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Silent Knight is a Power Metal band from Perth, Western Australia, Australia. They have released one studio album titled Masterplan and one Extended Play (EP) titled Supreme Power metal, as of 2014. Silent Knight has supported major international acts such as Tim Owens, Korpiklaani, Dave Ellefson, Blaze Bayley and Paul Di'Anno, participated in national music festivals such as Steel Assassins, Legions of Steel and Stormrider, and the international Indonesian Hammersonic Festival.

History
In 2010, Coldfate guitarist Cameron Nicholas met guitarist Stu McGill through friends. After playing together, they founded a power metal project and were on the search for remaining band members to complete a line up. Paul Wrigley (drums) joined the band in early 2010 followed by Zoran Cunjak (vocals) shortly after. Various guitarists filled the role of bass from 2011 up till mid 2013, when Cameron Daw joined the band permanently. The bands first studio album, Masterplan was issued during 2013, which received positive feedback from the Australian heavy metal community. Metal Temple's review of the album called Silent Knight "one of the best [Power Metal] bands of 2013". To date, Masterplan has sold over 500 copies nationally and has also been released as a limited run on Long Play (LP) vinyl.

During the end of 2013, citing personal and professional commitments, Paul left the group on mutual terms. Local drummer Daniel Granger offered to be an interim drummer during 2014 to maintain the bands touring schedule throughout Australia. In early 2014, Zoran Cunjak was let go by the band due to his absence from Australia impacting on live show commitments, following an extended return home to Slovenia. Jesse Onur Oz replaced Zoran Cunjak in mid-2014. Shortly after Jesse joined, the EP Power Metal Supreme was released which Metal Obsession described as "manag[ing] to succeed the band’s previous effort". Matthew James was made the bands new drummer in late February 2015 following local auditions, returning the group to a stable line up.

Silent Knight's first international live show was at the Hammersonic Festival in Jakarta on 8 March 2015. At local live shows throughout mid 2015, a new studio album has been mentioned for release later in the year.

Members

 * Current
 * Stu McGill (2010-present) - guitar, vocals
 * Cameron Nicholas (2010-present) - guitar, vocals
 * Cameron Daw (2013 - present) - bass
 * Jesse Onur Oz (2014 - present) - vocals
 * Matthew James (2015) - drums


 * Past
 * Paul Wrigley (2011-2013) – drums
 * Zoran Cunjak (2011-2013) – vocals
 * Daniel Granger (2013-2014) - drums (interim)

Discography

 * Studio albums


 * 2013 - Masterplan


 * Extended play


 * 2014 - Supreme Power Metal