{"id":96300,"date":"2022-09-23T00:00:16","date_gmt":"2022-09-22T23:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/?p=96300"},"modified":"2022-10-24T16:32:13","modified_gmt":"2022-10-24T15:32:13","slug":"album-review-silent-knight-full-force","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/album-review-silent-knight-full-force\/","title":{"rendered":"SILENT KNIGHT – Full Force (2022) | Album \/ EP Reviews @ Metal Forces Magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"

SILENT KNIGHT
Full Force<\/strong><\/span>
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\nSelf-released (2022)<\/span>
Rating: 6.5\/10<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Silent Knight is a Perth, Australia-based power metal act with a line-up of Dan Brittain (vocals), Stu McGill (rhythm guitar \/ vocals), Cam Nicholas (lead guitar), Cameron Daw (bass) and Dan Grainger (drums).<\/p>\n

Eight tracks are on offer here, all rather standard yet melodic metal workouts licked by searing lead work from Cam Nicholas. I also like the punchy vocal chops which at their most savage lean towards an almost thrashy charge and they are then more suited to the more aggressive songs, such as the title track which is a furious charge into modern thrash dynamics and is my favourite cut on the album.<\/p>\n

Full Force<\/em> is a crisp if at times mechanical sounding record, but that\u2019s mostly due to the mix of drums. However, those with a fondness for battle-worn, chest-pounding metal will devour the fantasy-inspired lyrics and the driving rhythms.<\/p>\n

\u2018Screaming Eagle\u2019 is another standout tune, again bolstered by the fire and melody of the lead and those sizzling riffs, and \u2018Awakening\u2019 is a fine example of the band getting it right with their soaring melodies and that Euro-Goth power metal feel fused with thrash metal velocity.<\/p>\n

The only time I\u2019m really left gritting my teeth is on the rather cold \u2018Create A New World\u2019, although that\u2019s only with its initial swirls and those crescendos of glossiness. But Silent Knight, even when marrying the two styles, remain steely and there\u2019s no better example than on \u2018The Last Candle Burns\u2019 where the band gallops at such a speed but still implements those symphonic rises.<\/p>\n

Admittedly, this is not stuff I can listen to frequently, but when it does enter my eardrums I try to be as honest as I can and I see an appeal here to anyone who likes their metal energetic. Full Force<\/em> is the band\u2019s fourth full-length release and I don\u2019t see them shifting out of their dynamic, and I say fair play to them for it.<\/p>\n

Neil Arnold<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

SILENT KNIGHTFull Force Self-released (2022)Rating: 6.5\/10 Silent Knight is a Perth, Australia-based power metal act with a line-up of Dan Brittain (vocals), Stu McGill (rhythm guitar \/ vocals), Cam Nicholas (lead guitar), Cameron Daw (bass) and Dan Grainger (drums). Eight tracks are on offer here, all rather standard yet melodic metal workouts licked by searing […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,5060],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-96300","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-album-ep-reviews","category-silent-knight"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96300","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=96300"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96300\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":96376,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96300\/revisions\/96376"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=96300"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=96300"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=96300"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}