Search - Silent Force :: Worlds Apart

Excellent

Jon M. Call | 11/26/2004

(4 out of 5 stars)

"I'm a fan of DC Cooper. His vocals are incredible, and they really shine here in this latest album by Silent Force. This is truly good power metal. Heavy, powerful, and as importantly, pretty upbeat. The CD is quite long - you'll get your money's worth for sure. This CD is just around an hour's length.



There are some great tracks on this CD: "No one lives forever", "Once Again", "Iron Hand", and "World's apart" are all great pieces of music. However, not every song on this album is a hit. Most of the songs are decent, but unlikely to grab your attention and make the hair stand up on your spine like good music will.



+ Good:



Long, get your money's worth.

None of the tracks are actually terrible.

A few tracks are really awesome.

Keyboards not overdone, thank god.



- Bad:



The music can become background noise during some songs, can get dull.

Only a few really "GREAT" songs, most is cool but nothing extraordinary.



Overall: I think this is an excellent album. Nothing bad, some really great tunes, plenty of play time, definately worth buying."

Decent, but DC can do better

Justin Gaines | Northern Virginia | 07/09/2006

(4 out of 5 stars)

"I must preface this review by making it clear that I am a huge DC Cooper fan. I'll buy just about anything he lends his amazing voice to, and generally think he walks on water. That said; I am disappointed with Worlds Apart. Truthfully, I suppose I'm a little disappointed with all three Silent Force albums.



DC Cooper is an immensely talented vocalist. I love his work with Royal Hunt, and his solo album is one of my all-time favorites. That's why I hate to see him waste his time with Silent Force's cookie cutter power metal. This is the same kind of music plenty of other bands are playing. The only thing that makes it stand out is DC Cooper. Worlds Apart is probably the worst offender. The band name, logo, and cover art all scream "budget" and if I didn't know who was singing, I wouldn't give the album a second glance.



I'm not saying Silent Force makes bad music, or that Worlds Apart is a bad album. It's actually a decent power metal album with great vocals. I just expect more from DC Cooper. His kind of voice is much better suited to the kind of melodic hard rock he gave us on his solo album. The Frontiers label has a really good track record when it comes to taking established vocalists and giving them melodic rock "project albums" (see Jorn Lande and Russell Allen's the Battle, Michael Kiske's Place Vendome, and Tony Harnell's Starbreaker albums). I can only hope they will hook up with DC at some point and come up with an album that is truly worthy of his vocal talents."

Much Better...

Brian W. Ewert | Placerville, Ca USA | 01/07/2005

(4 out of 5 stars)

"Infatuator left me wondering what the hell had happened to DC. I went ahead and "bit" on Worlds Apart and am glad I did. The two albums are completely different. Gone is the monotonous double bass and sound a like songs. This album is one anthem after another. The only drawback is the production. All the sounds run into one another, unlike ARK burn the sun or anything from Sym X. If you are into melodies and driving rythms than get it. Leave infatuator alone."