Unleash The Archers are all masters of their individual crafts. There is a huge world of amazing musicians in the world of Metal. Dive deep, man! An older track of theirs is "Tonight We Ride" , or check out one of their newer tracks released in the past month or so. "Ghosts in the Mist" is my personal favorite so far.
In response to your comment about how do they play like this without messing up,.....there are a few factors. First, they all are amazing musicians,....second they wrote this song so they know it inside out (as opposed to learning someone else's song). Next, pretty sure they rehearse, probably a lot. Never under estimate the power of muscle memory. That's why the military drills certain things over and over. As for possibly knocking a string out of tune, sure it's possible but I think unlikely for this reason. The trick to playing fast is using the minimum amount of pressure to fret the note properly. So that means a relatively soft touch. This allows the ability to play fast and to play longer too. An amazing band and an amazing reaction video.
@ChrisCobra: Hey bro. First, nicely done on the reaction. And given you evidently don't listen to metal in general that often, I'm gonna give you some info that will help you out. First, you mention the guitar playing. It isn't just talent, but also hundreds of hours practicing. There's a saying for playing guitars or racing cars or anything where you're trying to be fast: "Going fast is going slow." What this means is, you get down usually four-measure bits of the song first, get those right, then combine those bits into longer and longer bits. Same goes for the drunmer: He uses a heel-toe, heel-toe, right-left-right-left pattern to be as fast as he needs to be, yet looks like he's standing still. And that's because he has his economy of motion down so much he doesn't waste energy. And this is also why songs like this can be 7+ minutes. That said, there is a plethora of female-led metal bands, from power/speed metal to symphonic metal to even death metal. Here is a list of female-fronted bands for you to check out: 1) Nightwish 2) Amaranthe 3) Within Temptation 4) Epica 5) Ignea 6) Volturian 7) Frozen Crown 8) Eleine 9) Ad Infinitum 10) Archenemy 11) Jinjer 12) Ravenia ....And these are the bands I can rip off the top of my head. Point is, there are a lot of female-fronted bands and singers. Notably, a female growler named Angela Gossow used to be the frontwoman for Archenemy, but she performs very rarely nowadays. Last thing I saw her vocalize was with Elize Ryd of Amaranthe for "Do Or Die." That said, this is our girl Brittney Slayes singing here. What you could not identify is when there is a vocal "tripling," where Brittney is singing multiple octaves of notes at the same time. That layering is all Brittney, is her idea, and she calls it "The Brittney Choir." That said, Brittney may now be the best vocalist in the world. Before now, many have said Floor Jansen is. However, in a recent interview, Brittney mentioned how her vocal range and vocal air support capacity limits are not limits anymore, because of her pregnancy during COVID. Essentially, air support is not important just for vocal range, but also for long sustains. Unlike many singers, Brittney rarely relies on vibrato or falsetto to sustain her notes. Her sustains are pure air support and proper breath control. That said, this is the first "chapter" of the Immortal Saga, a story told over two albums: Apex and Abyss. Awakening is the first song of Apex. That said, I am obligated to recommend at least three tracks off of Abyss: Abyss, Soulbound, and The Wind That Shapes The Land. Off of the newest album, I've been loving Ghosts in the Mist. On the albums for Unleash the Archers, Grant Truesdell is who does the harsh vocals. The reason for that is a different character in the song is speaking -- as here in Awakening, Brittney is singing as the Immortal, a being that is cursed from birth to live forever, being awakened by a specific ritual and do as they command. In Awakening, that person is the Matriarch, a woman who commands the Immortal to find her four sons, so she can kill them and use them in a god-ascension ritual during a planetary alignment. In Awakening, Grant's harsh vocals are the voice of the Matriarch, compelling the Immortal to go to her. Lastly, I want to give you one last live performance recommendation: Iron Maiden performing Hallowed Be Thy Name in 1982 at the Hammersmith. Trust me, if you liked Brittney's voice, or the band's skills, you'll love Iron Maiden live.
Unleash The Archers are all masters of their individual crafts. There is a huge world of amazing musicians in the world of Metal.
Dive deep, man!
An older track of theirs is "Tonight We Ride" , or check out one of their newer tracks released in the past month or so. "Ghosts in the Mist" is my personal favorite so far.
this album is actually a story. if you read the lyrics from start to finish. Their album Abyss is the conclusion of the story. Pretty epic!
Brittney Slayes!🤘🎸
In response to your comment about how do they play like this without messing up,.....there are a few factors. First, they all are amazing musicians,....second they wrote this song so they know it inside out (as opposed to learning someone else's song). Next, pretty sure they rehearse, probably a lot. Never under estimate the power of muscle memory. That's why the military drills certain things over and over. As for possibly knocking a string out of tune, sure it's possible but I think unlikely for this reason. The trick to playing fast is using the minimum amount of pressure to fret the note properly. So that means a relatively soft touch. This allows the ability to play fast and to play longer too. An amazing band and an amazing reaction video.
@ChrisCobra: Hey bro. First, nicely done on the reaction. And given you evidently don't listen to metal in general that often, I'm gonna give you some info that will help you out.
First, you mention the guitar playing. It isn't just talent, but also hundreds of hours practicing. There's a saying for playing guitars or racing cars or anything where you're trying to be fast: "Going fast is going slow." What this means is, you get down usually four-measure bits of the song first, get those right, then combine those bits into longer and longer bits. Same goes for the drunmer: He uses a heel-toe, heel-toe, right-left-right-left pattern to be as fast as he needs to be, yet looks like he's standing still. And that's because he has his economy of motion down so much he doesn't waste energy. And this is also why songs like this can be 7+ minutes.
That said, there is a plethora of female-led metal bands, from power/speed metal to symphonic metal to even death metal. Here is a list of female-fronted bands for you to check out:
1) Nightwish
2) Amaranthe
3) Within Temptation
4) Epica
5) Ignea
6) Volturian
7) Frozen Crown
8) Eleine
9) Ad Infinitum
10) Archenemy
11) Jinjer
12) Ravenia
....And these are the bands I can rip off the top of my head.
Point is, there are a lot of female-fronted bands and singers. Notably, a female growler named Angela Gossow used to be the frontwoman for Archenemy, but she performs very rarely nowadays. Last thing I saw her vocalize was with Elize Ryd of Amaranthe for "Do Or Die."
That said, this is our girl Brittney Slayes singing here. What you could not identify is when there is a vocal "tripling," where Brittney is singing multiple octaves of notes at the same time. That layering is all Brittney, is her idea, and she calls it "The Brittney Choir."
That said, Brittney may now be the best vocalist in the world. Before now, many have said Floor Jansen is. However, in a recent interview, Brittney mentioned how her vocal range and vocal air support capacity limits are not limits anymore, because of her pregnancy during COVID. Essentially, air support is not important just for vocal range, but also for long sustains. Unlike many singers, Brittney rarely relies on vibrato or falsetto to sustain her notes. Her sustains are pure air support and proper breath control.
That said, this is the first "chapter" of the Immortal Saga, a story told over two albums: Apex and Abyss. Awakening is the first song of Apex. That said, I am obligated to recommend at least three tracks off of Abyss: Abyss, Soulbound, and The Wind That Shapes The Land. Off of the newest album, I've been loving Ghosts in the Mist.
On the albums for Unleash the Archers, Grant Truesdell is who does the harsh vocals. The reason for that is a different character in the song is speaking -- as here in Awakening, Brittney is singing as the Immortal, a being that is cursed from birth to live forever, being awakened by a specific ritual and do as they command. In Awakening, that person is the Matriarch, a woman who commands the Immortal to find her four sons, so she can kill them and use them in a god-ascension ritual during a planetary alignment. In Awakening, Grant's harsh vocals are the voice of the Matriarch, compelling the Immortal to go to her.
Lastly, I want to give you one last live performance recommendation: Iron Maiden performing Hallowed Be Thy Name in 1982 at the Hammersmith. Trust me, if you liked Brittney's voice, or the band's skills, you'll love Iron Maiden live.
UtA is Operatic Metal in my estimation. Metallic Opera? Metal Opera.... you get the idea.
Give us all the UTA!
Like Spiritbox, they are canadians too.