Band:	Silence
Album:	Enola
Style:	Gothic metal
Website:	http://www.worldinsilence.de
Release date:	2000

01. Suicidal Angels
02. Sun Goes Down
03. Heartstabbed
04. The Razorblade-Rattle
05. Life's Bastard
06. Shadowseason
07. Enola

Yes I know what are you thinking, and I read your mind just right, you're thinking "what a beautiful cover art" yes, I know, I had that same feeling the first time I saw the beautiful cover art that graces the debut album of Germans Silence.
Further inspection reveals a beautiful layout on this exquisite DigiPak , the whole artwork was done by no other than Dark Tranquillity's Niklas Sundin, a perfect match for a perfect presentation.

Sadly, the music wasn't as impressive as the looks, The band plays Gothic Metal in the vein of Sentenced and Paradise Lost (newer), but their music lack some elements to make it really attractive to a wider audience, so, let's go step by step.

First track, "Suicidal Angels" nice opening, calm, soothing, and then becomes a mid paced song, with some good drumming, sounds really good, until the singer steps in, God, he ruined me the whole song, when he sings in the chorus sounds terrible, I don't know what is it, maybe is that he's trying to sound too aggressive and he forces his voice to much, in that case he should growl instead of doing that raspy voice that simply doesn't fit the music.

"Sun Goes Down" sounds a lot better than the opener, is a little more catchier, but sadly the vocals problem persists, although for some reason the vocals seems to adapt more in this song. The rest of the songs really go unnoticed until we reach "Shadowseason" a great song with a catchy guitar lines, good riffs and nice keyboard use, call it the "inspired" moment of the album, last but not least is "Enola" a instrumental song that is pure melancholy, and definitively, my favorite song in the album. With this I realized what was the problem with this album, the lack of catchy hooks and nice melodies was bringing down the experience, so that's maybe what they should focus next time.

At first I didn't liked this one bit, but after several spins I understood the essence of the band, and the vocals didn't bother as much as they did before, although still I think that they need some work. With this album, Silence did back in the 2000 what Misery Inc. is doing these days, aggressive Gothic Metal. It may not be my cup of tea, but there's always room for improvement.