On August 21, via Napalm Records, Canadian melodic power metallers Unleash The Archers release their new album Abyss, the sequel to the concept began in 2017’s Apex. Telling the story of The Immortal and their struggle against the ultimate evil embodied by The Matriarch, it’s a sci-fi space opera giving story and substance to their high-energy metal filled with technical instrumentation and the soaring vocals of frontwoman Brittney Slayes. With intro track “Waking Dream” leading into the title track “Abyss,” the album kicks off with the tight and precise riffing and fist-clenching vocals for which the power metal genre is famous. Featuring Slayes flexing the range of her voice from rich lows to ludicrously powerful highs, a ripping guitar solo with Grant Truesdell and Andrew Kingsley tradi...
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