Unleash the Archers are considered to be Power Metal. Power Metal is one of the more technical styles of metal. Please do more from this band. They are really tight and such a cool bunch of people. Britney Slayes, the vocalist is an angel with such a good voice. You'll love all of their songs. Cheers from South Africa

@charred6683

4 жыл бұрын

This is the first time in my several decade of listening to metal that I read "Power Metal is one of the more technical styles of metal." You know why it's the first time? Because it's not true. These guys here have a pretty high technical level yes, but the criteria that make a song fall in the "power metal" genre are not technical aspects of music playing or composing. Power metal CAN BE technical but by default power metal is not necessarily technical and on average is not. That's why this band is very refreshing in this genre. Usually Power metal is not close to the technical level of some other genres like Techdeath for example.

@ct5625

4 жыл бұрын

@@charred6683 Have to agree. Power Metal refers to the "heroic" story-telling style, it's almost entirely about the vocals and the lyrics, usually with longer drawn out notes and a kind of stadium rock style. Iron Maiden is probably the most renowned power metal band in the world and they're considered that mainly because of the vocal style and story-telling nature of the lyrics. The technical ability of this band does make them stand out, as musicians, but it's Britney and her style that really makes them power metal in my opinion.

@tezore1313

4 жыл бұрын

@@ct5625 Yes, while that is (mostly) true, the difficulty in Power Metal is, that the execution needs to be pretty much flawless because of the many harmonies and impression of simplicity in songs. But this style also has a more pronounced use of solos which (more often than not) need to be intriguing to let the listerner not lose interest in the song and as we all now show skill in musicianship. Also since when is Maiden a Power Metal band? They influenced this stlye of music and yes, thats why many elements of power metal can be found in their music, but they are still one of the biggest influencers in the New Wave of British Heavy Metal (which could be compromised to the precursor term of simply: heavy metal).

@arniorgumundsson3782

4 жыл бұрын

@@ct5625 and here i thought it was about the rhythm and tempo of the song ( or bpm if you will ) and the power of the vocalist

@Hy-jg8ow

4 жыл бұрын

@@charred6683 Tech-Death is indeed very technical, but all that growling makes it indecipherable sometimes, thus if it comes to technicality I rather like progressive metal and neoclassical metal. Also power metal can be very technical too, it is actually the best when it is technical, like early Stratovarius for example.

"This is how they wanted St. Anger to sound." OOOOF

I found it very interesting that you picked out the feel of a journey the song evokes. This song is the opening song of a concept album which tells the story of a journey. It’s about an immortal being who is “awakened” for his next journey and the album tells his story until he sleeps again in its closing song, my personal favorite, and the albums title track, called Apex. I cannot recommend this album enough, it’s my favorite album of the last 10 years, EASILY, it’s a perfect album, not a single miss on the whole thing, you haaaaaaave to check it out

@redsabre69

3 жыл бұрын

I call it D&D metal lol

Finally someone mentions the bass player. He's fantastic. The rest of the band is also fantastic, but no one ever talks about the bass player!

“This drummer goes hard” >.< would explain why he’s the long time boyfriend of the lead singer .

@Perktube1

4 жыл бұрын

Ah, I figured such a beauty couldn't stay single.

@_SaraZ

3 жыл бұрын

@@Perktube1 You mean the drummer? That Al Bundy t-shirt would certainly make any lady weak in the knees.

@aryansigrid

3 жыл бұрын

@@_SaraZ You think so? I think the 1970-80's porn-style mo complete's the entire Al-creepo look! But I have to agree, he is one hell of a drummer!

I'll agree with Tonight We Ride, and add Cleanse The Bloodlines, also by Unleash The Archers. Good stuff! Wintersun - Sons Of Winter And Stars is another good one, it'll take you on a journey as well!

Do the song of theirs, "Tonight we ride" her vocals are insane

@Alexisking222

4 жыл бұрын

She goes so damn hiiiiiiigh

@jnrickards

4 жыл бұрын

Yes!

@glennmorganfan9411

4 жыл бұрын

Yes!! I love that one!! Also "Test your metal"! She hits notes in that one that would severely HURT a lesser singer.

@GenXDaddyO

4 жыл бұрын

If you want a different perspective on Brittney Slayes vocal ability, look up the vid of her singing Queen of the Reich at a karaoke bar, AFTER singing a whole show.

Power metal! A good mix of traditional metal and speed metal with a symphonic influence. Bands like Dragonforce, Blind Guardian, Symphony X

@mormacil

4 жыл бұрын

Don't forget Gloryhammer

@alfiemcevoy5125

4 жыл бұрын

And Sabaton!

@Aranes68

4 жыл бұрын

Aaaaaaand SAVATAGE !!!

@Ineluki_Myonrashi

4 жыл бұрын

@@Aranes68 I wasn't trying to inundate him with band names, but yes we can include all those too haha.

@epicmage82

4 жыл бұрын

@@Ineluki_Myonrashi Their just too good to leave out lol

Yet another reason to be "Canadian Proud"! They're all amazing talents, but you're right...the drummer is outstanding.

I’m just going through some of your back catalogue, I binge your vids every few months. I’m 40 seconds in. I know these guys will blow your mind

They are incredible and I am so proud of them 🤘🏼🤗

Hell yeah. I really like this song and put the band in my playlist immediately. I got an Iron Maiden vibe from it and to me that's never a bad thing.

Apex is a concept album. Start to finish tells a tale of an epic journey. You'll love it

Hey a fellow Adelaidian! That's rare. Definitely look forward to checking out more of your channel!

@Roguenjosh

2 жыл бұрын

Hey thanks so much legend!!!!!

UNLEASH THE ARCHERS are a Canadian Power Metal band from Victoria, British Columbia. They just dropped a new video for a single from a up coming album called Abyss. I highly reomend you reactiong to that video aswell.

Woooohooooo love that people keep reacting to Canadian power metal! \m/

Another amazing band! Very technical, very skilled, very epic!

"this is the feel good end of the movie song" he sais... :) in fact this song is just the beginning of the journey of the immortal. :)

Happy to see this song on your channel. Nice reaction.

The camera thing you picked up on with the bassist is called tracking. Basically the way they got the effect is to shoot in a higher resolution, and then crop in on the area you want to focus on, and then you move the footage around while keeping your focal point in the center of the frame. There are programs and plugins that can do this for you, or you can manually track the subject with key frames (super tedious, but not entirely difficult.) As for the song, this is one of my favorite songs, and the best example of power metal! Great stuff!

This amazing singer is the unbelievably talented Brittney Slayes. Here's how I describe her - if Ronnie James Dio (Sabbath/Rainbow), Bruce Dickinson (Iron Maiden), Geoff Tate (Queensryche) and Ian Gillan (Deep Purple) produced a female offspring, it would be Brittney Slayes! My faves by them are: Time Stands Still - kzread.info/dash/bejne/np2D0qhqn6vOpZc.html Cleanse the Bloodlines - kzread.info/dash/bejne/gpqHro9viajeqs4.html General of the Dark Army - kzread.info/dash/bejne/iYqdksZwn9SqptY.html The Matriarch - kzread.info/dash/bejne/mKdstLd_g5Sel5M.html AND!!!! If you want to see what Brittney can really do check this out. _After_ a show one night, the band went to a bar for beers and karaoke. Brittney got up to sing Queen of the Reich, by Queensryche. This video was shot on a cellphone. Be prepared to have your mind blown. Karaoke (Unleash the Archers) - kzread.info/dash/bejne/ZGxkprSqn6rffNrV.html

@mn6334

4 жыл бұрын

I so wish their band version of Queen of the Reich was available on somewhere I could listen to it without looking up a KZread bootleg of it.

@FryingPan76

3 жыл бұрын

Really, how come people always forget, that it needs a women to carry a child. In this case it would have been Doro Pesch.

@aryansigrid

3 жыл бұрын

@AGDinCA I'm sorry to inform you but it doesn't matter how many amazing male metal singers you name you will not get any offspring as you actually need a "female" when it comes to baby-making, silly!! None of the Singer's you named are female so which male is the surrogate mother in this case?? Why would you leave the female out in your "perfect singing baby" scenario??? There are a lot of awesome, powerful, gifted female metal singers you know!

@AGDinCA

3 жыл бұрын

@@aryansigrid What on earth?? For heaven's sake...

So glad you got around to this, knowing you're a muso I knew you would appreciate it. I have had to watch that video multiple times just to get a grasp of what each of them is doing individually to bring that sound together. Top job mate .... Just a footnote, checked out a couple of the Capulet vids, liking what I'm hearing 👍

@Roguenjosh

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much!

@Roguenjosh

4 жыл бұрын

I need to link more Capulet stuff in the video descriptions I think haha

@kennethbreeze9478

4 жыл бұрын

@@Roguenjosh for sure, the vids I watched were from a while ago ...we were here, iron on the blood, all the pretty girls ... but I'm liking the sound you guys have

Powermetal really is just a joy to listen to, cant describe it any other way. Just so fucking fun!

@Roguenjosh

2 жыл бұрын

Definitely fun

You mentioned that this seemed like the "feel good, end of the movie song". It's actually the opening track from the Apex album. It's a concept album, so it's really only the first chapter of the overall story. Also, they've had a few different bass players over the years.

@tonipowell632

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah the whole album is like an epic adventure...you kind of have to listen to them in order for the videos to make complete since...I love that concept

You should check out their track “Time Stands Still”, her vocals are insane!!!

That was a great reaction video! Brittney made a video of people reacting to Unleash the Archers videos but she was disappointed because a lot of people didn’t talk during the video. I’m going to share this one on the band’s Facebook page.

Epic/Power Metal. Brittany Slayes doubles or triples her own vocals on this but all of that is her. She has crazy range and power.

Dude has lots of insights and shares it, love it 👏🙏 Sharedn liked shared n liked :)

@strykervalkyrion

4 жыл бұрын

Should check out the reaction by boostd reviews. Lots of interesting commentary there

Love them.

Absolutely amazing. Everything this Canadian outfit does is awesome. Brittany, the lead singer is a lovely person and absolutely kicks arse !

You mentioned how some guitarists make things look effortless; I recommend looking up Ian Thornley. His band is called Big Wreck (He also had a band called Thornley), and he's a beast on the guitar.

I'm surprised you didn't comment on the right hand technique of the bass player, it seems to catch a lot of people off guard.

This is power metal in its purest form.

He called it "the feel good end of the movie song... we did it" when in reality the lyrics are of an ancient "thing" (totally a fucking dragon btw) that has been summoned to wipe out humanity.

You did my request! Hell yeah dude! 🤙 If you like this General of the dark army is great! Then off camera (there's no video) if you want to hear Apex by them, that's my favorite song!

I love this band they are from my local area great live. React to Devin Townsend - Kingdom live on EMG tv. You will not be disappointed.

"How Beautiful Are Jackson Guitars? Almost as beautiful as Ibanez!

"...end of the movie..." It's actually the first song on the album!

They have a lot of really cool songs.

So something amazing happened, the band Corelia finally released their 90+ minute album after waiting 5+ years since it was supposed to be released. I've been waiting 8 years for this, and aside from the drama that surrounds it, it sounds awesome still. The people on their subreddit have even remastered/mixed the album through AI since it was demo quality (which still sounds incredible). I would highly recommend the song Bastion or Spiraling. Honestly any of the songs work, no one could make something like them. It would mean a lot to me. There may not be single songs sources found on youtube yet, but I think someone uploaded the album itself. Hope you give it a shot.

"Sounds very transformer-ish" Thats what Brittney Slayes exactly said they were going for! :D

They are power metal. They are amazing . Napalm records has a lot of great bands, I trust the label. They have not disappointed yet.

PowerMetal

THIS IS CLASSIC POWER METAL

Great reaction and comments( I subbed when you made the St.Anger one ; lov those guys, but, yeah). If you're a hardrock guy check out Bandmaid from Japan. Don't get hung up on the maid outfits (Japanese waitress thing) or that they're 20something girls. The skill and musicianship is crazy with this band. Get ready for tempo changes, guitar battles, lead,bass,and drum solos, and their live perfomances are legendarily flawless. Maybe my favorite band from last 20yrs.

@gilleslaurent2523

4 жыл бұрын

He's gonna lose his mind...that particular rabbit hole is very deep...

@northstar7694

4 жыл бұрын

What?!.... Is someone there?.... Its so dark down here, but the music is rockin! lol

Power Metal 🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻

Power metal would be the best description. Funny that you say it sounds like an end of movie song because it's actually the opening to a really good concept album. That St Anger comment though! Nothing more accurate.

@Roguenjosh

2 жыл бұрын

Haha I’m glad you liked it!

Genre: Rock/Metal/Power Metal Band Origin: Awaken The Archers, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. 2001- Present Band members: Brittney Hayes (a.k.a. Brittney Slayes) Scott Buchanan Grant Truesdell Andrew Kingsley Nick Miller Unleash the Archers is a Canadian heavy metal band currently signed with Napalm Records. The band plays a fusion of traditional heavy metal with power metal and melodic deth metal.

I love the comments and reactions you had to this - UtA is one of my favorite bands. If you like growls and musical technicality, you should check out the band Allegaeon. Grey Matter Mechanics, or Proponent for Sentience III are phenomenal.

I though I left this comment here for you, but I didn't, and now I'm a year late haha hope you see this. since you mentioned this song feels like a journey, you basically nailed it on the head.. Here's a vague breakdown to give you a bit of context behind this songs lyrics and the album it's from - Apex(2017). This is a concept album telling a story track by track about an Immortal being. This is the opening song on the album. It is sung from the Immortals perspective(not all the tracks are), about being awoken in his mountain hollow from a 1000 year sleep. As a covenant of birth, the immortal must do the bidding of whoever awakens him. As the tracks progress, you find out that The Matriarch(which is played by the male vocalist in this song Awakening) was the one to awaken him. She wants him to find her four sons, so she can kill them and perform a blood ritual to gain immortality for herself(pretty dark haha), and his journey to find them. Each son has their own song about them on the album. The closing song Apex, is about the immortal going back to sleep in his mountain and it is a phenomenally written song. Their new album which came out in August, is a continuation of this story, and the immortal has awoken on a spaceship confused as hell wondering where tf his mountain is lol from the single Abyss. I won't go into the rest of the album lol

@Roguenjosh

3 жыл бұрын

Thankyou for the epic detail!

@Z_TPI

3 жыл бұрын

@@Roguenjosh No problem man! As a disciple of metal, it is our duty to spread the word of our metal overlords 🤣

That would be power metal my friend!

The genre is Power Metal, so called because it tends to be hard and fast like this but the lyrics tend to focus on fantasy elements (for example, Blind Guardian has multiple songs about The Lord of the Rings and The Wheel of Time, and an entire album about the Silmarillion). Apex is a concept album, telling a single story about the protagonist, The Immortal, and the antagonist, The Matriarch. The Immortal cannot die or be defeated, but he was cursed at birth to sleep for a thousand years or more and perform a task for whoever awakens him. He finds that he was awoken by The Matriarch, and she tasks him with retrieving her four sons alive so that she can sacrifice them in a ritual to attain immortality. I won't spoil the story for you, but suffice it to say it is unfinished; a sequel album is releasing this year. It is done, recorded, etc, but it has been delayed because they didn't have anyone to print the materials due to COVID 19; Brittney now says it is slated for a late August release.

The effect you’re talking about on the bass is tracking. 😊 I dislike power metal, but I love UtA. The next logical step is “Tonight We Ride”.

Power metal is one of my favorites.

Saying this song is like a journey is kind of funny considering it is a journey. From the first song on this album to the last song on their Abyss album is a single story line with each song being a different chapter. Once someone fully understands that they can have a full appreciation of the art and mastery put into these songs.

Power metal ¡¡¡ greeting from argentina ¡¡¡ 🤘🏼

Friend of mine plays bass and i asked if he'd seen the vid - he said: don't even talk to me dude😂

POWER METAL

The lead singer is named Brittney Hayes. They call her Brittney Slayes.

Reminds me of halloween the german band

If you're more of a rock guy, try Blackbriar, they're on the softer end of metal but also very gothic

@Roguenjosh

3 жыл бұрын

I like the name! I’ll have a look

@BurningmonkeyGTR

3 жыл бұрын

@@Roguenjosh I'd highly recommend Until Eternity, Arms of the Ocean, Beautiful Delirium or Snow White and Rose Red

I agree they are all stellar performer's but the Drummer Rocks! He is doing so much & so fast! He is the 'backbone' that keeps the band so 'tight'! I too enjoyed this song thanks for your reaction.

Go thru their library bud every song is EPIC

Amorphis - The Bee and/or BE'LAKOR - The Smoke of Many Fires. Please n thanks. They've a bit of adventure in them as well. ^^

I'm surprised you didn't say anything about the bass player's right-hand technique. It's the first comment I tend to get from most others. And everyone comments about the bass harmonic fill. That's just nuts.

Every bass player loves it... when we get turned up in the mix. xD

You should check out Symphony X- "Domination" for some tasty bass!

Caught Somewhere In Time by Iron Maiden 🤘🤘🤟🏼🤘🤘🤘🤟🏼🤘🤘🤟🏼🤘🤟🏼🤟🏼🤟🏼🤘🤟🏼🤟🏼

power metal

Power Metal dude... Get some. Aussie here too but I'm old. 45yr old metalhead guitarist of 30 years

Since you love bass, definitely check out "Where Owls Know My Name" by Rivers of Nihil!

Yes, UtA is amazing; their albums are amazing, the bass is gnarly in this one in particular. We all know this deep in our nerdy hearts, BUT- I'm sorry, is that a Sniper Wolf Zoid in the background?!

@Roguenjosh

3 жыл бұрын

You’re my kinda person, Bruce!

1: Love this band and they're power metal. 2: Can you react to another power metal band "Kamelot", I'd recommend either Ghost Opera, Liar Liar or Sacrimony (Angle of Afterlife). 3: I'm impressed to see an Aussie doing this, G'day from NSW

@Roguenjosh

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much man! The guitarist from my band is Ryan Mitchell so I had a double take when I read this haha

@Mitch3po

4 жыл бұрын

@@Roguenjosh I'll have to check your band out

@pedroajax1

4 жыл бұрын

My god i love kamelot i miss Roy but i still listen to them

Apex is #1 Clense the Bloodlines is badass too.

@Roguenjosh

3 жыл бұрын

Sweet

@chriskelley5431

3 жыл бұрын

@@Roguenjosh subscribed bro I like your reaction.

@Roguenjosh

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks heaps!

Their "Tonight We Ride" is a good video and I think Brittney's vocals are a level higher in it.

You should check out Beyond Creation "Omnipresent perception" for some sweet death metal fretless bass playing, with a bass solo!!

Time to react to Band Maid, Domination or Onset live

If it sounds like Iron Maiden, it's because it is, lol. And I don't know about you, but I always have a big smile on my face when I listen to Brittney belt out those notes! It never fails to give me a boost when I have had a rough day. To hear MORE power metal, then Sabaton and Bismarck should be up next -- and it is right up your alley, since it looks like a movie, made in conjunction with the gaming company World of Warships.

It's Power Metal NO WAIT !!! It's more powerful than that it's CANADIAN POWER METAL !

Helloween - Keeper of the Seven Keys

Maaate, the world needs more Aussie reactors! I shall subscribe. Have you checked out “Blind and Frozen” by Beast in Black??

@Roguenjosh

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks shmick! Ooooh I haven’t, I’ll chuck it on the list!

This song is great, but you need to hear Apex. IMO the best song they have. It’s absolutely brilliant.

@mikegershon8528

4 жыл бұрын

Completely agree. Apex is a show stopper. I also love Shadow Guide, but Apex is my favorite.

@glennolson6505

3 жыл бұрын

I'm probably too late on this, but: Yes, absolutely listen to Apex. But as it's a concept album, don't just skip straight to it. I mean sure, it stands alone just fine; but when you hear it as intended - as the finale of the journey laid out through the entire album - it's something else entirely.

Now check out UTA's Test Your Metal: kzread.info/dash/bejne/ZK2X1rqPY9iuctY.html and see if you agree that Brittney is channeling Halford! \m/

I would love to see your reaction to John 5 and the creatures - "Heres to the crazy ones"

Power metal, I believe.

How did the camera follow the hand on the fretboard? If I had to guess, or if I was going to try and replicate it, I think you would do a high definition shot that captures the entire fret board then go in later and digitally attach a close up frame to the hand. In other words imagine taking a large video and, frame by frame, cropping out everything except the hand on the fretboard (although the software would do it without actually needing to go frame by frame). I'm no expert, so if somebody knows I'd love to find out how they did it, but that's how I would go about it with my limited experience in video filming and editing.

Their new song "Soulbound" is short, sweet, and an absolute blistering banger. Do it.

Next one of thiers do " Test your Metal "

You had Tati, you had Britney #slays, now obviously you need a dose of Courtney LaPlante. Spiritbox - Rule of Nines or Spiritbox -Blessed Be (official videos). You won't regret. That's for sure. Maybe the hottest, most surprising 3 high quality bands in modern Metal today, with 3 extremely talented and charismatic vocalists/lyricists in front. All completely different, but all sooo good.

@Roguenjosh

4 жыл бұрын

I have reactions for both of those songs, I loved them!!

@imcrazedandconfused

4 жыл бұрын

@@Roguenjosh Ha, I should have scrolled to the bottom! Spiritbox definitely has the smallest fan community and are the newest ones, so I instinctively thought they are not the first ones to react to! Nice!. Another good song definitely is Perennial, or the monster live session of "Mara Effect complete at Silversound". :-) Nice times for metal fans, aren't they....?

God Power Metal is exhausting xD It's fucking amazing when you need to move your ass but I swear just sitting and listening is making me out of breath :p

Power Metal. 🤘🤓🤘

SLUAGHTER TO PREVAIL - DEMOLISHER Reaction Please

Su base es Power-metal clásico y muy bien ejecutado, también tiene líneas de metal-progresivo , y en la parte antes del solo se le nota la influencia de death-melodico, los guitarristas tienen la base de Michael Romeo de Symphony X y por supuesto de don Yngwie Malmsteen,. son una gran banda , pero esa cantante es la mejor que he escuchado en los ultimos 10 años, caña Britney !

Power Metal

Metalcore. If you can get it you must do the new Slaughter to Prevail song, called Demolisher. Very heavy, Alex Terrible's vocals are probably the best in metal right now well, his and Tatiana's of course).

And that's just the first track on the album.

Do Abyss...

unleash the archers general of the dark army

This was cool, but live versions are where it's at, in my opinion.

I recommend you react to the song "Rebirth" or "King" by Eluveitie. :)