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Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada |
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Power Metal |
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Page online:
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November 5, 2017
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Last update/review:
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May 10, 2024
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Unleash The Archers
With the release of 2017's
Apex, this Vancouver band
seems to be ascending the charts (figuratively, if not
literally) of traditionally-minded power metal bands of
the new millennium.
The blueprint here isn't complicated -- mix maybe two parts
Euro-inspired power metal with one part harsher riffing
(close to melodic death metal) and place an outstanding
vocalist in Brittney Hayes at the mic.
A vocalist can make or break a band, and she's definitely
making it here, but she's not the only reason to take notice,
as the crunchy riffing, catchy songwriting, and stellar
production (the latter of which is apparently an improvement
over past efforts)
make
Apex
a sure-fire hit.
Over the years power metal has both been a strong metal sub-genre
as well as a source of derision when the cheese factor bubbles over,
and while Unleash The Archers occasionally walk up to that line,
they are clearly firing on all cylinders now with four albums
under their belts.
Particularly when a lot of the big hitters in power metal are beginning
to show their age, UTA seems ready to make a move to the top.
Recent album: Phantoma,
released on May 10, 2024.
Current Members
Brittney Hayes
vocals
Grant Truesdell
guitars/vocals
Andrew Saunders
guitars/vocals
Nick Miller
bass (ex-Kataklysm)
Scott Buchanon
drums
Former Members/Guests
Mike Selman
guitars (ex-Meatlocker Seven)
Braden Dyczkowski
guitars/vocals
Andrew Kingsley
guitars/vocals
Zahk Hedstrom
bass
Brad Kennedy
bass (Kobra And The Lotus)
Kyle Sheppard
bass
Niko Whitworth
bass
Discography
Behold The Devastation
2009
independent
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- Eat What You Kill
- The Ritual and the Reckoning
- Destroyer
- The Worthy and the Weak
- Black Goat of the Woods
- The Filth and the Fable
- Tied to a Stag
- Four in Hand
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Brittney Hayes
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Mike Selman
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Braden Dyczkowski
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Zahk Hedstrom
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Scott Buchanon
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Demons Of The AstroWaste
2011
independent
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- :01
- Dawn of Ages
- Realm of Tomorrow
- General of the Dark Army
- Daughters of Winterstone
- Battle in the Shadow (Of the Mountain)
- Despair
- The Outlander
- City of Iron
- The Fall of the Galactic Guard
- Astral Annihilation
- Ripping Through Time
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Brittney Hayes
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Mike Selman
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Braden Dyczkowski
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Zahk Hedstrom
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Scott Buchanon
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Defy The Skies
EP
2012
STM
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- The Path Unsought
- Upon Ashen Wings
- Soulstorm
- Arise
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Brittney Hayes
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Grant Truesdell
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Braden Dyczkowski
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Brad Kennedy
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Scott Buchanon
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Time Stands Still
2015
Napalm
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- Northern Passage (Intro)
- Frozen Steel
- Hail of the Tide
- Tonight We Ride
- Test Your Metal
- Crypt
- No More Heroes
- Dreamcrusher
- Going Down Fighting
- Time Stands Still
- Tonight We Ride (Video edit)
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Brittney Hayes
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Grant Truesdell
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Andrew Kingsley
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Kyle Sheppard
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Scott Buchanon
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Apex
2017
Napalm
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- Awakening
- Shadow Guide
- The Matriarch
- Cleanse the Bloodlines
- The Coward's Way
- False Walls
- Ten Thousand Against One
- Earth and Ashes
- Call Me Immortal
- Apex
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Brittney Hayes
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Grant Truesdell
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Andrew Saunders
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Niko Whitworth
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Scott Buchanon
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2017 Readers' Album
#21
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Explorers
EP
2019
Napalm
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- Northwest Passage
- Heartless World
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Brittney Hayes
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Grant Truesdell
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Andrew Saunders
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Scott Buchanon
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Abyss
2020
Napalm
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- Waking Dream
- Abyss
- Through Stars
- Legacy
- Return To Me
- Soulbound
- Faster Than Light
- The Wind That Shapes The Land
- Carry The Flame
- Afterlife
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Brittney Hayes
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Grant Truesdell
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Andrew Saunders
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Scott Buchanon
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Phantoma
2024
Napalm
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- Human Era
- Ph4/NT0mA
- Buried in Code
- The Collective
- Green & Glass
- Gods in Decay
- Give It Up or Give It All
- Ghosts in the Mist
- Seeking Vengeance
- Blood Empress
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Brittney Hayes
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Grant Truesdell
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Andrew Saunders
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Nick Miller
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Scott Buchanon
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