Cruel Force is a German black metal/thrash metal band formed in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany in 2008 and during the same year they released their first demo, "Into the Crypts...". After that they were quiet for almost two years until the label Heavy Force picked them up. In 2010 they released their first full-length, "The Rise of Satanic Might", only 500 copies were printed. In February, 2011, they released the single "Ancient Black Spirit" and in the 20th of June their second full-lenght album, "Under the Sign of the Moon", was released.