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Old Composer REACTS to UNLEASH THE ARCHERS Awakening Reaction | Reaction & Unravel
Just to point out a drumming note: The dude is playing straight semiquavers at this high tempo using double strokes on the feet which is very impressive, takes incredible technique & control. The whole band are fantastic musicians though.
Comments like this make these videos awesome.
I had never even heard of a semiquaver.
Yeah, they all have fantastic economy of movement!
@@Lurch685 a semiquaver's just a 16th note with a British accent.
not only that.. we don't see that in the video because he has two bass drum in the videos.. but in real life... HE USES OFTEN ONLY ONE!!!
He’s involuntarily doing the power metal claw and doesn’t even realize it, I love it!!! 😂😂😂
Oh my god he totally is! How can you not when listening to them!!
13:08
"hammer offs and pull ons"
-the decomposer
The older he gets the better he was
Ugggg, the older I get the better I was - decomposing FTW!!!
Literally died when he said this! Haha.
@@KeyOfGeebz I'm going to use this for now on sorry haha it's too funny
When I first heard this song I was amazed,the musicianship of each band member is right up there with the best. She is just a beast singer. Canada has entered another great band into music.
whats the other one? surely you cant mean Nickelback?
@@Dung30n The only other band that mattered. RUSH
I read this, and when I got to Nickelback I nearly died I was laughing so hard.
Just take my damn like and go
@@Dung30n I highly recommend the band "Striker"! I saw Unleash the Archers and Striker in concert together a few years back, it was amazing!
We don't do a lot, but when we do we go absolutely over the top with talent
First time hearing of this band. They are killer!
Their last two albums Apex(2017) and Abyss(2020) are concept albums that tell a 20 chapter story, 10 per album. This song Awakening is chapter 1.
Just something to keep in mind if you're gonna check them out. It will help you understand the lyrics haha you don't have to listen to it in order as both albums are killer musically, but I highly suggest it if you interested in the story 🤘
They really are.
Watch out UTA is addicting
Yep... 😉😜
Yep
As a drummer myself, the drummer's heel toe technique is definitely _"third eye purple."_ Absolutely incredible!
I'm not even a drummer and I clocked that the first time I watched it. What a beast. 👌
So, I understood what you're saying outside of the fact that I have no idea what third eye purple is. Mind explaining?
@@BenryTheBalrus It's a phrase Geebz uses to describe musicians and their technical abilities. Third eye purple being "best of the best"
@@donkeyhodie8500 I know I am about a year out on comments but as I watch this video I notice the drummer does not do heal toe, at least with his left foot. He does a toe flutter (that is what I think of it as. I am not a musician) which looks so cool to me.
The Abyss album is breathtaking. The song Abyss has a delicious amount of synth accenting. Two of the best songs on the album don't even have video's, Wind That Shapes the Land and Afterlife.
Oh, Canada! 🇨🇦
Legacy is also a great introduction to Andrew's singing chops!!
wonderful album. do yourself a favor, you dont have to react to it all, but keep your headphones on and hear out the whole album, it tells the story of the Immortal who exists in stasis between realms until he's called upon. one day he is woken up (the Awakening, what you heard) and is guided to the Matriarch who wants to claim immortality herself, but to do so she needs to sacrifice her own sons who have a portion of the life force needed to extend her life. the immortal returns the 1st son, a dirty politician, and the sacrifice takes place, but when engaging the next son he is confronted by a 10,000 man army sent to stop him. at first the immortal engages with the army, but realizes (or believes) that they are simply under the control of this 2ns son. He convinces some of the army to turn on their master, but when he confronts the son, he's shocked at the kindness and generosity of the son, who has a family. this army wasnt under a spell, the son had won them over with kindness. knowing that he (the immortal) cannot risk betraying the matriarch, he convinces the son to return for his execution, to which the son agrees, showing just how selfless he actually was. the immortal isnt supposed to judge or care, but he cant help but be moved by this gesture and starts to question why he is even going along with this plan, but is still concerned that the Matriarch will fulfill her threat of bounding him to her will forever instead of releasing him as promised, a fate worse than death. but, of course, the Matriarch betrays him anyway and binds him, and returns him to his cave to await her next command. in Apex (the last song) he returns to his dormant state, but......she never calls on him
their new album is a continuation, where the Immortal is released onto the world in the current era without a master for the 1st time in eons....
Man I’ve been binging this album after reading what you wrote describing what it was about. Very cool story. And of course great band.
Stupid and cheesy power metal lyrics. How can you even take that seriously?
@@bjhellstream cheezy powermetal lyrics is why we like powermetal. Dont hate on others. You do you. And we will do us.
Troll harder
@@bjhellstream nice try. insert coin and please try again to troll
Brittney friggin' Slayes, hot damn.
I'm always appreciate a band first she is for me just regular I can't believe that all of u put her in front of those masters of music
@@pedjavukmirovic6770 you must be kidding, her voice is the greatest instrument currently occupying our solar system
@@pedjavukmirovic6770 never underestimate the power of an incels extreme thirst. She’s a great vocalist for sure but these guys carry her on their back and make her sound good. She’s cute I suppose but would be just so so without the talent behind her.
@@raymondharnack4160 This may be the most incel reply I've come across on TH-cam. Congrats.
@@thefriedpiper ok, I’ll be sure to tell my wife 3 children and grandchild that.
I honestly feel this is easily one of the greatest power metal songs ever written and performed. It has everything and then some when it comes to vocals, lyrics, skills on every instrument being played.
I remember hearing this for the first time. thinking this had to be one of their big songs. no this is their opening song of the set when this was their newest album, this was their WARM UP.
The drummer must have leg muscles of pure titanium to keep that pace for the whole dang song!
You definitely need to do "Tonight We Ride," "Test Your Metal," "Soulbound," and "Faster Than Light.". UTA are amazing.
One of the best in this genre! 👌👌👌
Which genre does this fall into exactly?
@@jessneufeld Power Metal. And some melodic death metal because of the growls.
@@jessneufeld I like to call them Final Boss Metal haha
I don't know f-all about composing music, but i feel the music and the joy when i watch this...
Every time I hear this song I come away thinking the drummer must be in awesome cardio shape.
These guys hail from my home province of BC Canada. Welcome to the beautiful brutality of Canadian Metal. UTA are one of the best Power Metal bands anywhere.
Watching you talk about these bands and summarize some of the sounds really makes me appreciate these bands more 🙏
Been listening to this for a couple years now, still get goosebumps every time! As another has said, I don't believe the guitars are layered, but Brittney certainly lays down some harmonies to her own voice! Great breakdown, thanks!
Never heard of this Band...but O.M.G they are Freaking AMAZING!!! Trying to "de-compose" this song creates a whole new level to this NEW experience. Thank You!
Enjoy the ride they are awesome, so much great music right now is being made
The whole discography is just 😚👌
this 1 more about the band for her you need to do UNLEASH THE ARCHERS - Tonight We Ride AND THIS 1 STILL NOT HER MAX and for a folk type song from them do UNLEASH THE ARCHERS - "Northwest Passage it great as well
I'd highly recommend Tonight We Ride, Legacy, General of the Dark Army, Abyss, and Cleanse the Bloodlines by the same band. They're so talented at using the entire range of their abilities in basically every song.
May I suggest for your next Unleash The Archers reaction to do "The Wind That Shapes the Land" from their latest album Abyss. It is an amazing, epic, and complex song that no one else has really reacted to yet. No music video for it but you focus on the music anyways.
+1 -- please react to this track! I think people don't do reactions to it because there is no "fancy video", but the track is AMAZING
YES! itseasily the best song on the album
I second this as well. Their transition from Apex to Abyss really shows their maturity as musicians, and I think this track captures that perfectly.
probably my favorite song ..... a reaction would be fantastic
One of the most talented bands from this century for sure
Check out from the latest album, Soulbound, Abyss, Faster than Light
This song brings me to tears every time I hear it. I'm so glad you decided to check them out! They're from my city and they're all really rad people, not to mention utterly insane. Then they play live they usually close out with their song "Tonight We Ride" which is insanely hard on vocals and she absolutely SLAYS it. I swear she has perfect pitch. One of their guitar players works as a cook at an amazing restaurant.
I went to highschool with Andrew (the red head guitarist) the boys been a SHREDDER since the 10th fucking grade, his high school band Golgotha rocked every all ages venue in Courtenay
Oh my goodness; would you please do a video on Devin Townsend's Higher, live at Plovdiv? Watching you break things down is just fascinating and makes me have a whole new appreciation for the song. I'd love to see what you'd say about that song.
This band is so great (and so fun)! “Tonight We Ride” really shows off Brittney’s vocals. Also, still really hoping for a Leprous reaction. 😊
First time hearing these guys too, so thank you! To any fans of theirs who are percussionists, is the drummer playing doubles during those 16th note kick passages?
Brittney Slayes does all the vocals except for the growls I believe.
Correct the guitarist does the growls
It looked like she did that opening vocal growl and transition, which was excellent.
Try giving "NINGEN ISU / Heartless Scat" a listen. Old Japanese band that his been around for ages. Great guys
Metal has sort of become the new jazz in terms of the talent pool of young up-and-comers. It's been really cool to see the genre grow, over the years.
Metal is the new jazz 😆👍🤘
Tatiana: Metal is the new Bossa Nova 😉
I wouldn't say that's a new thing. Look back at guys like Alex Skolnick (Testament, Trans-Siberian Orchestra), Gar Samuelsson (Megadeth), metal and jazz have crossover of amazing instrumentalists just trying to find new challenges
We need to get you, the Charismatic Voice, Andrew Rooney Drums and Michael Palmisano Guitar to do a collaboration of epic proportions in a TH-cam crossover event that would give Marvel a run for its money! A composer, vocal coach, drum teacher and guitarist all analyzing the same song from different angles. 🤙🏻
The Charismatic Voice 💜 she's so unique! Love her!
Also... if Brittney joined them like she did with a couple other channels... imagine the power that video would hold holy shit
@@braindeadstonehead9500When was this??? I have to see those videos and you are absolutely correct it would be reaction video heaven
You and The Charismatic Voice would make a KILLER video together!!
Wolf she did one with Mr Rock N Roll and Alex Hefner. Idk if there’s more
The band In This Moment has a female lead singer. Big Bad Wolf is a great song you should check out.
A piano teacher in my youth told me, "if it gives you goosebumps, its good". And this band does it.
That synth intro is what I call Impending Doom.
The first time I listened to this song I was most impressed by the drummer's cardio. I get tired just listening. Incredible musicians.
Artist-Belakor
Song-Venator
You will not be let down!! The bassist is amazing. Most catchy guitar rifts that never lets you down!
I’ll be waiting patiently!!
another singer everyone passes over that is a multi talented powerhouse - Anna Murphy of Cellar Darling....you've never heard a hurdy gurdy like the way she plays. "Hedonia" or "Dance" or anything actually. I've been a bass player for 30 years and Anna Murphy has just impressed the hell out of me.
My favourite thing about your videos is how knowledgeable you are about how music is made and while I have no idea what half of it means I absolutely love learning while also listening to my favourite songs. Thank you for teaching us!
Id like to recommend another female fronted band "OCEANS OF SLUMBER a return to the earth below".
Came here to say this ☝🏻
yes yes yes
I think that "The Banished Heart" is an even better song !
@@tyxproductions8149 Any song that gets OOS more exposure. They are criminally underrated.
I love the comment of soft hands. Any guitar player knows how hard that actually is.
Welcome to Unleash the Archers! :)
Their discography is amazing - it's hard to highlight only a few songs, but the "typical" ones people react to other than this one (from their previous album, "Apex"), are (and this is by no means a comprehensive list) "Tonight we Ride" and "Test Your Metal" from 2 albums ago ("Time Stands Still"), and then off of their most recent album ("Abyss"), the common ones are those with actual videos, like the title track, "Abyss", "Soulbound", and "Faster Than Light".
However, I personally think "The Wind that Shapes the Land" is perhaps one of their best tracks - just doesn't have a "fancy video" ;) I don't think I've even seen anyone react to the song, and I'd love to see some reactions! (I also really enjoy "Carry the Flame")
I mean... great band, overall. I can (and often do) just listen to them all day long.
I'm pretty sure that Brittney layers her vocals, herself, for the mastered tracks... some more clearly have one of the guitarists doing backing vocals and/or growls.
Anyway - after doing some reactions, I HIGHLY recommend doing a full playthrough-listen to both "Apex" and then "Abyss"... they are both concept albums that tell a story.... you can find a few videos from Brittney explaining the story, btw :)
They are Canadian!! Wooo go Canada. Thanks this is new to me, some amazing musicians here!!!
I've been listening to Unleash the Archers for a few years now, and I'll put it this way: Brittney Slayes, the singer, is so good as a vocalist that Arjen Lucassen, a prog-rock composer, used her on the latest Star-One album, in the track Fate of Man. Fate of Man not only is a song that is about the Terminator movie from 1984, but more importantly, is a song that Arjen wanted Bruce Dickinson of Iron Maiden to originally sing.
And speaking of Bruce Dickinson, if you haven't heard it yet, I highly recommend watching the live 1982 performance of Iron Maiden performing Hallowed Be Thy Name. It is one of the legendary performances of any band out there.
I will never get tired of watching people react to my favorite song
As a vocal major, I appreciate the skill of this band
Hey Geebz! I'm totally on the UTA train with you. I stumbled across them a few weeks ago when I found them covering an acapella folk song by Stan Rodgers called "North West Passage" and was blown away by their version. I binged a bunch more of their stuff right away, then went home and played it all again for my daughter. Love to see you having the same reaction to their music that I did just such a short time ago.
Thanks again for giving your honest reaction and insights into these songs.
Thanks for reacting to this awesome band :D - Greetings from Quebec Canada
need Extremophile Elite, Swim to the Moon, or Prequel to the Sequel by Between the Buried and Me
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 LOVE THIS SONG!!! And I was absolutely waiting for the base "harmonic flick".... freakin amazing!!!!!
Technical abilities by everyone in this band is killer.
Great Reaction Dear!!! Welcome to Unleash the Archers World!! uau!!! For me, the best Heavy Band of World today!!! Great Hug Leo (Sao Paulo - Brazil)
Really liked your reaction. An absolutely great and talented band. I found them on youtube last year and now they are my favourite band. Really one of my highlights during that shi.... last year during corona :-D
Shit like this gives me hope for the music of the future
Another great band with a female lead vocal is Halestorm, led by Lzzy Hale. You definitely should react to "Uncomfortable" or "Freak Like Me (live)"!!
Have you listen at song of woman of the Hu with her
Or don't talk to me with Apocalyptica it's amazing I prefer song of woman but anyway
Bruh, Halestorm is generic corporate rock. Lizzy is an alright vocalist. You want top tier talent, go listen to Simone Simons, Sharon Den Adel, or Tarja Turunen. Or for something harder, listen to Alissa White-Gluz when she was with the Agonist.
Yasss Unleash The Archers! Local legends here!! Stoked you found them!
Been loving this band recently, their latest album has been on repeat for weeks
He is spot on, and he obviously knows a lot about composing!!! UNLEASH THE ARCHERS!!!!!
so glad you discovered unleash the archers! for a bit of a different approach i recommend their cover of an old canadian "anthem" if you will, called the northwest passage. i really think you'd appreciate it!
I just found "Cannons" Fire For You. I like a half dozen of their songs. Purple Sun, Hurricane are a few others off the top of my head. Unleash the Archers totally hooked me the first half of the song.
I love finding complete bands that are insanely talented
I am surprised that these folks got their time machine from 1986 to work well enough to hang out in 2021. Glad they came by.
Welcome to the world of UtA.. its one hell of a ride.. Found them a year ago.. they are now my fav. i hope you continue with them they have so much more music for you to love.. specially with the new cd..I dont know but i dont think they layer guitars work .. i do know Britteny layers her own vocals.... i love listening to you react ..you give new dimensions to the sound.. tc n be safe
THANK YOU FOR YOUR REACTION!!!!!!!! I LOVE THIS BAND AND THIS SONG
Geebz, cuz you try not to watch the video, I'm not sure if you noticed or not, but there's TWO dudes playing lead guitar during that long instrumental section and that 20 second section right before that cool ass bass fill, both of them are playing together. I also believe during the verses and chorus they are synchronzied as well. I've seen this video at least 100 times and it always amazes me the amount of practice and amazing timing it would take to do that.
The drummer is an absolute beast.
Devin Townsend on EMGTV! Kingdom I think is the song, you get a deeper peek into devvy’s personality
11:40 'ish.. mad props. he ACTUALLY responded to the awesome bass solo-riff.. soooo many others meh this moment.. glad he expressed bass love earlier, annnnnd reacted to the fast bass riff, that others miss.... +70 points that he had to pause to give rawr to this :)
I discovered this song because of you Geebz and I've also watched your breakdown of it 3-4 times. Love your insight and delivery!
Hoping to see more reactions and reviews of Unleash the Archers and Coheed and Cambria. There is much to explore between them. Also both bands have entire stories written into their songs that have huge backgrounds that are worth looking into during free time. Great channel, thanks.
I'm still depressed that I had tickets to see UTA and Dragonforce in Brooklyn when Covid hit. This band and Avatar are the 2 bands on my bucket list to see live.
I actually discovered Avatar when I went to see Babymetal in 2019 in NYC. Avatar was the opening band. I had never heard of that band before then.
Hey hey!!! Welcome to this awesome band!! :) Your videos are great man, always look forward to hearing your opinion! Now you gotta give some love to Five Finger Death Punch. I'd kill to hear her sing with them or vise versa.
This incredible piece is a 5000 meters run on the rhythm of a 100 meters... just crazy!
I've been waiting for this one....Thanks!!!!!!
For a great young(er) band with an amazing drummer and plenty of quality influences from old school metal, check out Havok, maybe their song From the Cradle to the Grave to begin with.
Love watching people react to this song.
I avoided this song for no reason for so long till recently and on your station. Blew my freaking mind!
I hope Unleash The Archers write another legendary song like this again.
I think you were right in the ballpark when you mentioned that they have elements of older metal. Brittney has stated that Bruce Dickinson of Iron Maiden is one of her biggest influences. Lyrically, she was a History major and is obsessed with dark fantasy literature so that greatly influences her musical storytelling.
If you ever wanted to interview her, she seems to respond to most requests because she's a giant music nerd and loves to talk about it.
Herman Li from Dragonforce (Through the Fire and the Flames) wrote the song for the band. The band put their own "spin" to what Herman wrote and this was the result.
BTW, Unleash the Archers is from Victoria, BC
Geebz! I'm so glad you're doing Unleash the Archers! They've got a LOT of talent and I think you'll love their discography like you've been deep-diving on Tool. So this song, Awakening, is the first track to Apex. You should listen to Apex, the titular track and final track on the album, it's such a great song to cap off the album.
Hello Key! I am loving your videos and I have an amazing suggestion. It would definitely be your longest video to date but it will be worth it. Its a Tool song. Well, rather 3 Tool songs that are all movements of an over arching melody. They are called in first to last order: "Disposition" "Reflection" "Triad" and they are amazing when played sequentially, so you have to find a version that has all 3 songs immediately interluding into the next for the best listening experience. Thanks!
Welcome to the Unleash The Archers family!!! "Awakening" begins the journey of The Immortal, and the story plays out througout the *Apex* album...
Unleash The Archers hail from Victoria, British Coloumbia Canada.
Vocals / Brittney Slayes
Drums / Scott Buchanan
Guitar / Grant Truesdell
Guitar / Andrew Kingsley
The bassist is using a claw hammer banjo style!
On this video alone, I've subscribed to your channel. You are the only "X reacts to Y" youtuber I've ever even considered subscribing to.
I love UtA, which brought me here, but as an aspiring guitarist with some music theory education (from over 15 years ago when I was a kid), your conceit is fantastic. I love this theory approach and the way that you're addressing ALL of the band from a critical and informed position. No 'vocal coach' or really any other channel I've seen does anything like that. Keep up the good work.
Also. Do Kamelot next!
The bass bridge took me by surprise🥰
Almost like Iron Maiden and Journey had a futuristic metal prodigy offspring. Equal part headband and sing a long. Fantastic
Unleash the Archers is amazing! You should give a listen to "The wind that shapes the land", "Northwest passage" and "Apex".
My man! Those happen to be some of my favorites from UTA as well! Apex was the highlight of that album for me, Northwest Passage is killer and so epic and man, The Wind That Shapes The Land is just amazing, the hook in it, where she sings the title of the song... it’s just hits SO hard. great great picks
I've read that Brittney does her own harmonies with her magical "Box of Brittneys".... o.O
Really happy to see this. I requested this band and song!
You had the same reaction I did when that bass player finished off that long solo. I'm gonna check this band out more
What gets me about this is just how easy they make it look. They're so relaxed, which is the sign of absolute professionals. I'm a latecomer to this band, I picked up their latest album (Abyss) recently and it's one of the most mature albums I've heard in a while. So I'm looking forward to diving into Apex. Your analysis was spot on, as always. Thanks for another entertaining video.
At the risk of sounding like a broken record, I'd really love to see you check out a song called Crack of Light, by the band Vintersea. I think you'd dig it. Cheers.
Love this one! It keeps coming up in my autoplay for youtube when I leave it running, and I've heard it so many times, but I still love hearing Unleash The Archers. Awesome breakdown
Wow, thank you!
This. IS going to be. GOOD!!
geebz, man, you do what you do, and if they don't like it, they can go watch someone else, altho i hope they don't. really. you have a unique tallent and ability, and they way you experience music is beyond awesome. i like the way you explain it, too, btw. :) people complain because they can. be you, cuz you really can't be anyone else. keep up the good work, ya? hadgd!
Just want to give a shout out to this channel. You will go far in the reaction channel space, as we can tell you are genuine. You know what you’re talking about, but most importantly, it’s very evident you are passionate about music. That separates you from most who are phoning it in or just doing it for the clicks. Keep on doing what you’re doing. \m/
I appreciate that!
She said in an interview on YT that she is from the beginning really an Alto. She sang Alto in a very good choir for many years....
But I guess she got a really tonally height also ..... :)
i never caught that little riff by the bass after the solos in the million time's i've listened to this song. or guess i didn't realize it was the bass. i agree that was really cool
I very much like "City of Iron" by Unleash the Archers. In the chorus - "In the rays of the starlight, I will rise", there's this lovely inverted chord, the vocals are double tracked and there's this interval going on. I'd like for someone to explain what it's doing.