ROADIE REACTIONS | "Unleash The Archers - Soulbound" 

AS IF I COULDN'T ❤ YOU MORE

DUUUUUDE! You NEEEEEEEEEEEEED to do "Faster than light"... You will enjoy the music and the video (but need to warn you: no gear features).

As a fantasy nerd, I'm sure you'll enjoy "Cleanse the Bloodlines". Still my favorite song by them.

Ive just discovered this band today and ive been binging. So good! Im going to pick up the album.

As a suggestion for the next UTA song react to Cleanse the Bloodlines. The most headbangable song ever.

Legacy (off the same album) next! This is probably the most uplifting/happy song WITH blast beats ever.

suggestions for UtA surely are "cleanse the bloodlines" (epic headbanging intro) "faster than light" and "tonight we ride" (this one is a showcase of Brittney's vocal range)

So glad that you returned to UTA Tank! Their album last year was one of top ones for me. I'm not usually a fan of power metal so like you said, throw out genres. Great music is great music! It's a shame that there is no video yet for The Wind That Shapes The Land. That's a sonic masterpiece, imo. Instead, I suggest checking out Legacy. It's a song that expands their sound and I love it. Either way, I can't wait to see your next reaction to this awesome band.

Soulbound is just *_|chef's kiss|_* Other Jamie was around most of last year and had only just found UTA when the new album dropped, and just played this music video (not the song, the video specifically), on repeat for weeks at a time. Did all the research into the band, the storyline of the matriarch, the Apex and Abyss albums. It's all amazing. We only buy stuff that we're actually going to use, so we got the 'lost tour' t-shirt in 2 sizes, and love those shirts to pieces. So cool. Glad you finally got around to doing a reaction as well. I came for your cool vibes and your headbanging, praise for the band and the gear breakdown, and you delivered on all fronts. And as you say, this is "powerful," which is what I would call power metal. But no matter what it is, UTA is awesome. ~ Jamie

Brittney has done a three part RU-vid explanation of the story and how each song fits in... it’s awesome...

Another band you've semi-forgotten about: Blind Guardian Hope you get back to them soon as well.

IMMORTAL IS MORE THAN A NAME! SOULBOUND We race around the melted char of what was once a neutron star And use the gravity to whip us into dark galactic rifts Yet still somehow we can't escape, they have no flaw, they feel no pain These twisted shadows of the men I once condemned We can Why do you seek us See right You won't defeat us Through you Turn around while you can Your soul Try to remember Is ours Why you defend her This time Shatter the master plan Soul bound Endlessly forever Locked between the darkness and the light Don't drown In the swarming, blackened rising Hold on to humanity and fight Tormented by the tethering of souls to phantoms that remain These spectres seem devoid of life but there is something in their eyes Refuse to see they can't be saved, I push to pull them from the grave End their addiction to the thrall once and for all But who am I to be their saviour, slave to time When I am doomed to be in chains for all my life Soul bound Endlessly forever Locked between the darkness and the light Don't drown In the swarming, blackened rising Hold on to humanity and fight

"The older I get the more I don't give a fuck about the genres I listen to. If I like it I like it." As someone who only listened to rap and hard rock growing up, and am now 26, I felt that wholeheartedly.

Some recommendations for future UTA listens! Cleanse the Bloodlines, Apex, Tonight We Ride, Test Your Metal, Northwest Passage.

Finally! Lol better late than never! This is the FIRST song that introduced me to UtA and I have been a fan since! That said, good followups include "Tonight We Ride", "Test Your Metal", "Faster than Light" and Northward Passage". Also please check out more Beast in Black, Battle Beast and Frozen Crown! Thanks for the vids!

i love that Hootsforce is playing in the background during the intro. up there as one of my favs with UTA!

Hi Tank! First of all, thank you for introducing me to the brand Violent Gentlemen a couple of months ago. Since then...I ordered lot of stuff from them. :) Congrats on the new Tank hoodie...I just ordered it. Cheers, Daniel from Hungary

Love this one! UTA was my second favorite discovery last year. That whole Abyss album front to back is KILLER. Hope you get to a point you can listen to it in one go one of these days haha. The ride work in the chorus of this one makes me weak in the knees. Also using driftwood for guitar building? I think what's wicked cool!! I want one lol. Next? Honestly you can't go wrong with any of them but Faster Than Light would be a good next one!

Rewatching this and just realized Hootsforce by Gloryhammer playing in the intro. Love you even more now for that one lol

I am absolutely loving "Unleash the Archers" and am now a massive fan of this band thanks to this channel. Another band I have also been recently listening to is Battle Beast. Brilliant power metal band. Just this morning I have been listening to one of my favourite bands Of Mice and Men. Brilliant band. I am also loving the new single from one of my all time favourite bands Iron Maiden. "The writing on the wall" is an awesome song with an awesome music video.

Dude I absolutely LOVE your videos! Massive greets from Germany! I just watched your video to "The wind that shapes the land" and I just had to come back to this video. This is probably my favourite UTA and I just love your insights to this song. Just wanted to leave this here. Even if this comment makes your day just marginally better it's worth it! Keep on rocking dude and all the best to your family!

These guys have just cruised to the top of my favorite bands list. Seeing you react to them reminds me of how I felt first hearing all these songs. Really hope you continue the journey! Also, you should try looking into the albums' concept. It really lets the song paint a badass picture

Just missed your live premiere, but what a magnificent reaction... loved every minute of it!. Please continue to react to UTA... they are world-class and deserve a much wider audience. If I had a vote, I would like to recommend to react to Legacy next, although but it might break you completely. On a side note: Bought my UTA ticket for Hamburg, Germany on 25.11.2021 yesterday. And I will light a candle every evening and pray for it will actually happen.

There is no video....but, The Wind that Shapes the Land from the same album as this IS the most epic song...EVER 😎🤘🔥🔥🔥

ABOUT.DAMN.TIME. Really happy you came back to UTA, so many great tunes to from them...so if you'd like a "to do list", hoping to do something helpful, here's my contribution: - Test Your Metal (this one in particular I would really look forward to watch your reaction) - Apex - Faster Than Light - Cleanse the Bloodlines - Legacy - Time Stand Still - Northwest Passage - Dreamcrusher - General of the dark Army LET'S GOOO!

By far my all-time favorite song by Unleash The Archers this song hits so fucking hard and gets me going hard, i blast the hell out of it when i train. Fantastic reaction video. P.S. i also replay the ending passage all the time haha

Great reaction, Tank! Very reflective of the first time I heard this song. That first "Brittney wail"™ (yes, she should definitely patent that wail) got me hooked. This song is now a permanent fixture on my playlist. As for other recommendations, I'd definitely recommend UTA's cover of "Northwest Passage". It is phenomenal! They stay true to the original but put their own spin on it, which is just out of this world. It's not as intense as this song, but it's just sooooo cool! Again, great reaction, Tank. You da' man.

As someone who has no metalhead friends to show this band to, I am living VIACRIOUSLY through your enjoyment.

Great reaction Tank, deffo need to get into "Faster than Light", Whenever i listen to the album the sequence of "Soulbound" into "Faster than Light" then "Wind that shapes the land" is just perfection. Glad to have you back on reactions, keep it up my man.

Dude what an awesome, wholesome, and absolutely genuine reaction to those screams at 11:05. My favorite thing about metal is finding these exact moments to listen to over and over and over.

Would love a reaction to "The Wind that Shapes the Land" No video, none needed, cheers!

LOVE Unleash the Archers, you really should check out more of their stuff, I would also recommend watching Faster than Light

Man you can tell you genuinely loved this one. The multiple replaying in it was awesome, I do the same thing 😂 UTA is awesome 🤘

I've got to recommend Test Your Metal. Great song and the video is tour footage, I think you could have a lot of fun with that one! Great video, best wishes from Sweden

Tank, I'm so glad you had a ton of fun with this one man! I completely agree with you about genres as I've gotten older; If I like it, I like it.

I love this entire album. It was great to see how much this song impacted you right from the start. I feel that Unleash the Archers is one of the best bands I’ve ever listened to. COVID killed my chance to see them in Detroit with Dragonforce.

For fun gear spotting, I recommend checking out their video for "Northwest Passage"

To quote the immortal words from The Vampire Lestat...." MORE " !!

Man, your reaction on this remains me of your reaction to their song The Awakening!! Thanks for having a reaction channel! You made my day!

I think you’ll like General of the Dark Army! But I honestly recommend any of their songs, can’t recall how many have music Videos. Maybe even Faster than Light! Now I have to go and watch this vid from the start - caught it at the end :)

Hello there Tank! Speaking about taking a long time to go back to a band, I'm must remind you about Ayreon :) Especially today that Arjen himself posted on FB that he is working on a new Star One album (one of his side projects). As suggestions both from Ayreon and some of his side projects, I leave you the following (all of them are live so you can see and talk about gear :P ): Ayreon - Day Sixteen: Loser (Live @Ayreon Universe) Ayreon - Garden of Emotions (Electric Castle Live and Other Tales) Star One - Intergalactic Space Crusaders (Live @Ayreon Universe) Star One - Eye of Ra (Live @Ayreon Universe) Guilt Machine - Twisted Coil (Electric Castle Live and Other Tales) Thanks a lot for your reactions. Every release day at the correct time, I stop my work just to check your videos. Seriously, THANK YOU (!!!) for the entertainment

Tonight We Ride, Cleanse the Bloodlines, and Apex (no video, but one of my favorite “newer finds” I have heard in a few years).

FYI - UtA will be at ProgPower USA in Atlanta in October (if it actually happens) - tix still available.

Best metal album in Canada (2021).

Nice reaction, as always! Thanks! BTW, Awakening does have growls. :-)

I gave you a big like dude. How can one not give a like to someone who really digs Unleash The Archers. Canada is metal as f%^k. There is and was so much talent in this country

Just noticed Alive In Melbourne up on the wall behind you. Hopefully you'll add Abyss there.

I'm still incredibly grateful I saw them live just a few days before all concerts got shut down. Hearing them live is special.

Not sure if you've ever heard Avantasia (since you've mentioned a few times you never got into power metal back in the day), but if you haven't I wholeheartedly recommend them. Avantasia is the collab brain-child of Tobias Sammet (in between working on that he's also the front-man and songwriter of the band EdGuy, the guy has waaayyy too much energy xD), besides having awesome musicians (like Eric Singer the drummer from Kiss, Henjo Richter a guitarrist from Gamma Ray, Markus Grosskopf the bassplayer and founder of Helloween, and more) there's also a slew of fantastic singers who feature in this collab, like Michael Kiske, Alice Cooper, Klaus Meine, Dee Snider, Hansi Kürsch, and since I know it'll peak your interest: Marco Hietala ^^ (and again, maaaany more). My recommendation for getting you hooked would be "Master of the Pendulum", since it features Marco Hietala. ^^ Other fantastic first songs would be: "Shelter from the rain", "Let the Storm Descend Upon You", or "The Raven Child".

Great! UTA will be on tour in Europe and I just bought my ticket for their concert in Paris on December. My last concert was on December 2019 (Jinjer) so it will be 2 years already 😱 I hope Covid will be defeated until then 🤞🏻 Leeeet's goooo!!

Dude, I was just thinking yesterday how it's been a while since you've done an Unleash the Archers reaction! I'm so happy to see you liking (loving?) their music! I think we know how to classify Unleash the Archers: Power(ful) Metal! 😉 Just one of the many things I love about this song is how Grant's layered growls/screams at the end nicely bookends Brittney's layered "yahs" from the beginning.

Love your reaction / analysis as well as "Chase Carneson" ones. Keep tanking my friend. Saluttes from Argentina

You’ll like the entire Abyss album - start anywhere. But you have to go back and hit “Tonight We Ride.” Brittany kicks you right in the balls

Yeah, UTA is one of the best metal bands in the last 5 years. You should check out the Queensryche catalog.

I love your emotional Reactions, how you geht off in delight. And in between These clear astonishing analyses of the Gear. Like " he's playing a guitar by a Company based somewhere in the backyards of a small town in the nowhere where one single man builds them on bis own..." Where do you have all this knowledge from, you wandering "Gearpedia" ?!?! And you recognize all that in a glimpse... Dude you are sick.👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 Respect

The story of Soulbound is very much like Cleanse the Bloodlines.. But in this, the mother needs the blood and the life of her young to carry on her life eternal. Their souls, bound through fate to support the matriarch. The Matriarch being another predominant figure in the lore of Unleash The Archers (And a f*cking metal as all hell song!).

Awesome reaction, always great to hear UTA! Recommendations for next UTA video: The Matriarch - It's also a "Quick banger" similar to Soulbound, but from the Apex album, so if you loved Soulbound, you'll love this one. Apex - The final track to the album it serves as title track for, it's one of the most epic things I've heard and the finale without fail leaves me tired and smiling. Other bands to try out: Spoil Engine - Disconnect

heya, tank. uta is one of the first female-fronted bands that caught my attention a few years ago. i was pretty strictly dark core, black, and industrial back then, but the power of their music opened my eyes to what they are and do. it also made me go back and listen to some of the early metal, and some of the rock from my high school days. i started listening to newer bands and music i'd missed. i found reactors like alex, and rah, and j_a_j, and then you and chase, and a very lot in my life has changes because y'all have continued my journey. thanks. sorry, didn't mean for this to go on so, but i think i'll post it, anyway. hadgd!

Thanks for turning me on to a new band!!! I have to ask though. Is it torture at all for you to not sit and binge a new musician or band? I will be binging the whole album, because i simply can't wait to hear the rest of their album.

Hey tank! I am a little late to this party. Most UTA has growls before this album this album has a bit of change from the previous albums . Go back Awakening had lots of heavy vocals and growls. IMO other than Britney and the AMAZING musical talent it was the growls that got me in the first place. Please even in your own time check out Cleanse the Bloodlines and eat what you kill (imo the heaviest song from uta) it keeps getting better and better although the new album took a bit for me to get into because of the change in heavyness not a bad thing just a change from what is one of my all time fave bands! Keep up the awesome vids man ! Cant wait from some more UTA from you!

Awesome reaction!!! gotta check out (the wind that shapes the land) ! one of the most amazing songs ever!!!

I love Unleash The Archers, ever since I first heard Awakening a couple of years back. I was instantly hooked and also blown away by the musicianship and by Brittney’s absolutely incredible powerhouse vocals. I’d list them in my current top 5 bands for sure. I’m also literally sitting watching your brilliant reaction to this whilst wearing my Unleash The Archers - Abyss t shirt. So, next stop for you Tank, I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, you need to get onto Orden Ogan mate. Especially as their new album, Final Days, drops on March 12th. Videos to choose from: Gunman F.E.V.E.R. In The Dawn Of The A.I. Also I think it’s time you gave the amazing Beast In Black another chance, maybe with From Hell With Love. Other stuff I highly recommend for you : Apocalypse Orchestra - The Garden Of Earthly Delights Kalidia - Circe’s Spell Feuerschwanz featuring Melissa Bonny - Ding (Seeed cover) Brothers of Metal - Chainbreaker Cheers mate. Keep up the good work. 🙂🤘🏻

Two other Unleash the Archers songs I recommend, though they don't feature much in the way of gear, are Legacy and Northwest Passage. The band produced Legacy as a lyric video, and I think you'll especially love the guitar and drum work in the song, and how nicely the intensity contrasts Brittney's vocals. Northwest Passage is a cover of the Stan Rogers song, which I've sometimes seen referred to as Canada's unofficial national anthem. I love how the band builds in intensity throughout the song. It's absolutely worth checking out, and I think there may even be some gear in the music video to talk about!

You should also check out some of their live videos. They did a show in Rochester that was awesome, and decent enough quality.

this channel is so damn good. keep up the great work man. recommend "Faster Than Light" by these guys!

Yeah buddy! More UTA! "Tonight we ride" would be my recommendation for the next one. As always I dig your comments and your content. Keep it rolling homie.

Agreed. Fantastic song great reaction. I kills me how into it you get... cheers bud.

"Really high-end production quality." Me: * Remembers Brittney saying that the green laser light was a $20 Walmart find *. 😅 Kidding aside, the video is indeed really well done. UTA is awesome. They do us Canadians proud. 🤘 🇨🇦

One of my favorite quotes: Napalm records... Who are these guys?! 🤣🤣 In awakening we also had growls, but a little more in the background. Another favorite quote: I have to see thus band! Thank you for reminding me, I need to buy the new archers album 🤩

Dude this is a mother frickin monster track! It was my most played song on Spotify for 2020 and the album wasn't even released until August 21st. It gets me amped out of my gourd without fail every time. Also, you'd be doing yourself a grave disservice If you didn't check out Unleash The Archers- Tonight We Ride in the future. It's unreal!

Always great to see a react to Unleash the Archers. Several years ago I knew the band with the song General of the dark army, and as many as the fans, the Britney’s voice was the first I notice, but the musicianship is fantastic. The fact they do powermetal without talking about dragons, castles and all the classic stuff it’s refreshing to the genre. Nice video, man. An authentic dream come true would be to see reaction videos to The Warning, Haggard, Moonspell, other song by Ne Obliviscaris, Baroness, Orphaned Land, Myrath, Pagan’s Mind, Anathema, and many more. Thanks for uploading these great videos. Keep the good work!

I heard Grant and Andrew have been throwing solos back and forth since they were twelve!!! That much experience playing together has to build some comfort.

I think we need Tank to do a bass playthrough for this. Fill in for the missing bassist 🤘

Great reaction once again! Has no one recommended Omnium Gatherum - New Dynamic? Or "Frontier" from the same album. Awesome stuff and I'm positive Tank would like it.

The more I listen Abyss (I’m up to like 7-8 times over the last couple weeks), the more I think this is my favorite UtA song. So kickass, right out the gate.

there is a whole lot of reasons that UTA is one of my all time favorite bands. and there is a whole lot of reasons that YOU Tank, is one of my favorite youtube reactors ;)

great reaction, glad your back to UTA tunes, Legacy, Cleanse the bloodlines, faster than light and Tonight we ride would be some excellent places to start

6:31min u've said "If I like it, I like it". That is also my opinion. It doesn't matter, what kinda style it is, when the sound is catching you and touches your soul, it is good. I'm 47 yo and I love a lot of differnet musicstyles. Okay, Hard Rock ist my most favorite stuff. A year ago, I didn't know the Archers and now I listen to them each and every day @work, in my car and @home I listen ally reaction vids :D If anyone had told me many years ago, sometimes I would love "growls" in a song, I would have called them crazy. What kind of music you hear, tells a lot about the way you went in life. Music and also the different styles are companions your whole lifetime. I love the 80's Pop, Neue deutsche Welle (new german wave), which was a special musicstyle in germany most the time with german lyrics. Also I love Partypop, EBM and sometimes techno, Neue Deutsche Härte (= new german hardness... bands like EIsbrecher, Rammstein, Megaherz for example), adulted oriented Rock, classical music and American country (new country like Brantley Gilbert, Pat Green, Brad Paisley, Christian Kane and so on). Your mind is growing, also your perception to music and I give a f*** what people around me think, what I have to listen to. Sorry for my bad english, but you doing right, you on your way, no other could go this for you. NAMASTE PS.: Counting the days, I'll see my Archer back again @ your channel

You and Chase have both mentioned the growls. Normally they aren't my thing but on Abyss and Apex they are used so well. When you have the growls that is the voice of "The Matriarch" the antagonist of the story that runs through both albums. UTA are about the only band I like that routinely uses metal growls. \m/ rock on Tank.

I agree with your comment about metal genres. The best metal bands in my opinion transcend genre. I like all metal genres from Black to Symphonic. Cheers dude.

UTA rocks, very powerful, thanks for the reaction. My ultimate concert: UTA, Blind Guardian, Sabaton, Amaranth, and Nightwish.

this album got me through last summer. it was my favorite of the year and I'll never be able to listen to it and not feel it emotionally tied to the pandemic. Also, as a person who struggles to show emotion, seeing how music affects you and you don't even like try to hide it or apologize, that's incredible.

A song from UTA I didn't really dig when I first heard it but now is one of my absolute favourite (after Awakening XD ) is Northwest Passage! It. Is. So. Fucking. Amazing. Really different from their other songs.

Time to look back into some older stuff. General of The Dark Army or Time Stands Still are some great older UTA Songs.

Yes! I love UTA! If you made me pick my favorite band, they would easily be the one I chose. The band is made up of insane individual talent, and they come together to form an incredible band. I've followed this band since "Behold the Devastation" in 09' and it's so awesome to see how big they've become. Nothing but praise for them.

Great reaction Tank! You should check out Tonight We Ride, General of the Dark Army, and Cleanse the Bloodlines, which was the song that got me into them.

Andy and Grant have been playing together off and on since the were 12, according to them.

Next reaction for song/video by UTA needs to be FASTER THAN LIGHT!

I’m sure someone has said this but there is a bit of growls in Awakening. Not much but some. Brit is clearly the main vocals of course but I love his back ups. Cleanse the Bloodlines shows him more. 😻 Oh and fandamtastic song and reaction ty!!

There was growls in Awakening, but very little. You really need to check out Legacy man, that song is mind blowing. my fav UTA song by far.

I highly recommend "Cleanse the Bloodlines".

Brittney said the Green light in this video she got from Walmart for $5 lol

Tank, Would be interested in seeing your reaction too Killer Be Killed - From A Crowded Wound The band is a supergroup of sepultura, the dillinger escape plan, mastadon and converge. The sound in this video is so sonically interesting. Think you'll appreciate it.

I love Unleash the archers, they seems to be very funny people and they are obviously very talented too.

As an Italian, my humble suggestion is to react to Flashgod Apocalypse - The Violation. A classic by them and you'll be blown away. Amazing reactions and channel, by the way! Saw UTA live back in the days when I used to live in Toronto and they destroyed the stage.

UtA always great! Maybe you could check out a other Band for from Germany: Orden Ogan, they are releasing a new CD in march. Newest video: Orden Ogan - Inferno. 😉

The next UTA songs you should check out are their older ones "general of the dark army" (which has the most members on screen) and "cleans the bloodlines" (Heavier instrumentals) . Also still looking forward to Ordan Organ "F.E.V.E.R"

Yes back to Unleash the Archers! Can't go wrong with anything from this band!

True said about genres. If you like something listen the hell out of it and don't let people bring you down

Maybe in couple of years they could ask for Marko Hietala to play bass for them and sing little bit too.