Unleash The Archers - Awakening (REACTION!!!) 

Dude I love your guys' music!

@@matthewbarba3530 Thanks brother!

I was thinking here what's "UTA" stand for, Then it clued in lmao. Love your albums though!

Dude... wow.... old metalhead here.. you guys/gal are just.. a fresh of breath air!! Jesus.. i cant get enough. Slayes vocals being so clear and power and you guys rocking the shizzle out of those strings bros... great scott man!!

Hey man I am a rock singer from Sydney, Australia and I just came across your band today you guys are awesome love this song and what a vocalist

And I really appreciate that. They didn't pick a female member for the sake of eye candy, but because she's fucking amazing. Not to say she isn't beautiful, because she is, but I like that they put ability first. Because there have been bands where I genuinely wonder why they have a member in the group aside from their looks.

what a fuckin appropriate last name she has !

Archenemy makes me think of this.....saw a video of theirs long ago and the lead scared me. Saw a recent video and the lead looks like eye candy.

Arch Enemy had a change of lead. Angela Gassow stepped down, Alissa White-Gluz took over. Alissa is a lot more attractive than Angela but she got the spot for her vocals.

Yeah, and Rob Halford sings kinda good as well, even for a band who didn't pick the singer for his looks.

Getting to see them soon in Brooklyn with two other incredible bands. Hellion Prime and Striker.

Dude the entire Apex album is fucking phenomenal. It was album of the year, like there was no filler tracks on that album and the fact there was a story being told throughout the album made it that more awesome!

Nice lineup indeed! Enjoy the show!! \m/

Listen to Cleanse the Bloodline and 1 vs 10,000 from the same album, both are amazing tracks

As a fan of power metal I never even realized this band was power metal. The name always sounded like it was a hardcore/metalcore band so I stayed far away from it.

Luke Somerville well put! I agree wholeheartedly!

Great point.

Agreed. I am a guitar player and Scott's drumming amazes me. That guy has some killer chops on the kit.

Also, the thing about female-fronted metal bands is that they all seem to be locked into a kind of melodic, symphonic style, and they all sound rather similar, which makes bands like UtA and Arch Enemy where they just go all out on the vocals all the more unique and awesome.

‘’master musicians’” is a perfect description. Well said Luke!!

Exactly! (by Vangelis)

Or the noise that the 6 Million Dollar Man got when he did something special...

Kevin Mills They flew under my radar for quite sometime as well. I discovered them about 2 months ago and have been catching up. Hopefully they’ll gain some popularity cause I think they deserve it.

Garotte14 I'm getting ready to start working thru their catalog too.

Kevin Mills IMO Apex is definitely their best, but holy shit- the entire catalog is great

that!!!!!

I think awakening introduced them to a lot more people Almost all reaction chanels reacted to it and a lot of people saw it I also found out a month or so ago Listened to all the albums and demos And they for sure deserve my love Apex album is the best imo

If you'd like to check out more female fronted metal bands here's some suggestions: Lacuna Coil - Heavens a Lie or Tight Rope Nightwish - I Wish I Had an Angel or Dark Chest of Wonders In This Moment - Adrenalize or Blood Semblant - What Lies Ahead Huntress - Zenith (RIP Jill)

Jinjer!!

Triosphere!

Okay, yeah, thanks for the suggestions!

I've been listening to this genre almost exclusively for decades, and this channel still plays bands I've never heard before. Agreed completely on everything in your comment!

I totally agree. I think the other good choice would be tonight we ride but thats jsut becasue I fucking love those sustained high notes Slayes hits right at the begining.

Definitely, this reaction turned me on to the band and now Apex is my fav song on the album.

Yeeees! Apex is a much much better song!

Awakening is my second favorite on the album, after Apex. Apex has a clear Maiden inspiration but it has some slower sections which really showcases just how incredible of a vocalist Brittney is.

Agree completely; they highlighted nuances that are noticed and pointed to in a very unbiased way, and still gave us their emotional color and avoid a bland review. An excellent mix of fact and feeling, and in my opinion its what sets Ryan and George above other youtube reaction channels.

Absolutely - reaction channels are a-dime-a-dozen right now, but what separates the better channels from the lesser ones is the addition of some actual skilled criticism and analysis in addition to watching an all-too-often bland and over-acted facial expression and the occasional gasp or giggle for the duration of the song. And when it comes to the quality of criticism and analysis, Lost in Vegas are the best of the best! There was a time when you could count on actual metal journalism to do this sort of thing, but the days of professional, quality metal journalism seem to be a thing of the past. Its spirit lives on with Lost in Vegas, as the best metal commentary I've seen since the height of metal's popularity in the 1990s....

These guys are the BEST, aren't they? Analysis on point, and hysterically funny - that digression over the synth at the start KILLED me.

Kylie McInnes for real, no misses on that album, I’ve been binge listening it for the past 6 months

Its become my favorite album of all time! And for as great as the musicianship is the story Brittney tells is what really did it for me

Hands down

Only just disccovered them watching this last week. I seriously can't stop listening to this album!!!

It was mine too, and I didn't like much of the band's previous output. This is their best work and I can't wait to hear what they do next.

+💯

I would suggest they begin with Of Sins and Shadows. The perfect introduction, IMO.

May I suggest just go balls out and listen to The Odyssey all 24 minutes😁

My personal pick for a great Symphony X introduction would be V: the New Mythology Suite.

Josh Geiger I don't know. Paradise Lost was a kind of divisive album amongst some older Symphony X fans mostly due to Russell's heavier vocals. I loved it though. Still, songs like 'Evolution (the Grand Design) or' Communion and the Oracle from V have been good starting points for friends I've introduced to their music. And they are freaking fantastic live!!!

Derek D absolutely right! Agree completely with your comment.

yes.

Don't forget Kamelot and Rhapsody lad

Don’t forget Iced Earth

And Hammerfall, Grave Digger, Running Wild, and Angra.

What where the other two?

yep

YES or Havok

More like, Vektroid 🤓

*Recharging the void, But yes they are one of the best new Thrash bands in my opinion.

Matt Tosic or The Silent Life

Rivers of Nihil is such a crazy good band...

Underrated as fuck. 🖤 those guys.

Or Hollow... I'm not gonna lie I got emotional upon reading the lyrics. Rivers Of Nihil are just something else....

Silent Life. It's pretty saxy.

Fucking YES!!! I want them to revisit Amon Amarth so damn bad and Twilight of the Thunder God would be a great one for that. Plus, they need to have something to switch to while driving when Vegas has lightning storms on the horizon near the mountains.

Twilight would be great ... Raise your Horns also for the cleaner vocals

Under the Northern Star

Varyags of Miklagaard

This needs to happen!

Unleash the Archers are amazing. Man musically when you compare this album to their first. It's like wow what a difference. They've gotten soooo good!

When you hear Cleanse The Bloodlines... Yeah, respond back because that shit is crazy.

Check out their song "Test Your Metal" from a previous album. Gives you more of how her Metal voice sounds. In fact, I'm gonna go do that right now, again.

Yeah. check out the full album, a lot of great stuff on there.

Agreed...Very good stuff for what it is!

Brittney hooked me with Test your metal :)

Great album !! Planet Hell for sure .. Tarja's the best

I hope if they do check out Nightwish or Epica, they do live videos, they do the bands more justice than just audio/music videos

Ghost Love Score or Ever Dream from the Wacken concert. I love Tara, but I love Floor more. 🙂

they wont like Tarja at all. I think they would like Floor ore Annette more.

I don't see them doing lives. I agree with you. Love Nightwish and Epica.

matriarch!

time goes on is also awesome

Seconded for tonight we ride!!!

That, or cleanse the bloodlines :D Bit darker lyrically but I love it

"Test your metal" or "Apex" and definitely "Time stands still"

I think his point was more focused on the fact that the tempo and constant onslaught of the double bass rarely falters or changes... leads to a bit of a feeling of sameness after a while, and lessens the distinction between the sections of the songs.

@@bloodysmurf Your point makes sense ! For people not used to it, that tempo and melodies of the instruments are not easy to get . I think the vocal's a better reference point in that case . And power metal songs like this needs to be eard more than one time to really appreciate what's going on ! (Sorry for the really average english XD )

I'd say it's right on the mark, actually: Iron Maiden were to have waited until today to release it's Dickenson-era albums, we'd be calling them a "power metal" band - the only real difference between what we might call "NWOBHM", "80's heavy metal", and "speed metal" versus modern "power metal" are the rather minor points of what year and what country the band got famous in. The newer bands are, perhaps, a bit faster, and the production cleaner and more modern, but the differences after that are relatively minor.... Which is no big deal, at least to me: just one of many examples of how wacky playing the metal subgenre game can get sometimes: it's rarely an exact science!

databloom70 um, Iron Maiden is arguably power metal (before power metal was a defined genre). UTA is 100% power metal.

They are actually power metal, with some heavy metal influences. They also have melodic death metal influences.

all of the hallmarks of classic heavy metal are in power metal - it's just taboo for a band from North America to be labeled "power metal".

@@regor5150 No. Not 100%. They are less frequent now, but on Demons Of The Astrowaste the growls were way more common and they even had some deathcore/metalcore bits in there. So they have always been a Power/Melodeath hybrid.

Yes

Hell yeah or even Gutter Ballet.

Hell. Yes.

Yea Be'lakor are great!

Be'lakor - From Scythe to Sceptre please.

Stone's Reach is one of my favorite albums.

Yes, please! Be'lakor is awesome! But, for your question: from within my circle of friends, Be'lakor is not really known... they are incredible, but simple not known enough :/

Some of the best metal these days is coming out of Australia. Be'lakor, Aversions Crown, Whoretopsy, Ne Obliviscaris, Black Rheno, Lo!, Thy Art is Murder... the list goes on.

Kamelot all day, every day.

Agreed, Black Halo for sure!

Agreed, or maybe The Human Stain

Elizabeth Trilogy, any fucking day.

Kamelot and Unleash The Archers my 2 favorite power metal bands... Kamelot live is one of few bands sound better note for note.

Why is there no lost in vegas reaction to any Nightwish song? Especially Live in Waken- Ghost Love Score- Floorgasm for sure...

They did GLS on patreon. They didn’t really dig it. They’re not fans of operatic vocals so they’re not really going to like Nightwish.

Fred Albrecht I don’t remember. Not a current subscriber to their patreon so I can’t go back and watch it. I personally don’t think they’ll like Nightwish. They don’t like operatic vocals and fantasy themed lyrics. Although I would’ve had them do something like Song of Myself or maybe She is My Sin.

Fred Albrecht but she still does operatic style vocals. I love Nightwish but I understand they’re not for everyone. You could do a complete departure from the bands normal sound and have them do Yours is an Empty Hope.

As much as GLS is reacted to these days, for some I really think Romanticide, Song of Myself, Dark Chest of Wonders or Ghost River are better introductions from that concert - its about expectations...lure them in then hit them with GLS

Me too. I just got back.

Love me some Sypmhony X. That or Sea of Lies would be great introductions to the band.

Definitely some Symphony X.

Dude song fucking rules that or into the fire by firewind

Something tells me these guys would be more into a song like Wicked off of the Odyssey album. Just my opinion though

BaptizedBurning I should give them a listen

Epica please!

I've been begging for them to react to Epica. Based on the comments on every video I think they'll go to Nightwish first, which is fine. But I also think they'll like Epica more. The Cosmic Algorithm is probably the best song to start with (not Kingdom of Heaven; that's like trying to get someone into Yes by playing Gates of Delirium instead of Roundabout. Or Dream Theater by playing Metropolis pt. 2, and we all saw how that turned out.)

Absolutely, my two favs

Universal Death Squad official lyric video would be a great intro too

Justin Vaughan while I do understand where you are coming from, it's not long songs they are turned off by. What turned them off from Dream Theater was the instrumental parts where the band goes off on a tangent playing all these technical extravagant parts which they felt did not add anything to the music, which in some ways they are correct. Kingdom Of Heaven has none of that. The song is a cohesive and epic song. However, it probably would be better to start them off on a song that is more brief and to the point. If the song is good enough, it should wet their appetite for more. If I was to make a suggestion, I would pick Chasing The Dragon. That was the song that got me into Epica. Cant go wrong with that song.

But.. Tarja left long before 2013. That's not Nightwish.

Nightwish is mostly Tuomas :)

Yeeesss!!!!

The Live in Buenos Aires version is better in my opinion.

Hall of the mountain king

'hall' has been way overdone

No it hasn't

Savatage was the band that introduced me to metal. When the Crowds are gone and Believe from the Oliva Era and Edge of Thorns and Chance from the Zac Era would be my suggestions for a first listen.

Gutter Ballet, as well

Eagle fly free would also be a nice first option

Gawd yes, so many greats by Helloween. Eagle, Twilight of the Gods, I Want Out, March of Time, Mankind, Someone's Crying, and the ultimate classic: Keeper of the Seven Keys.

Great suggestion!

mr torture

Yes! We need some Helloween reaction

Yes Chariots of Fire and the action sounds from 6 Million Dollar Man.

definitely Burning Times.

Dracula

@@WaterboyCaniac phenomenal song but not a good one to start with.

I have been requesting Burnt Offerings for 90 days in a row on their twitter.

@@genderlessperson I love that song even more but Burning Times is more known so that will probably be it.

Absolutely. You should check out her video of doing Karaoke to Queensryche. She nails Geoff Tate's vocals too!

Accurate

@@LuluTheSpork This. Amazing. They even released that on the Japanese Apex.

I just saw them a few weeks ago in LA after seeing this video which introduced me to the band. They were beyond stupendous and insanely fun to see play live. They're touring the states right now.

I can't wait! They are not coming around me. I would even fly somewhere to see them but the dates just haven't worked out yet.

@@ZillaFitness Definitely do, traveling will be worth it. I got lucky and saw them at a dive bar where the stage was super small and there were no barriers between the band and crowd. Maybe 75 people, super intimate! I'd love to see them in front of a massive crowd. They're so much damn fun!

IAm TheBlurr - if the world was fair they would be playing for huge crowds but selfishly I’m glad they don’t.

@@ZillaFitness They do normally play for huge crowds normally I believe. That's why I believe I got super lucky that the bar i saw them at managed to book them. They said that they were supposed to have a big show in LA scheduled but something happened to prevent it or it got canceled, so they just scheduled something smaller.

Tyler Miller they're a must listen for any reaction channel. And they have to hear all 3 singers with a song of their era.

CHAPEL OF GHOULS

It’s the dawn of the crucifiers......SUFFOCATION!

Bow to me faithfully, bow to me endlessly....too much for these guys.

I have never seen a reaction video to Atmosperic Black Metal, would love it too! I'd suggest Eldamar - Spirit of the North instead though, it's awe-inspiring.

U forgot arch enemy

Definitely Nightwish anything live at Wacken 2013!

No get started with Anneke era The Gathering. They basically invented that stuff.

That Wacken 2013 show of Nightwish's is phenomenal. Go for Storytime. Awesome performance and the video is easy to find on the 'Tube.

Personally I think Planet Hell is a better intro to Nightwish. Ghost Love Score is amazing, but for the same reason I wouldn't suggest Kingdom of Heaven by Epica as many are saying. It may be their best song but not for a first time listener. Unleashed is a better selection. My suggestion is A Cosmic Algorithm. If you're not familiar with that one give it a listen and tell me how anyone could listen to it and not become an instant fan.

About time someone else suggested Wintersun! Sons of Winter and Stars might be a little much for their first Wintersun song though. Time or Star Child would be better.

@@JRHockney i would agree with you there, if it wasnt displayed on video. Im positive these guys will get pumped up even tho it is quite a long song.

Death and the Healing is a safer song for people who are not as into heavier metal though

Yeah but these guys are starting to get the hang of certain harsher vocal styles, especially Devin Townsend. I think them watching their live studio performance of Time would be best to get the most appreciation for their abilities.

i suppose you have a point, but i guess i just approach non-metal listeners more cautiously. i do the same thing for dubstep, can't show newbies shit like MONXX and Zomboy and Ghastly at first, way too hard, gotta ease them in with Seven Lions, Panda Eyes, Bassnectar, and GRiZ, and yeah, i know, i know, Panda Eyes and Bassnectar have harder tracks too, but i always start with their softer shit.

I think it would be amazing for them to do Primo Victoria on June 6th of next year to pay tribute.

SHIROYAMA!

Inmate 4859. Great song and an amazing true story. I think they'll be impressed with it.

Primo victoria!

"Screaming Eagles" was the first song for me also. Blew me away. The video was so intense. Fan ever since.

Boat! SOOOOOON!!!

@@LuluTheSpork are you going too?!?!

Yes I am!! Just 30 more days!!

Surprised they haven't done it yet, everyone else has.

They actually DID do it months ago. They did NOT really enjoy it. If I recall it was too long , too many changes etc. It ended up getting the Dream Theater Metropolis treatment. They need a shorter harder edge song. Romanticide? Story time?

No idea how they haven't touched Nightwish yet

@@johnmclellan2257 it's on Patreon

not with Ashe as the vocalist. It's a different band altogether with his angelicism in the forefront.

Black crown initiate is dope

Deadly Sinners is so dope 😛

Amazing! Just amazing I've never heard of this band but it made my Playlist WOW

Second goatriders hoarde.

@@xarris37 Fear on the Bridge or my favorite DESTROY THE ORCS

Come on, let's hit them with "Tower Falls" :D

Same here, Their one of those bands that you always see in the recommendations area when you click on a video that you want to watch and always decide' "Eh, i'll watch it later". And then you randomly click on it and are kicking yourself in the balls for not listening to them sooner. Because that's all I was listening to for about a week.

Check out Wilderun fam. They are my all time favorite, but unleashed the archers aren’t too far off. Their music is perfectly constructed in my opinion, and they need more support!

Resist and Bite, Ghost Division, Carolus Rex, Swedish Pagans....Really any song would be great. But for creativity, how about Metal Crue.

You spelled Screaming Eagles wrong

Poser Shit... who is listening to that? Anyway Unleashed the Archers is not "True" Power Metal. They have way to much melodic-DeathMetal influence

SuperSchabe you listen to mortician?

sabaton is terrible lol

Lmao I'm chuckling imagining how they'd react to that one

Yes yes yes

Yeeees

Yes! Or anything by Leprous

Ohhhhh please. I'm a sucker for crooked red line though too

I tried suggesting Leprous months ago. Would be great!

I don't really get all the complaints about power metal's vocals... it's not my favorite genre, but the vocals and musicianship are usually pretty much spot-on. Some of the modern power metal bands strike me as a bit bland and formulaic (for that matter, a lot of the old thrash and heavy metal bands struck me as bland and formulaic, too, as have a lot of black, death, and other subgenre standards), but for me at least, hearing metal for decades and riding into the power metal genre with the likes of Iron Maiden, Helloween, and Manowar, the vocals sound absolutely normal and user-friendly to me, especially compared to some of the bands I really enjoy (Mercyful Fate, Nasty Savage, Voivod, etc.) Anyway, it's not really my favorite sub genre of metal, but for the most part, I think it's a fine subgenre, and one that really gets more hassle from the metalcore and prog-metal kiddies than it really deserves. I'm guessing a lot of the flak comes for some reason from the folks who grew up with harsh vocals....

Yes to all

Pride of the Tyrant has to be my pick for Rhapsody

YES YES YES, i personally recommend "when the lights come down" by Kamelot.

Stephen Mustard What about the Elizabeth trilogy perfomance at One cold winters night?

Kamelot is so much better than "straight" power metal like Unleash the Archers. Haven was Amazing. Ghost Opera was amazing. The Black Halo was amazing. Karma, Poetry for the Poisoned, and Silverthorn were all very good. Memento Mori, Beautiful Apocalypse, Fallen Star, Elizabeth, and Poetry for the Poisoned 1-4 are probably their best songs, IMO. But the first ones to grab my attention off each new album on release are always the slow plodding, heavily rhythmic "funeral march" tracks.There's always at least one on each album: The Spell, March of Mephisto, The Human Stain, Necropolis, Veritas, Citizen Zero.

Classic Kamelot when Khan was still around, yes. Anymore? Not so much...

@@johnwalborn6050 agreed, I like Tommy era Kamelot, but it's just not the same.

Haha :D!

how can anyone forget a dude named Vangelis

Ozzpot I Thought that reference was fucking HILARIOUS, Chariots of Fire!!!!!! LMMFAO

Yes, all of these.

Heidevolk?

Riaan Koekemoer I didn't knew them, thanks for the suggestion, they sound nice!

Powerwolf aren't bad either

Riaan Koekemoer Yeah, I know that band, not my favorites but not bad. I personally prefer Serius Black now that they have Alex Holzwarth in drums

Nero Meroc Great suggestion

They won't enjoy that one...they need to hear Sacrificial Kingdoms or I Walk Alone.

They would love Damien.

Perhaps more than Dracula

YES DRACULA LIVE

Body count is hilariously bad. Worth looking in to as both a hip hop and metal fan but don’t go into it expecting to be blown away by their musical brilliance. More of a hardcore punk group with Ice T on vocals.

@@nathanbaca5131 eh people on this channel have their priorities all messed up. People are constantly trying to push the bands that they feel are the best on Ryan and George, completely not understanding what it is they like in music, that is a good groove, something they can rock out and bob their head to. Everyone keeps requesting songs that you know they aren't gonna like, that's not gonna make them want to keep exploring more metal. I don't wanna see another goddamn Metallica or Gojira song. You can have your own opinion about Body Count but they have groovy beats and riffs which I think Ryan and George would really like. Coupled with the lyrics of songs like No Lives Matter or just the comedy aspect of Institutionalized would make for great reaction videos.

Oh yes please!