Artist: SILENT FORCE
Album: THE EMPIRE OF FUTURE RE-RELEASE (CD)

Release date: 2000/ 2007
Media type: CD

Hailed in Japan as one of the last great guitar heroes, Alexander Beyrodt is not only famous throughout the Metal and Rock genres for the highest technical skill and extraordinary song writing ability which has made his contributions to Primal Fear, Sinner, The Sygnet and others legendary, but he also has that innate ability to find the perfect vehicle for his music.

Alex decided to build a line-up with the goal of increased longevity and SILENT FORCE was born. Its members; singer DC Copper, well known from his former band Royal Hunt (and admired exceedingly in the land of the rising sun) but also as a solo artist, bassist Jьrgen Steinmetz, drummer Andre Hilgers, and keyboard player Torsten Rцhre, set about building their legacy. Debut “The Empire Of Future” (2000) tells the fictional story of reanimating fallen soldiers and because of the freshness, power and class justifiably, receives huge attention. The album became very successful and SILENT FORCE joined Stratovarius on their European tour in 2000.

The second album “Infatuator” is also released on Massacre Records in 2001 and brings a further rush of popularity to the band but also put a lot of pressure on the line up, but songs like “Fall Into Oblivion” or “Hear Me Calling” are true highlights and become fan favourites especially when the band plays Atlanta‘s Prog Power Festival in the following year. The cover of Judas Priest‘s “All Guns Blazing” and the furious title track of the album stir up more debate as to whether DC COOPER would have been the perfect successor to Rob Halford in Priest had Ripper not been on the scene. But SILENT FORCE themselves get on with tearing out on a European tour with Brazilian cult band Angra, then with German Metal legend U.D.O., and prove their incredible quality night after night.

These first two steps in the career of SILENT FORCE are a display of high-class Melodic Metal and need to be part of every Metal fanґs collection…

TRACKLIST:

01. THE BEGINNING
02. LIVE FOR THE DAY
03. EMPIRE OF FUTURE
04. SAINTS AND SINNERS
05. TELL ME WHY
06. NEW EXPERIMENT
07. SIX PAST THE HOUR
08. BROKEN WINGS
09. WE MUST REMAIN
10. IN YOUR ARMS

11. SAINTS AND SINNERS (acoustic version)


LINE-UP:

DC Cooper - Vocals
Alexander Beyrodt - Guitar
Jurgen Steinmetz - Bass
Torsten Rohre – Keyboards
Andre Hilgers - Drums