Silent Force

Silent Force is a German progressive power metal band formed in 2000 in Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg by DC Cooper. The band was formed in 1999 by German guitarist Alex Beyrodt (Sinner, Primal Fear, Voodoo Circle, The Sygnet) and American singer D.C. Cooper (of Royal Hunt fame). In 2000, their first album The Empire of Future was released; besides Beyrodt and Cooper, there was also Torsten Röhre on keyboards, André Hilgers (who would later play with Rage) and Thorsten Fleisch on bass. In 2001, their second studio album, Infatuator, was released on Massacre Records with the addition of Jürgen Steinmetz replacing Fleisch on bass. In 2004, the band joined Noise Records and released with them their third studio album Worlds Apart.