Empire of Future

Silent Force | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (July 31, 2007)
• Original Release Date: 2007
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Locomotive Spain
• ASIN: B000SQJ2SW
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #422,287 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Beginning

2. Live for the Day

3. Empire of the Future

4. Saints and Sinners

5. Tell Me Why

6. New Experiment

7. Six Past the Hour

8. Broken Wings

9. We Must Remain

10. I'll Be There

11. Saints and Sinners [*]

Editorial Reviews

Japanese version of 2000 heavy metal release with one exclusive bonus track 'See Beyond'. 11 tracks in all. Standard jewel case. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Melodic power metal featuring D.C. Cooper, February 15, 2008

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Justin Gaines (Northern Virginia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Empire of the Future (Audio CD)

When vocalist D.C. Cooper was unceremoniously dumped from Danish progressive metal band Royal Hunt, I was pretty upset. After hearing D.C.'s great solo album though, I figured Cooper was a powerful enough vocalist and songwriter that he was really better off without Royal Hunt, and could pretty much do whatever he wanted in the metal world. What he chose to do was form the power metal band Silent Force with ex-Sinner guitarist Alex Beyrodt.

Released in 2000, Empire of Future was Silent Force's debut album. I was expecting something along the lines of D.C.'s solo material or work with Royal Hunt, so I was initially a bit disappointed with this album's straightforward power metal approach. After a few listens I developed a better appreciation for the album. There's definitely a Primal Fear/Sinner tone to the album, which isn't a surprise given Beyrodt's roots, as well as the obvious appreciation for Iron Maiden and Judas Priest. Cooper's vocals are incredible as expected, and it's easy to see why he came so close to becoming Judas Priest's singer when Rob Halford left the band. Empire of Future is undoubtedly a hard charging metal album, but it's a metal album with melody, as well as some progressive touches. Having Dennis Ward (Pink Cream 69) on production duties gives the album an additional edge.

If you're already a D.C. Cooper fan, then you definitely need to check out his work with Silent Force. This album should also appeal to fans of power metal in general, and German power metal in particular. It should also appeal to fans of progressive metal (I'm thinking Angra and Vanden Plas here, not necessarily Pain of Salvation or Spiral Architect) and melodic hard rock (like Pretty Maids and Pink Cream 69).

PS - I had the good fortune of seeing Silent Force at what I believe was their only US performance (at ProgPower USA III in 2002) and I can happily tell you that they are every bit as impressive live as they are on disc.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic Debut Album, August 29, 2000

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Nick Crowson (Stamford, Lincs Great Britain) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Empire of the Future (Audio CD)

Silent Force is a new band featuring D.C.Cooper (Royal Hunt) and Alex Beyrodt (Sinner). Although I've not listened to either of these bands before I will vouch for the fact that this is an genuinely dazzling metal album.

These progressive metal songs all feature a strong thematic element and combined with the outstanding vocals remind me of bands like Shadow Gallery, Queensryche and Stratovarius.

The rest of the muscianship is also of outstanding quality with some excellent strong and moody guitar riffs. The songs are generally up-tempo (but not fast) and are heavily melodic with some very catchy choruses. Song lengths are generally in the five to six minute mark.

As albums go this is near faultless. As a debut it's truly outstanding. This should be one the albums of 2000, so go buy it now before the buzz starts !!!

5.0 out of 5 stars DC Cooper is simply awesome!, September 26, 2007

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Robert M. Lisanti "Metal Rob" (Peekskill, New York USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Empire of the Future (Audio CD)

Better late than never I always say...I just started to listen to Silent Force with the last few weeks, Every cd is great, even though this was their debut as a band they sound like the've been around forever. This a is Melodic Progressive, Power Metal at it's best. DC Cooper has an incredible voice. Personally I think it gets better on the more recent cd's but still it's very good here on the debut. This reminds me of old Queensryche when they were at their peak. Angra comes to mind also.
The production is done by Dennis Ward who has worked with alot of europeon acts. The production is high quality. Very much worth having in your collection!