This Silence Powerful began as a solo project in 2004 when Alex Hay ditched his drum kit and picked up the guitar while attending college in Arizona. Over the next several years he began hatching song ideas and piecing riffs together while simultaneously scrawling out lyrics to accompany the music. After a year of writing, Hay met up with long time friend and drummer Marc Davis who had coincidently taken over his drumming duties in the metal band Conscender. Read more on Last.fm