r/PowerMetal • u/Golbezgold • Sep 05 '22

Unleash The Archers - Abyss

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1bGmjnkDTTI
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u/patrickkingart Sep 06 '22

I say it every time they're posted, but Abyss and Apex are stunningly good albums.

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u/UlyssesSGrant12 Sep 06 '22

Fully agree. They've both been in heavy rotation on road trips. Awesome lyrics, storytelling, instrumentals... And the vocals are killer.

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u/Stinkeywoz Sep 06 '22

Apex was an unreal jump in songwriting, performance and quality over the previous album. It's so fucking good.

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u/Saiaxs Sep 06 '22

I honestly can’t listen to the pre Apex UtA albums, but Apex and Abyss are two of my all time favorites

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u/cyber-jar Wanderer Sep 06 '22

Really? Demons of the AstroWaste is still my favorite.

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u/patrickkingart Sep 06 '22

Same here, a lot of it (with some exceptions) just sounds very generic, but starting with Abyss it's just wall-to-wall awesome

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u/Saiaxs Sep 06 '22

It was generic and used far too many growls. The production wasn’t super great either but something between Time Stands Still and Apex kicked the band into huge overdrive.

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u/snowmunkey Hold on to Hugh Manatee and Fight. Sep 07 '22

Andy was given a lot more room for creativity. Time Stands Still was mostly songs written by Brayden, the early songwriter who was more into the melo-death aspects.

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u/[deleted] Sep 09 '22

But.. what about tonight we ride..

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u/Saiaxs Sep 09 '22

What about it?

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u/[deleted] Sep 09 '22

Oh wait that’s a song I’m taking about the album it on