André Hilgers (Remscheid, 1974) is known as drummer in Silent Force, and Axxis, Bourbon $treet, Razorback, Empire, The Sygnet, Regicide, Noisehunter, and Vanize among others.
Hilgers started playing drums at age seven, and really got into it at age ten.
He got his first band in 1989: it was Wuppertal based act Ninja, with whom the drummer recorded the CD "Liberty".
In May 2006 Empire (the brainchild of German guitarist Rolf Munkes) released their third album, "Raven Ride". This album featured an additional contribution from André Hilgers as well.