{"id":79031,"date":"2019-10-11T00:00:04","date_gmt":"2019-10-11T00:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/?p=79031"},"modified":"2020-06-04T16:51:10","modified_gmt":"2020-06-04T16:51:10","slug":"news-unleash-the-archers-release-covers-ep-explorers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/news-unleash-the-archers-release-covers-ep-explorers\/","title":{"rendered":"UNLEASH THE ARCHERS Release Covers EP \u2018Explorers\u2019 (October 11th, 2019) | News @ Metal Forces Magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"

UNLEASH THE ARCHERS Release Covers EP \u2018Explorers\u2019<\/strong><\/span>
\nOctober 11th, 2019<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Vancouver, BC, Canada-based power \/ melodic death metal band Unleash The Archers issued covers EP Explorers<\/em> on October 11th, 2019 through Napalm Records.<\/p>\n

The EP features two songs – \u2018Northwest Passage\u2019 and \u2018Heartless World\u2019 – and was made available in the following formats: seven-inch black vinyl (limited to 300 copies), seven-inch silver vinyl (limited to 100 copies), seven-inch white vinyl (limited to 100 copies), and digitally.<\/p>\n

\u2018Northwest Passage\u2019 was originally written and performed by Stan Rogers, and was the title track of the late Canadian folk musician\u2019s 1981 studio album. \u201cThis song means a lot to us as a band,\u201d revealed Unleash The Archer singer Brittney Slayes. \u201cWe like to put it on during those long drives on tour and it always brings us right back home.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe originally recorded it to be a bonus track for our last full-length album Apex<\/em>, but we loved the track so much we knew it needed special treatment. We held on to it for a bit and eventually decided to release it as its own seven-inch vinyl EP with another Canadian cover song as the B-side.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe song \u2018Northwest Passage\u2019 is all about touring through Canada, which Stan Rogers did a lot, and how it equates to being an explorer looking for the passage all those years ago. It really hits home with us, we\u2019ve toured through Canada too many times to count, so we know just how Stan was feeling. That\u2019s where the name of the EP came from too; every time we hit the road on tour it\u2019s like we too become Explorers, with the great big unknown stretching out before us.\u201d<\/p>\n

The second track on Explorers<\/em>, \u2018Heartless World\u2019, was originally written by Canadian hard rock group Teaze and was featured on their 1979 album One Night Stands<\/em>. \u201cThe song \u2018Heartless World\u2019 has a really interesting arrangement and can\u2019t seem to decide if it\u2019s a ballad or a rock opera,\u201d said the vocalist. \u201cUnlike \u2018Northwest Passage\u2019, where we played around with it quite a bit, we left \u2018Heartless World\u2019 almost completely as is, and only changed a few small things like solos and vocal melodies. We thought it would be a great companion piece to \u2018Northwest Passage\u2019 and really round out the moody Explorers<\/em> vibe.\u201d<\/p>\n

The cover artwork for Explorers<\/em> was created by Dusty Peterson. \u201cWe feel it captures the essence of seeking the Northwest Passage perfectly,\u201d stated Slayes. \u201cIf you have ever read \u2018The Terror\u2019 by Dan Simmons or watched the show you\u2019ll know exactly what we were going for.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThis EP has darkness written all over it, but the songs themselves have a slightly uplifting undertone as well. One can only imagine how exciting it must have been to explore this unknown continent back in the day, but also, how terrifying.\u201d<\/p>\n

The track listing is as follows:<\/p>\n

01. \u2018Northwest Passage\u2019 (Stan Rogers cover)
\n02. \u2018Heartless World\u2019 (Teaze cover)<\/p>\n

Unleash The Archer\u2019s line-up is as follows:<\/p>\n

Brittney Slayes (clean vocals)
\nGrant Truesdell (guitar and unclean vocals)
\nAndrew Kingsley (guitar and unclean vocals)
\nScott Buchanan (drums)<\/p>\n

A music video was filmed for the track \u2018Northwest Passage\u2019, while an official lyric video was created for the song \u2018Heartless World\u2019. In addition, a nine-minute video trailer was released in which vocalist Brittney Slayes revealed the story behind the \u2018Northwest Passage\u2019 music video. All three clips can be viewed below.<\/p>\n

Fourth full-length studio record Apex<\/em> was released<\/a> in June 2017.<\/p>\n

Promotional photograph by Shimon Karmel.<\/em><\/p>\n