Hey, I CAME to THIS page BECAUSE of Stan Rogers ... I'm not exactly a huge metal fan, but this was indeed awesome. And as someone else mentioned, I kept thinking the two guys HAD to be messing with us. Seriously, I'm a bloody Yank and I've been singing along to Northwest Passage for over twenty years ! So I was a little worried I'd be a bit put off with what ULA might have done with it, but AWESOME !! So, another metal band that joins my extremely eclectic playlist !
So I don't THINK I had heard the original before hearing UTAs version, but man, I know exactly what you meant by saying it had a Canadian thumbprint. I haven't been home in over a decade and I kinda teared up listening to this for the first time. It made me so homesick, and I couldn't understand why until I looked up the background of the song. Very unexpected from UTA but so appriciated
yes yes yes, loved the start of this song and the lovely vocals and harmony, but when it erupted and burst into metal that was perfect. Thanks for sharing. Have a lovely day.
@@Carlos-yr6de Joakim is an army general shouting orders at the crowd, haha. In the best way possible, couldn't imagine anyone else singing for them. Same for UTA.
I absolutely loved this. The opening was amazing, her voice sounded absolutely incredible with the acapella. But when the pace picked up, I couldn't stop myself from rocking out to this. Fucking awesome🔥🤘🏾. Can't wait for the EP. I think the video might be symbolic of how the band has changed over the years with some part of it having to die so the group can evolve with the passage of time. That's my take on it anyway.
Britney is awesome. I found them back in early 2016 and ordered a patch from the for my battle vest. They sent a bunch a free stickers and stuff with it that Britney had written notes on the back of saying thank you for supporting the band. Then once I had it sewn on I sent a pic to their email and she responded and we actually went back and forth a couple times. Shes awesome.
Ha....I never noticed but at 4:05 they are recreating part of the "Dawn of Ages" video....Except its Andy in the forest they spot instead of Grant wearing the Sasquatch suit.
@@APREACTS They were on tour opening for Dragon Force in a club about 20 minutes from my house. I was going then COVID blew up that very night and the show/tour was cancelled.
I saw someone else comment about it elsewhere and I agree - it really feels like this song should become the canadian national anthem. So majestic, the more I listen to this song the more I love it.
Yeah, I'm getting to love this band more with every release! First, it was a song here and there. Then, the band's specific sense of humor with their videos that was just right for my liking. ;) Then, the marvelous last album, layered and energetic at the same time, that would have been hard not to dig for a metal fan of any ilk (certainly a hit with me!). And now this. Another level conquered? Can't wait for more. \m/
Please PLEASE do some research behind this song! the franklin expedition was one of the greatest nautical disasters of the 1800s. in essence they took a wrong turn, and sailed up shit creek.
From what I understand this is a covers EP out in October...the new record is coming out next year. This is the original song th-cam.com/video/TVY8LoM47xI/w-d-xo.html
I love this song and this band ... but the video was so confusing (I think my face looked the same as Britney's throughout the video).. what exactly are you guys drinking and smoking over there in Canada?
Terrific Stan Rogers cover! Not sure about what the video is showing but the music itself is fantastic and Brittney has the perfect voice for it. (Here is Stan Roger's original - th-cam.com/video/TVY8LoM47xI/w-d-xo.html )
I really enjoyed this song and the video too, but I was hoping to see a sailboat at the end with them on it! I like that they explored the alternate realities of themselves of the choices they make vs the ones they do not. Fits along well with the song, as few people will actually sail the northwest passage.
@@paintedjaguar the sailors of the song didn't find it. It is there, it was just impassible up until about a decade or 2 ago. Even a cruise ship went through in 2016 and continues to charter voyages. The northeast passage seems passible now too, but hasn't had as much traffic, seems still really risky. Weather has been warming in the north for the past few decades leading to more open seas. You can find some documentaries on people doing the passage.
@@heathbarry6015 Yeah. Unlike the continent of Antarctica, the Arctic is mostly ice. So with a warming climate and modern tech, it's passable now, but back in the day the route didn't really exist for practical purposes. The theory was correct, the explorers just got there too early. You might even say that they were living in a different reality, but I don't know if whoever made the music video had any of that in mind. Anyway, the deeper meaning of the song remains and always makes me moist around the eyes.
Oh. I always thought "Unleash The Archers!!!!" was a clip from the one time that BBC Radio 4 let Brian Blessed do the continuity announcements... ;-) (British joke. So British...)
It's a multiverse video, multiple realities colliding. The first Brittany with the dragon ring isn't having a good time w/ her band mates. We go past realities where they aren't a band, or some of them are dead, until we come to one where the band is in a good place. At the end original Brittany kills that Brittany to steal her life.
My favorite line: And how am I so different Than the first man through this land Like them I lived a settled life I threw it all away That, to me, is the essence of living on the edge...to do, as the great Robin Williams once said: "To suck all the marrow out of life, but not to choke on the bone."
the sea route to the Pacific Ocean through the Arctic Ocean, along the northern coast of North America via waterways through the Canadian Arctic Archipelago
its actually a cover of an old Canadian song from 1981 from a guy named Stan Rogers.
and its fucking EPIC!! love every bit of it!
And it's funny that they say it sounds like a national anthem because the original song is almost considered the Canadian alternate national anthem.
I remember listening to Stan's original and his son has done his own version. This is also a great version.
Hey, I CAME to THIS page BECAUSE of Stan Rogers ... I'm not exactly a huge metal fan, but this was indeed awesome. And as someone else mentioned, I kept thinking the two guys HAD to be messing with us. Seriously, I'm a bloody Yank and I've been singing along to Northwest Passage for over twenty years ! So I was a little worried I'd be a bit put off with what ULA might have done with it, but AWESOME !! So, another metal band that joins my extremely eclectic playlist !
Congratulations to Canada for having such an amazing band like this!.
This song gets 9 🤘’s out of 10 🤘’s.
Keep on rocking guys and girls! 🤘🤘
So I don't THINK I had heard the original before hearing UTAs version, but man, I know exactly what you meant by saying it had a Canadian thumbprint. I haven't been home in over a decade and I kinda teared up listening to this for the first time. It made me so homesick, and I couldn't understand why until I looked up the background of the song. Very unexpected from UTA but so appriciated
Nice to hear a Brittney that can sing.
😂😂🤘🏼👍🏼👍🏼
FREAKING GOLD!!! THank you for the best laugh i've had in a long time.
You're forgetting Brittany (Kobra) Paige. Yeah, Canada got all the good Brittneys. We got stuck with Spears. lol
the second T stands for Talent :P
I was so fucking excited when they dropped this song. I am absolutely in love with Unleash the Archers and I'm glad y'all loved this track!
yes yes yes, loved the start of this song and the lovely vocals and harmony, but when it erupted and burst into metal that was perfect. Thanks for sharing. Have a lovely day.
What a mind-blowing band !! They are criminally underrated. They should be superstars !!!
This band should be so much bigger! They're taking the torch from Maiden and Priest
You're so incredibly right 😊
@@Stewe90 what about Sabaton?
@@taunter8856 sabaton is different
@@Carlos-yr6de Joakim is an army general shouting orders at the crowd, haha. In the best way possible, couldn't imagine anyone else singing for them. Same for UTA.
I absolutely loved this. The opening was amazing, her voice sounded absolutely incredible with the acapella. But when the pace picked up, I couldn't stop myself from rocking out to this. Fucking awesome🔥🤘🏾. Can't wait for the EP.
I think the video might be symbolic of how the band has changed over the years with some part of it having to die so the group can evolve with the passage of time.
That's my take on it anyway.
She could have sung the entire song without any music at all, and it still would have been amazing!
The original by Rogers was performed a'cappella.
I really like this band. I also enjoyed your interview with Britney.
She is one of the coolest people I have had a chance to talk to.
Britney is awesome. I found them back in early 2016 and ordered a patch from the for my battle vest. They sent a bunch a free stickers and stuff with it that Britney had written notes on the back of saying thank you for supporting the band. Then once I had it sewn on I sent a pic to their email and she responded and we actually went back and forth a couple times. Shes awesome.
Ha....I never noticed but at 4:05 they are recreating part of the "Dawn of Ages" video....Except its Andy in the forest they spot instead of Grant wearing the Sasquatch suit.
@@APREACTS They were on tour opening for Dragon Force in a club about 20 minutes from my house. I was going then COVID blew up that very night and the show/tour was cancelled.
"The song felt like a national anthem"
haha xD at this point you're just messing with us
When I sail the Northwest passage, this will be on repeat
Y'all should react to Nanowar of Steel "Valhallelujah". This song is right up your alley!
I feel like the video is an allegory for the death of the old UTA, and the birth of the new UTA.
They have a new EP coming out on October 11th, Explorers.
It is only available on 7 inch vinyl.
I saw someone else comment about it elsewhere and I agree - it really feels like this song should become the canadian national anthem. So majestic, the more I listen to this song the more I love it.
It's so great! I felt in love with this song, and Brittney is just an amazing singer! Wow
Yeah, I'm getting to love this band more with every release! First, it was a song here and there. Then, the band's specific sense of humor with their videos that was just right for my liking. ;) Then, the marvelous last album, layered and energetic at the same time, that would have been hard not to dig for a metal fan of any ilk (certainly a hit with me!). And now this. Another level conquered? Can't wait for more. \m/
Yooooo like the Dimmu Borgir shirt!! Grew up blasting Blessings Upon the Thrown of Tyranny.
Please PLEASE do some research behind this song! the franklin expedition was one of the greatest nautical disasters of the 1800s. in essence they took a wrong turn, and sailed up shit creek.
I agree about her vocal control. Another who has perfect control is Floor Jansen!
0:51 'I wanna live to see 35' oddly fitting as this is the cover of a song of a folk singer who died at 34 o.o
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Hehe, you really had to react to this, it's just glorious!
You guys are great, liked and commenting before seeing the video lol. This song is really good and unleash the archers always amazes me.
This EP is gonna be awesome.
Great song , and it just proves once again how excellent UTA are !
Omg, Britney is really good.
My top 3 female fronted metal band is
Unleash the Archer
Brothers of Metal
Nightwish
Floor and Britney are in the top 10 best singers of our generation!
From what I understand this is a covers EP out in October...the new record is coming out next year. This is the original song th-cam.com/video/TVY8LoM47xI/w-d-xo.html
Most Canadians know the original version of the song. Most of us can sing much of it without really trying. BUT this UTA version is fabulous.
I love this song and this band ... but the video was so confusing (I think my face looked the same as Britney's throughout the video).. what exactly are you guys drinking and smoking over there in Canada?
Whatever it is, is legal. lol
@@APREACTS ok I'll take that :D
Unleash The Archers - Time Stands Still
Rage Of Light - Battlefront
Terrific Stan Rogers cover! Not sure about what the video is showing but the music itself is fantastic and Brittney has the perfect voice for it. (Here is Stan Roger's original - th-cam.com/video/TVY8LoM47xI/w-d-xo.html )
I love this band, their videos are always so weird, lmao.
Funny you say national anthem vibe. I thought exactly that when I heard it but I thought it sounded like an Irish anthem
Its a cover of a Stan Rogers song, He's from Nova Scotia and his family were Scottish, so his music has a strong Celtic influence
@@jamesodonnell8290 he's from Hamilton, Ontario not Nova Scotia
I really enjoyed this song and the video too, but I was hoping to see a sailboat at the end with them on it! I like that they explored the alternate realities of themselves of the choices they make vs the ones they do not. Fits along well with the song, as few people will actually sail the northwest passage.
Yeah very few, since nobody ever actually found a northwest passage. That's why so many of them died.
@@paintedjaguar the sailors of the song didn't find it. It is there, it was just impassible up until about a decade or 2 ago. Even a cruise ship went through in 2016 and continues to charter voyages. The northeast passage seems passible now too, but hasn't had as much traffic, seems still really risky. Weather has been warming in the north for the past few decades leading to more open seas. You can find some documentaries on people doing the passage.
@@heathbarry6015 Yeah. Unlike the continent of Antarctica, the Arctic is mostly ice. So with a warming climate and modern tech, it's passable now, but back in the day the route didn't really exist for practical purposes. The theory was correct, the explorers just got there too early. You might even say that they were living in a different reality, but I don't know if whoever made the music video had any of that in mind. Anyway, the deeper meaning of the song remains and always makes me moist around the eyes.
@@paintedjaguar ya same here
latest Seven Kingdoms is great as well
I’m looking forward to the new album, very good band
THX!!! What a beautyful Song!
Stan Rogers sadly died when the plane he was on caught fire
i like this song for its storytelling style.
Brilliant guys. Cheers
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Tuesday we will check it out...
I will never understand how mainstream turn backs on a band that sounds like this
I really like the Stan Rogers version, but this... oh shit, perfect :D
When you get the chance do the Real McKenzies version. Think i prefer that one 😁
Oh. I always thought "Unleash The Archers!!!!" was a clip from the one time that BBC Radio 4 let Brian Blessed do the continuity announcements... ;-)
(British joke. So British...)
I think the video has something to do with converging timelines.
It's very....Canadian. 😁 But I love the fast section. 🤘
Good cover! Hey you promised AROGYA this month :( you still didn't check them out :(
It is coming, second Monday of September
@@APREACTS wooohoo! Waiting :) Kiitos! namaste :D
A great song.
I have no idea WTF the video is doing but the song is really awesome.
It's a multiverse video, multiple realities colliding. The first Brittany with the dragon ring isn't having a good time w/ her band mates. We go past realities where they aren't a band, or some of them are dead, until we come to one where the band is in a good place.
At the end original Brittany kills that Brittany to steal her life.
My favorite line:
And how am I so different
Than the first man through this land
Like them I lived a settled life
I threw it all away
That, to me, is the essence of living on the edge...to do, as the great Robin Williams once said: "To suck all the marrow out of life, but not to choke on the bone."
I missed a guitar solo from this song. But good song i think.
It's not bad, but it just doesn't give the same feeling that Stan's did. I guess in a tad biased 😂😂
The song becomes pretty sad once you know the story behind it.
The original is accepella
HAIL UTA
The original: th-cam.com/video/TVY8LoM47xI/w-d-xo.html
Why don’t you try out the best Sweden can offer ( Beside Evergrey ). DARKWATER👍🏼🤘🏼
It was ok but i missed the high notes that Brittany is known for.
M8 did you not hear the chorus?
A fun cover, but it can't touch the emotion and nuance of Stan's performances. Girl does have a fine voice though.
We sang this at my God Father's funeral. That was very emotional
If you want to hear the best vocals react to a singer named Dimash it's not rock but still amazing
Besides Metal they only do Hardrock. If they react to the Queen Medley it's at least closer to what they do.
Algum brasileiro aqui?
Is northwest passage some sort of sexual euphemism in canada
the sea route to the Pacific Ocean through the Arctic Ocean, along the northern coast of North America via waterways through the Canadian Arctic Archipelago