The way that Andrew stopped singing at the end of Carry the Flame because the Grandson dies and Brittney keeps singing KILLED me when I realized what was going on T-T

@KelvinZomerVlog

3 жыл бұрын

Gives me so so so fucking much chills every time.

@fluffy8u

3 жыл бұрын

@@KelvinZomerVlog I was driving when it hit me and I CRIED LIKE A BIG BABY

@Slppygoat2

3 жыл бұрын

@@fluffy8u This song gets me so weepy, ITS SO GOOD!

@bonnpoland

3 жыл бұрын

Oh JESUS! I just asked her about that on Twitter.... man, I'm wayyy too late!

@bonnpoland

3 жыл бұрын

Glad I noticed it too!!! Such an amazing band led by an absolutely brilliant singer and storyteller!

So soft-spoken yet such a powerful singing voice

@caseycutler7796

3 жыл бұрын

i was literally just thinking that. like its a shock to see her talk normally haha

@GQSmoos

3 жыл бұрын

My daughter just said the same thing to me. “She sounds so sweet in those videos.”

@theopinson3851

2 жыл бұрын

She’s like the human embodiment of the Shiba Inu meme

Am I the only one who wishes they would make a movie of this story? What an amazing journey this was from Apex.

@jenspfennig9226

3 жыл бұрын

Nope, me too!

I love that "Afterlife" reprises some of "Waking Dreams"

@Lost_n_Found_1

3 жыл бұрын

Or does "Waking Dream" foreshadow the "Afterlife"?

@lightdrgn20

3 жыл бұрын

@@Lost_n_Found_1, I'm bot any sort of expert on music, but I think it would be a reprise because it was the main theme of "Waking Dream"

@Lost_n_Found_1

3 жыл бұрын

@@lightdrgn20 First of all, I was being humorous. Secondly, Brittney has mentioned that the hook of "Afterlife" was written before "Waking Dream." That it was a conscious effort to incorporate the ending melody into the beginning. I'm well aware of what the term reprise means, but thank you. ;)

@lightdrgn20

3 жыл бұрын

@@Lost_n_Found_1, I seem to have missed that line, I was likely half asleep when watching whatever video that was in, and I missed the joke there, I thought you were just contradicting to contradict.

@LoydeReed

3 жыл бұрын

love me some good bookends in my story

These track-by-track videos have made two great albums even better.

"And now here we stand face to face..." Chills every time.

@rocioiribe5841

3 жыл бұрын

Every time. I go "oh shit here we go!"

@shinKOTSU1

3 жыл бұрын

@@rocioiribe5841 yup, lol epic showdown.

@rocioiribe5841

3 жыл бұрын

@@shinKOTSU1 like serious movie score vibes. The way they wrote the music to perfectly cue the emotions of the story is genius!

@rocioiribe5841

3 жыл бұрын

@@shinKOTSU1 Also this part and the beginning of Return to Me perfectly capture the album cover art.

@KelvinZomerVlog

3 жыл бұрын

@@rocioiribe5841 of course you're here Rocio

Because of the last scence, it's now stuck in my head that when the immortal meets the matriarch in the middle of the storm, he says: "Excuse me, this is not acceptable."

@rocioiribe5841

3 жыл бұрын

hahaha I can picture that too, in Brittney's voice too

@noltron000

3 жыл бұрын

@@rocioiribe5841 her singing voice or speaking voice?

@rocioiribe5841

3 жыл бұрын

@@noltron000 her speaking voice b/c that makes it funnier

@KelvinZomerVlog

3 жыл бұрын

"You're in the way" hahahaha

The Wind That Shapes The Land - Brittney going full Ronnie James Dio, just belting it out.

@Dishonoru

3 жыл бұрын

I have to be careful where I am when I listen to this song ,when the chorus hits I have to belt it out and its not a pretty sound.

@bennybooboo6789

3 жыл бұрын

@@Dishonoru I showed my boss at work, long time metal head. Put it on from the transition into the "chains" section right as she goes full Ronnie. He had goosebumps instantly.

@cybercomputerized2074

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah I couldn't agree more!

@TUBBYMAXX

3 жыл бұрын

Agree !!! Heck I'd have to say full out Halford right there !!!!

@chrisgoldston9755

3 жыл бұрын

This song is soooooo epic....😎🤘

My favourite song on the album for sure the wind that shapes the land

@tomwisniewski8988

3 жыл бұрын

Yep. This unseated the song Apex for me. Well, maybe they can share the number one spot. :D

@rocioiribe5841

3 жыл бұрын

@@tomwisniewski8988 bold claims. I don't think anything can take down Apex for me. But "Wind..." Is so epic it's in its own league

@KelvinZomerVlog

3 жыл бұрын

I love belting the lines I am the wind that shapes the land!

Please do more duets, or at least have Andrew sing more parts in future songs. His deeper tone adds so much more dynamic to the tracks that feature him. Also, I feel like people are sleeping on Carry the Flame. It's such a good song, one of my favorites off the album.

@GQSmoos

3 жыл бұрын

For real, Carry the Flame hits me so right. It’s practically a perfect song for my tastes. And Andrew has such an awesome voice. It’s like they have this great tool in their bag and they so rarely use it. Not a criticism; just how talented does a band have to be to have those vocals and not need them? Wow.

Such an incredible story. I started listening to you guys about a half year before Phantoma released and I seriously cannot get enough. I really hope you do a Track by Track for Phantoma as well!

I love how calmly she's telling the story. It's so nice and... soothing(?) hearing the tale. Love it!

I put Abyss on for a long drive, and when The Wind That Shapes The Land came on, I needed to pull over and just take it all in, and it was good that I did because I almost lost it during Carry The Flame and Afterlife. This album is dangerously good. It moved me in ways I did not expect.

Confirmed: the Matriarch is a decepticon

Both albums were fantastic I loved them. Looking forward to what you all do in the future, you all keep getting better.

Wow. Got chills, goosebumps and the biggest smile throughout this whole video. Ever since I first heard the album 3 weeks ago, I´ve spent pretty much every minute with these songs and story, getting so invested in them emotionally and physically that by now, when watching these track by track videos, It feels like I`m right there in the narrative, side by side with the Immortal, through this absolutely epic journey. And finally getting to experience true freedom and victory from bondage, slavery and darkness together with him, just fantastic. An absolutely amazing and epic story Brittney!! Thank you so much for just a great walktrough, really love these. And to be told through such masterfully crafted, incredible metal music. You guys are SOOO gifted. AAAAAAAAHHHHH. Thank God for you guys. Straight up blown away!! /with love from Sweden

Been listening to these albums for what seems like forever now, and only JUST discovered these Track by Track videos! Now I gotta go watch lyric videos for every song, as I feel like I've missed SO MUCH of the story, now knowing it from your explanations. I've always admired people who have such creative visions that they can make such in-depth stories and convey them either in books or songs. This is an amazing concept, and I love these albums. Such a great back to back listen. Can't wait to see you at ProgPower next year! 🤘🏻

After listening to the Abyss album on a near daily basis since it came out and now finishing the track by tracks, I have this deep feeling of relationship with the characters - the Immortal and the grandson. I've really only ever experienced this with epic novels like the Lord of the Rings, The Wheel of Time, Mistborn, etc. I feel like I'm saying goodbye to a friend at the end, but that I can always visit them in their world when I miss them. Bravo and excellent writing!

Next album needs to be a prequel album. "How the Immortal became cursed" The title... .... Plateau.. Geddit? Cause its between Apex and Abyss??? Geddit?

@ChaboChabs

3 жыл бұрын

Hahaha that genuinely made me crack a big smile!

@rocioiribe5841

3 жыл бұрын

if you bought the Earbook, they drop major hints. you're on the right track.

@caseycutler7796

3 жыл бұрын

i dont like how much i liked this

@KelvinZomerVlog

3 жыл бұрын

Gigitty

@hellspawnvicious9990

3 жыл бұрын

Interesting as that would be I think it’s best they end Immortal’s story here. The next album should be a new chapter for the band not one where they continue adding to a story they’ve already told.

Apex & Abyss are amazing albums that tell such a cool story !! , they are like good books that I can’t put down !!

That moment when you realize the Immortal is, effectively, a Genie. And Apex is his bottle.

Congratulations Brit. You are one of the most talented and creative people I have ever seen.

Brittney Slayes, your music is amazing!

I can just imagine Grant growling, “Don’t be a baby about it.” Ha ha!

I cannot wait for the next time I can go on a road trip. Endless hours of car karaoke to both albums, cruising on up the coast with the windows down and the volume cranked! And count me as a +1 in favor of either a prequel about the Immortal's origins or another sequel about his adventurers after the events of Abyss. I mean, back in "Through Stars" the line about knowing nothing of life beyond the blade kinda comes off to me like he's really not terribly pleased with this fact and would maybe like to broaden his experiences and knowledge. Now that he's free to chart his own course, he's got room for some hobbies!

@cellphonecam1

3 жыл бұрын

I spent September driving around the country to these two records and I can confirm that they’re perfect for this.

I been listening to abyss over and over again and it feels like when u are walking towards a door then u go through it it all begins over and over, great work UTA !!!!!!

I found the first song of unleash the archers like 4 days ago. was listening to both albums the whole weekend! the songs were so powerful and great. although i did not get all the lyrics by listening. to watch the track by track today was sth i am not able to describe. especially not in english, since i am not a native speaker. to see brittney being that emotional about both albums makes me feel like it was such a rollercoster to write the albums. i am happy that you guys did it no matter what!!!! to look back at sth so powerful emotional and great is sth super special. YOU GUYS ARE THE IMMORTAL TO ME!

Thanks again Brittney!! It has been the best journey so far!!

Abyss is an amazing record and a perfect follow up to Apex which I absolutely love. As far as theories go I do have one and it involves the story that is fleshed out in the earbook. So during the event of "Carry The Flame", the Grandson tells The Immortal that he had a surprise for him after their victory: a book he had found and one that he thinks The Immortal will find interesting. The Immortal then spends a few days looking for the book among the ruins of their ship, traveling to the Matriarch's ship and learning how to pilot it. Flying through space, he now decides to look at the book the Grandson found. It has no writing on the cover or spine so he opens it to the first page and reads the title: "The Coming Of The Immortals", and this is what is written on the next page: "They came in three ships. Not of this world, and larger than any edifice of our creation. They spoke an unknown tongue and were few in number. They were magnificently tall and strong of form. For centuries we had studied the stars and speculated as to what awaited us there, what knowledge lay just beyond our reach, and these beings promised us answers. They promised agricultural advancement and architectural innovation. They promised us technology that would lessen our struggles and save us from unnecessary burden. They promised lives free from the threat of starvation and said we would never want for anything ever again. They promised us peace. They lied." My theory is that this race of Immortals began to take over and enslave humanity, leading humans to wage an ill fated war. In their desperation they came to the conclusion that the only thing that could kill an Immortal is an Immortal. Brittney mentions in the first track by track video for Apex that The Immortal was cursed at a young age so that would mean that he was kidnapped, cursed, and sent out to massacre his own kind. Once the Immortal race is wiped out, instead of being united, the people of Earth start warring with each other. In Abyss, The Immortal points out that he is the weapon of countless empires, so whoever calls him ultimately comes out on top. This also leads to the struggle over the book that contains the incantation that summons him as The Immortal is essentially the decider of wars. This theory also brings me to "Afterlife" and the harsh vocals that serve as his subconscious. I feel that those lines in the song could be a representation of his origins. If his bloodline were made up of conquerors then perhaps those thoughts were more of a natural tendency. I do find it interesting though how Brittney leaves that ambiguity in her explanation. Afterlife has such an uplifting energy to it that I always felt that The Immortal had found his peace by the end of the song, but now it seems that may be up to interpretation especially if this is the final story that features him. But I could always be wrong as my assumptions about what happened after Apex were way off.

Great album One of the good things that came out this year ;) Thank you :)

Finally! Album is a masterpiece! Thanks for doing these. Been a lot fun. Any chance at a prequel? Who cursed the immortal??? And why? And how powerful were they? How old is the immortal?? Lol

@madeline3868

3 жыл бұрын

Did you get the earbook? The ending really sets up for some of those questions potentially be answered in the future.

@rocioiribe5841

3 жыл бұрын

@@madeline3868 agreed. They're going into his story next. Oh shit!!!

@madeline3868

3 жыл бұрын

Rocio Iribe 👀 I gasped when i read that ending. Can’t wait

@rocioiribe5841

3 жыл бұрын

@@madeline3868 They lied. dun dun dun!

@alvedonaren

6 ай бұрын

@@madeline3868 What's the ending?

Brittany, you're absolutely awesome and I am completely 100% turning this whole story arc into a D&D campaign

This is EVERYTHING I WANT FROM A CONCEPT ALBUM(S)!! UTA FOREVER!!

Super excited to have the series complete! Thanks so much Brittney for putting together such a compelling story! Looking forward to what you get up to next.

First found you guys about 6 months ago. Immediately fell in love with these two albums! These videos were great for clearing up the whole story. It makes listening to the albums even more enjoyable now. Can’t wait to see you guys live and get another album 🤘🏼🤘🏼

I feel like my gut instinct was that I liked Apex more than Abyss...but I think somehow I've listened to Abyss more, already...so maybe...that's not true? It turns out, perhaps, they are both incredible albums with different things that are appealing for different reasons. Fucking hell, UTA are the best.

@rocioiribe5841

3 жыл бұрын

I went thru the same thought process and came to the same conclusion. First instinct is that i love Apex more but they're both equally good, just for different reasons

@Chrisloadsman

3 жыл бұрын

I was similar. I think Apex is more thrashy which appeals to my metal roots, however I think Abyss is a more complex and unique album. They are both similar yet unique, I cant pick a favourite.

Thanks to these videos I’ve been really listening to the lyrics and imagining the story. It’s really a stellar piece of work!!

Brittney, Scott, Andrew, Grant... you are all geniuses. Thank you for The . Best . Album of 2020! You should consider taking Apex and Abyss and making a rock opera of the 20 tracks! It would certainly rival others such as Operation Livecrime and Quadrophenia! Carry The Flame... ...My guiding light ...Fire in the night ...I am with you, wherever you are ...Your guiding light, shining bright

Make sure to stay for the post credits scene! :D

spoiler: the cat is the immortal

I love these kinds of explanations because I had the story all wrong in my head! Thanks Brittney for putting it together and to the whole band for your great work.

This saga has quickly become my two favorite records of all time. I can't just listen to one track, have to go through the whole story everytime. 🥰🤘

I have purchased both the vinyl and iTunes. I absolutely love every album you have released, but this one is by far my favorite. Thank you for the music. Such talent

Just wanted to stop by and say cool content. Watched the full thing. I also wanted to say your music is so inspiring. It has motivated me in absolutely incredible ways. From days when I just didn't want to do anything at all, it's uplifted me into battle. From days when I was already ready for battle, it has inspired greater motion. Even hearing this play by play of the concepts is inspiring. Your music has changed my life and will continue to change my life. Thank you, and congratulations on your success.

Love this band! Thank you for taking the time to do these videos! You guys are now my favorite band tied with Coheed and Cambria!

Absolutely tremendous work and effort and love it all!!! Thanks for being so down to earth and keeping in touch with us and responding to us when u can!!! It goes along way and you guys hopefully will be selling out arenas in the near future!!! As for the immortal I choose the good path for him!!! Can’t wait for the next album already!!!! Whatever it may be lol!!!!

Cat Lamp is still there.

@trialbystone2532

3 жыл бұрын

CAT LAMP POG

@jacobrosales5376

3 жыл бұрын

Cat lamp cat lamp cat lamp

The prevalent smirk when announcing the album still shows just how proud you are of the music Unleash the Archers have created together. The love behind these tracks does not go unnoticed :)

i got the story almost comletely right before watching these! (after like ten listens and a couple read throughs of the lyrics while i was at it) great story, can't wait to see what you guys come up with next

Afterlife is so beautiful... i don’t know how y’all manage make your last tracks such tear inducers.

Brittney this has easily become one of my favorite stories, movies, books and video games included. Thank you so much for writing it and sharing it with the world!

Such a wonderfull album, i really enjoy it a lot and get so many chills throughout the story and even wet eyes in "carry the flame"

Great series and even better album, thank you for sharing all the insight into the story!

Yes! The Wind That Shapes The Land is very easily my favorite song EVER! Loved getting the insight behind the lyrics and stuff. I know Abyss just came out, but I am eagerly awaiting the next incredible chapter in the legacy that is UNLEASH THE ARCHERS! /,,/

Having the same vocals play the son/grandson was a super neat touch on Carry the Flame. Such a good album. Thanks for bringing so many happy to my earholes!

This needs to be a fuckin movie. Would be legendary.

Thank you taking the time to fully explain the story. Looking foward to the immortals tales of vengeance and redemption.

So the Immortal's story is such a killer concept. I hope the next album is a continuation to make it a trilogy. Love the new album. It's been on repeat since release. Bravo, Brittany & Co,

I am a buddhist practicing nichiren buddhism my fav song is the wind that shapes the land, i so love unleash the archers ❤❤❤❤❤

Just watched the track by track videos from Apex part 1 to the last part of Abyss and I was totaly captured in the story. It is amazing how you did put those two albums together with the story. To be honnest i just resently discovered Unleash the archers but I have been listening a lot to your music and I just wonder how it can be yhat I havent heard it before. It is just genious!! Hope you are able to come to Scandinavia some time. Maybe next year? If so you are more than wellcome. ❤

Thank You !! Love the track by tracks.... You are Stellar Awesome Miss Brittney!!!! (and the boys) !!!!

Thank You for the "tract by track" Brittney !!!! This Album is truly Epic !

Thanks a lot Brittney!

Thank you for this. Hearing a creator describe their work is so insightful, and gives the enjoyment of the work a deeper meaning. If I could humbly suggest the most logical course for the immortal: He should discover that life is actually more of shades of grey, and he was just living on the extreme edge of that spectrum. That following the 'light' is not always clear, nor easier.

I am genuinely bumped out that Andrew is the singer on Carry the Flame, because I thought I had found me a new band with super nice vocals. Andrew truly was amazing on that song, absolutely loved it.

This all Saga will be an amazing movie, great story

Album of the year! If there ends up being a part 3 of the story of the Immortal, I won't complain!

You guys need to write like a book or a comic book or something, like this story as a whole is seriously cool! 🤘

@caseycutler7796

3 жыл бұрын

APEX/ABYSS IMMORTAL GRAPHIC NOVEL!!!!!

Loved the video :) Always love hearing your explanations and vision for the songs. Great ending to such an awesome album. And i loved the cat interuption at the end :D Keep up the amazing work

OMG it makes me tear up. Epic and beautiful

I headd Most of what you, I was just too captivated lol. "Firm within my grasp I hold the spark and shatter it" literal chills, even just typing it. Aldo the first scream in soul bound, good god, amazing

Y'all would absolutely CRUSH scoring movies. Or games!

The ending: "I'm yelling at my cat!"

A timeline of UtA track-by-tracks: Apex: playing with cat Abyss: arguing with cat Immortal: becomes cat

Headcanon: The Immortal tries repeatedly to better the world, often making things worse in the process, until he learns to lead by guiding instead of forcing. Eventually, as warlords fill the power vacuum left by the matriarch, he finds a man with an ancient magical sword and a past much like his own, and guides him to make the right choice- Demons of the Astrowaste, Outlander.

I am curious about The Immortal's past, like how did The Immortal come to be? Whats his origin story? What's the story pre Apex?

@danielvangool1461

3 жыл бұрын

WE DEMAND ANSWERS. Actually we don't demand. Humble request? In exchange for this duck?🦆

@Chadalorian

3 жыл бұрын

@@danielvangool1461 we come bearing these ducks, we just want to know🦆

@rocioiribe5841

3 жыл бұрын

if you bought the Earbook, they drop major hints there. They're going back to tell his story.

@josephmaglio5411

3 жыл бұрын

@@Chadalorian quack

It's funny I heard the line about the "spark and shatter it" and thought of a phylactery for a litch. We really are all a bunch of nerds around here.

Y'll are Amazing. Love the Album(s) so angry I miss Y'll in Cleveland, Covid cancelled the concert day of. Hope Y'll come back.

Better than Game Of Thrones!! UTA you are AMAZING!!! "Carry the Flame" is one of my personal prefered songs of all time!!! MAGNIFICENT duet! Amazing voices and harmonies!!! FLAWLESS guitar solo and EPIC drumming!

Love the blooper ending. "This is unacceptable." Brittany you know damn well cats don't give a SHIT what is acceptable:)

Absolutely loved this story from Apex to this most recent chapter and hope it continues for many albums to come. I got George Lucas on speed dial!! Love you all and wish you all the best and hope to see you in Ontario again soon! xoxo

The Wind That Shapes the Land is the greatest UTA song yet \m/

unleash the archers their music is amazing \m/

In Magic the Gathering, the characters known as Planeswalkers have a spark that allows them to travel between dimensions, and the only way to actually kill them is to either steal or destroy their spark. I had thought of the line "I hold the spark and shatter it" as kind of like that, or like the fight against Seath the Scaleless in Dark Souls, where he draws his immortality from a crystal that you need to break before he can be harmed.

@Lost_n_Found_1

3 жыл бұрын

It's always a crystal, lol.

Love seeing the Helion Prime shirt! Was super excited to see you both in Vancouver before Hyperspace got postponed :(

It's fantastic! I'm glad I caught your bandmates shredding on LoudWire! This would be a great graphic novel. Thank you!

Great work! I really liked these episodes, thank you :) What an inspiring story written with fantasy and played with passion. Of course the Immortal is going to head to defeat the Wild Hunt and save Ciri. For sure... I mean, why not?

Wonderful album. 10/10 would break curse and choose the light again.

In the Apex track by track I saw a shelf full of books now there is another shelf with books so here is a book series for you Brittney if you haven't read it already ofcourse, if you have the time you should read The Wheel Of Time

Saludos desde Argentina a escucharlos

Very cool stuff - nice official video too

I can visualize him looking out at the stars, and saying at the end where he decides to go..... 'Going to the third star on the left.....'

Awesome! Since this album released, I've had it on 100% rotation while driving to and from work. However, I feel like the reflection in her glasses is that of Korn "Korn" album cover, ha. If so, more respect!!

If you ever do more with the narrative a prequel showing who the immortal was and why he was cursed would be cool. That or a sequel that uses something like the idea of demons of the astrowaste, some epic space war that he is involved with. Thanks for doing these track by track videos.

Is this the last we might ever hear about The Immortal? Also Wind that Shapes the Land is musical perfection!

I really enjoyed the musical bookending done in tracks 1 and 10! I think that’s a hint the Immortal will choose the righteous path!

I totally thought of transformers when hearing the spark line! Although I prefer to think of it as the Immortal ripping the Matriarch's heart out and crushing it before her very eyes while he chokes her in midair with the other arm

Through Stars is amazing AF!!! UTA \m/

Oh, my! That’s just like when I make my videos. “Cat! Why do you come in meowing every time I push the record button?!”

I almost died of cuteness. I love metalheads...