You my friend are great to watch. Always nice to see other reactors doing the damn thing. Enjoyed this one bud. Subbed!

As soon as he said "former bassist" we all knew the moment we were waiting for....(9:03)

Can I get a "HELL YES" for the drummer!??!?! Now for "Tonight we Ride"!

Dude you HAVE to hear their cover of Northwest Passage, I'm 100% certain you'll love it 😁😁

Britney (The Singer) has a habit of reacting to reactors, you might get her looking back at you ;)

Told ya! 😆 Check out Tonight We Ride if you want her crazy range.

2 years on and I still come back to this when I need a 15 minute hit of pure, genuine joy. One of my favourite songs with one of my favourite reactors. Tank, UTA, thank you for creating and capturing this epic vibe moment. 🤘❤🤘from Australia.

Yeah boiis one of Canada's finest! 🇨🇦

Further Unleash the Archers Songs: - Album: Apex - Cleanse the Bloodlines (Whole album is great all the way through and a continuous story) - Album: Abyss - Abyss and Soul Bound (Album to be released. A continuation of Apex's story) - Album: Time Stands Still - Tonight We Ride and Test Your Metal (Album Prior to Ape, Many good songs) Other Bands: - Powerwolf - Army of the Night, Incense and Iron, Deamons are a girl's best friend - Wind Rose - Diggy Diggy Hole, Drunken Dwarves

Hells yea!!! You won't be disappointed!! Us UTA fans travel heavy as well!! Get ready!

This is one of the funniest reactions I've ever seen :D you get so surprised at the beginning and so ridiculously pumped throughout the song it's really making me giggle like an idiot. I admit I used to think reaction videos were "lazy", but I've come to realize it's super fun to see the first time someone experiences something that I love myself. It's sort of re-living that "holy shit what?" moment. Especially on songs like this, where the band just takes it to the next level.

Brittney's karaoke cover of Queen of the Ryche is pretty incredible too (after a concert no less).

"What a solo!" Wait for it... "And it continues!" They're not done yet... "It keeps going!" UTA: all the solos. Every single one of them.

She has the voice that all power metal singers wish they had.

11:17 Look at Brittneys smile... No matter how metal they are *that* melts your heart.

"I don't know what kinda sound we're gonna get. I don't know if it's gonna be heavy metal, power metal, symphonic metal, a more hardcore sound..." Yes.

9:04 Being a former bassist, I also shit myself right here. Dude, you are quickly becoming my fave reaction guy. The way you understand what is going on musically lends itself so well to authentic feeling, emotionally driven reactions. Seeing you smile in absolute joy while witnessing these legendary musicians is such a pleasure. Thanks!

What I really love about the video is that they put so much focus on every member. Every part is amazing and they're showcasing every member of the band and how incredible they are.

I'm not normally a big fan of power / trad, but this band makes me want to vanquish enemies with an axe...so triumphant sounding

Great reaction bro, you gotta do more of their stuff, this is only the beginning of the absolutely world class power metal in their catalogue, they’re the best band to grace the metal scene in the last 10 years in my opinion. This song is from their 2017 concept album “Apex”. It’s a masterpiece, no exaggeration, an instant classic. You need to hear the whole thing, it’s pure greatness front to back, and their follow up and continuation of it is dropping soon, they’ve already released 2 singles, Abyss and Soulbound, and they’re great.

I’m just coming around to the more European and Scandinavian power metally sounding bands myself at 50 years old. I mean I dig the choose-your-prefix-core stuff my kids listen too but I have nostalgia for really good melodic vocals too. This genre is scratching that itch for me right now.

What a classic background song! Holy divaahhhhh!! 🤟🏻🖤☠️💛

Yes! Here's a very 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 lair from a 1000 year sleep. As the tracks progress, you find out that The Matriarch 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. The closing song Apex, is about him going back to sleep in his mountain and is a phenomenally written song. Their new album which is coming out this month, is a continuation of this story, and not much is known yet other than the immortal being awoken on a spaceship confused as hell wondering where tf his mountain is lol from the single Abyss which was released not too long ago. I won't go into the other released track Soulbound lol If I made any mistakes, please feel free to correct me guys. Thanks 🤘

I actually just have seen this react vid ten times and it's still my #2 favorite :D

IMMORTAL IS MORE THAN A NAME! AWEKENING To look up into the night's sky, to see the stars they are changed To know a thousand years or more have passed, and I am the same This mountain hollow that keeps me in a suffocating embrace A prison and a safe haven, it's always been this way Lo, a new master calls me to awakening, I know this one brings the end Far out beyond the darkness I've been living in it's true, a whole new world awaits Stellar constellations rise, lighting my way in the night Once again revitalized, to roam; to never die My path begins with the new dawn; a voice is calling my name It always starts as whispering then manifests to a scream I'm drawn to the creature that wakes me, bound to them by the curse My soul exists only to serve, a covenant of birth Fear not the task ahead there's no escaping it, there's no good nor evil here Stellar constellations rise, lighting my way in the night Once again revitalized, to roam; to never die Come to me, awakening Follow my voice, come to me Fear not the task ahead there's no escaping it, there's no good nor evil here Stellar constellations rise, lighting my way in the night Once again revitalized, to roam; to never Lighting my way in the night To roam; to never die

Finally going to see them live friday! Let's gooooo!!!

Unleash the Archers is one of those bands that I can (and have) listened to their discography for an entire day without getting tired of it

I have been a metal fan for 40 years, and have frankly become stuck with the same old bands I've been listening to since the early 90s (and before). I'm a wee bit ahead of you on UTA, but these reaction videos are so great to teach old folgies that there *is* some awesome stuff coming out these days. Keep surprising yourself (and me)

My best reaction! :-) I love UTA! Greetings from Germany!

Yaaaaaas! for celebrating the bass lead as it deserves.

I can only describe there musicianship as incredibly clean and precise. Pure technical ability, skill and not trying to create a song that's just incredibly loud to the point where it sounds distorted. You can also tell they take pride in their technical skill. The video is really concentrating on the guitars fret boards and the fingering, not to mention the drummers epic skill.

So much fun to rewatch your older reactions :)

You will be very very happy you found them Northwest Passage is the wifes favorite from them and it gets played often but never gets old

Continuing to into the backlog of stuff you did before I discovered you channel. So glad you've checked Unleash the Archers out!!

My first time also. Unreal ! Can’t wait to hear more

It is so freakin MAJESTIC!

Tonight we ride!!!! Love your reactions man

This is one of those kind of videos where you need to watch it multiple times to not only enjoy the music, but the musicianship of the band and watch them play. Great reaction!

"Abyss" has just been released and it's absolute fire, u gotta do the whole album dawg

Dude you make me sooo happy with your reactions! We need to chill and listen music XD

When i watched this video the first time and saw all the gear i couldn't help but think about how much Tank would enjoy going through this one. Not only is the music and band killer but it's gear overload with all the racks/rigs visible behind the players, heh.

You are just pure awesome dude, this band is amazing

Really need some more Unleash the Archers . One of the most underrated bands out there.

THANK YOU! I am a bass player and drummer and have watched many reactions to this video and you are the FIRST to talk about the bass player.

Such a great band, and the whole concept album carrying on between between this album and the new one is super cool.

First Jinjer now UTA..so glad I subbed! Great reaction man. And you have killswitch cover of Holy Diver playing!!! You rock dude!

Oh, we're in for a treat on this one! I'll be starting reviews with my 12 year old daughter soon, and this is definitely on the slate! She's going to be blown away, as I'm sure you were!

Man... I know I'm late to the party... But I just LOVE how your eyes get those sparkles when you hear music you deeply enjoy!!! Awesome reaction as always!!!

This reminded me A LOT of stuff like Helloween and Stratovarius - especially the clean vocals. Heavy on the power metal vibes, very technical playing. The more growly vocals remind me of various projects Ayreon has done with session/guest-musicians and vocalists.

love how you dial back a few seconds, after a pause, so you're not missing the progression. Great reaction.

Noooo just realized I'll be in a meeting at work when this premieres tomorrow. I should just blast this during the presentation xD

First reaction I see of you. Very nice! subscribed :) About the bassist's technique: As far as I can see he uses his thumb in conjunction with 3 fingers. Haven't seen him do any upstrokes with the thumb. Playing with thumb+3fingers like that gives him 4 notes until the pattern repeats itself which is pretty much perfect for fast Powermetal-style 16th note bass-lines.

I feel like this is the new generation's "Through The Fire And Flames"

Is it bad that I love your reaction to this so much that I've watched it multiple times???

UTA is fantastic, just like you said, some MAJOR power metal chops. If you want to see them take their talents in a different, but equally epic and amazing direction, check out their cover of the folk classic Northwest Passage. It's been one of the songs that has carried my spirits through the pandemic, absolute BANGER. (Also, shoutout from Columbia, MO - I assume you're in or from Chicago?)

Every time that I am feeling a bit with low energy, I always come back to this video to get pumped up! Amazing reaction to an amazing song!

The Matriarch is the best song on that album! Killer riff man you'll love it

Fantastic group! Glad to found such great stuff through your reactions. Keep up the good work and great style Tank! Thanks for every vid

I think going back a little further in their catalogue is always fun. One of my personal favorites is Tonight We Ride and Time Stands Still. They do have a new album coming out this month that I am so excited about! My recommendation is maybe check out a couple more of their older songs and then jump into their new singles Abyss and Soulbound. Have a great day!

I am STUNNED you: 1.- Kept your cap on the entire video 2.- Didn't talk gear with ALL those amazing shots! Hehe. So freaking glad you liked this... I love UTA so, welcome to this pit/rabbithole!

lol, seriously, I keep laughing at the going to the gym and picking heavy stuff up and putting it back down part..

I don't know what I enjoyed more, watching the band's clip or him reacting to it. So much passion and sheer joy! ♥

I second the request for "Tonight We Ride." Logical next step, brother. Great reaction... fun to see your enthusiasm. This band definitely warrants it!

Next song of theirs you should look at is Tonight We Ride. Britney's voice was made for metal!!

That was a great experience. This was the first song of theirs I found a few years ago. Melted my face. Unleash The Archers are one of the best metal bands I've ever heard.

Hey a band from my home Province! Kamloops, BC. you should try their other song "we ride" it was their coming out song from the relative unknown canadian hinter lands. These guys seriously kick amazing amounts off ass, fun to listen to in concert!

the feelings im getting from the extremely anthemic and cathartic themes and very powerful vocals talk about making your audience feel like million dollar superheros bright shing stars or extremely gifted professional musicians top tier a game

Anyone else aggressively hunting down reactions videos for this and giving it thumbs up, just to spread UTA out further? I've spent all night on this.

Tonight we ride, abyss and soulbound. All by unleash the archers. Gotta check em, bro.

Enjoying your reactions! Please try a band called "Eluveitie" (El-Vay-Tee) and their song "Rebirth". It has in my humble opinion the coolest instrument in Metal, the Hurdy Gurdy ;)

Dude, thank you. I've watched bass player reactions not comment on the finger picking technique. I've watched drummer reactions not pickup in the double bass technique. You picked em both out. Mad props brother!

the bass player is basically playing classical flamenco fingerstyle on a bass. it's nuts.

Another of my favourite bands... great reaction, and thanks for checking it!!!

Requesting please... - 'Ayreon - The Day That The World Breaks Down' Song contains singers from Nightwish, Epica, and more......... Floor Jansen has appeared on several Ayreon projects dating back to the late 90's. Marco appears on a bunch of songs as well, even Bruce Dickinson gust stars on an album. To see Floor and Macro watch Ayreon Universe - Age of Shadows Live at Tilburg 2017. A band worth several react videos. One album was even turned into a stage play.

Don't mind me. Just watching every video you ever uploaded in one evening because they are all my favorite songs. okay thanks, bye.

If you like this then I would suggest listening to Fire & Ice by Ad Infinitum, as well as Amaranthine by Amaranthe. They are also female fronted bands with a similar sound to Unleash the Archers and Nightwish. And both of them are from Napalm Records as well

Man you're so fun to watch haha. Yeah these guys, I have known about them since like 2015. They did a concert near me with Hibria and I missed it and I'm still upset about it cause it was only $15 to get in and had Unleash and Hibria and another band, those are two of my favorite bands and it sucks I missed it lol. Hibria is a Brazilian power metal band, they're really cool.

Check out their song "Test Your Metal"....her range in that song is NUTS AF.

awesome again dude my first time hearing too fooking awesome!

Dio's daughter seems accurate lol These guys are amazing, just great modern power metal with a bit of death metal elements. They are puting out singles of their new album right now, both are amazing, Soulbound specially. The bassist of this song is no longer with the band sadly, they seem to be having session musicians to fill that role now. The rest is the same line up. I also can't believe I was sleeping on so many great bands, I guess I was too attached to classic rock and metal lol

Got yourself a new Subscriber brother. Metal from around the world unites my soul

Soulbound is another good one I've seen from them recently!

Great reaction, plus Chicago sports memorabilia in the background. A man of culture I see.

Rumor has it that the drummer is still galloping through Canada to this day

I smiled the same as you first time I heard this. I was like.....where the F has this been!?!?!?

Early on when you said you were a former bass player, I was thinking "just wait!"

I. NEED. To see this band live, LIVE! Man, if there is one knock on Canadians, that I agree with. Is that we don't promote and support our own talent (enough). I'm not sure if it is a modesty thing or whatever, but this band should be headlining festivals and shows around the world right now... If these reactions keep it up, I am sure they will! I only discovered this band in the past couple months because of these reaction vids, and I am just as blown away, jaw on the floor, amazed as you. I feel it is my duty and purpose right now, to get out there and 'fan' promote these guys and gal ;) !! Cheers!

This is a fun rabbit hole to dive into. I've been blissfully engulfed for a couple of years now. If I may suggest...a nice deep dive into the full "Apex" album and the concept/story that goes along with it. Worried about trying to figure out the story on your own? Have no fear, Brittney Slayes has given a lovely breakdown, track by track, of the full album if you want a guide. kzfaq.info/sun/PLdN_dPweQYSXjTQ4aU5NdC7gxENhb7jUp Their new album. "Abyss" is coming out in just a few weeks, and is a continuation of the previous story. So in conclusion, UTA is a familiarly unique band that is highly skilled with an interesting story to tell in an epic fashion without just being a niche. P.S. From one beard to another, your beard game is on point. Subbed. *mic drop*

I just came back to this after almost 3 years of watching you. You've come a long way 😃 Seeing the guys and hearing Brittany's voice always makes me smile. I really miss seeing UTA on reactions. I'm not sure why they faded away from the main reaction scene. Let's bring them back!!

Unleash the archers test your metal

Loved your energy in this reaction!

You're welcome! :D Edit: As a Swimmer I'm doing flutterkicks to this. It's exhausting. O_o Edit2: Another band you might not have heard of: Alien Weaponry. Try "Kai Tangata".

They are freaking amazing

They're on the same label as Jinjer...we need a duet!

Didn't know this Band. Reminds me on Helloween. I like it! Thanks for the reaction video my new favourite KZfaqr .

Welcome to the fan club... lol You should check out Tonight We Ride next, so Britney can showoff her ability as much as the band. Cheers!

I LOVE coming back to these videos, man - even if I know the ride you're in for, seeing it again just brings me joy. I wish I could go back and hear this song for the first time again, and again, and again. The talent from everyone involved in this is just so epic.

Fucking premieres. I’m trying to endure a hurricane here! I need content. 😂 (Looking forward you watching this!)

Love your energy and your experience based technical insights. You've really been bringing the heat. Happily subbed.

If you want epic UTA check out Cleanse the Bloodlines.