the guitars, Torben also handled the bass and basic keyboard playing for the album. To add some additional flavour, Enevoldsen decided to ask Derek Sherinian (Planet X) and Günter Werno (Vanden Plas) to participate, doing a few keyboard solos. They both accepted and their performances were nothing short of breathtaking!





Track Listing

01. The Seventh Sign (08:53)
02. Riot (06:16)
03. Pray For Rain (05:50)
04. Nightmare (08:00)
05. Tomorrow (09:45)
06. The Man In The Mirror (04:49)
07. Killing Fields (06:57)
08. Into The Fire (06:57)

Produced by Torben Enevoldsen

The Band

• Andy Engberg - Vocals (Book of Reflections, Lion's Share, Sorcerer (Swe), Twilight (Dnk), Dreams Fall)
• Torben Enevoldsen - Guitar, Keyboards (also bass on "The Seventh Sign" album) (Fatal Force (Dnk), Decoy)
• Johan Koleberg (Lion's Share) - Drums

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• Andreas Lill - Drums on "The Seventh Sign" (Vanden Plas, Abydos, Missa Mercuria, Winterlong (Swe))
• Derek Sherinian - Keyboards on "The Seventh Sign" album (as a guest) (Dream Theater, Yngwie J. Malmsteen, Platypus, Planet X, Jughead, All Too Human, Billy Idol, Alice Cooper, Kiss, Project Steiger, Pete Laramee, Theodore Ziras)
• Günter Werno - keyboards on "The Seventh Sign" album (as a guest) (D.C. Cooper, Vanden Plas, Missa Mercuria, Planet X, Kamelot (Live), Angra (Session))
• Pontus Egberg - Bass (Lion's Share) (as a guest)
• Mats Olausson - Keyboards (Yngwie J. Malmsteen) (as a guest)



Many thanks to the original uploader: mephys