Brittney Slayes (10,584 views)

[Zedd Squared]

Brittney Hayes
Member Of: Unleash the Archers (2007-present)
Vocal Range: C♯3-D6

High Notes:

D6 ("The Filth and the Fable", "Ripping Through Time")
C6 ("Cemetery Gates" live Twitch 2021, "The Fall of the Galactic Guard", "Ten Thousand Against One")
B5 ("Abyss", "Queen of the Reich" live Edinburgh 2017, "Soulbound", Sung in Absolute Underground Interview 2009, "The Wind That Shapes the Land")
B♭5 ("Brindisi", "Cleanse the Bloodlines", "Siren's Song", "Tonight We Ride")
A5 ("Arise", "Astral Annihilation", "Burn It Down (With Fire)", "City of Iron", "Cleanse the Bloodlines", "Crypt", "Dawn of Ages", "Destroyer", "Dreamcrusher", "Earth and Ashes", "Fate of Man", "Frozen Steel", "Lunar Sunrise", "The Path Unsought", "Ten Thousand Against One", "Test Your Metal", "Time Stands Still", "Tonight We Ride", "Upon Ashen Wings")
G♯5 ("Carry the Flame", "Fate of Man", "Hail of the Tide")
G5 ("Abyss", "Brindisi", "Burn It Down (With Fire)", "City of Iron", "Cleanse the Bloodlines", "Daughters of Winterstone", "The Fall of the Galactic Guard", "Faster Than Light", "Four in Hand", "Frozen Steel", "Going Down Fighting", "Hope Falls" 2008 Demo, "No More Heroes", "Return to Me", "Tonight We Ride")
F♯5 ("Abyss", "Archers Fly" 2008 Demo, "Battle in the Shadow (Of the Mountain)", "Black Goat of the Woods" 2008 Demo, "Call Me Immortal", "Faster Than Light", "Going Down Fighting", "Hail of the Tide", "Queen of the Reich", "Soulbound", "Terror of the Cybernetic Space Monster", "Test Your Metal", "Transcendence", "Waking Dream", "The Wind That Shapes the Land")
F5 ("Awakening", "Black Goat of the Woods", "Brindisi", "Burn It Down (With Fire)", "Cleanse the Bloodlines", "The Coward's Way", "Crypt", "Daughters of Winterstone", "Dawn of Ages", "Despair", "The Destroyer" 2008 Demo, "Dreamcrusher", "Earth and Ashes", "False Walls", "The Filth and the Fable", "Four in Hand", "Frozen Steel", "General of the Dark Army", "Heartless World", "Lunar Sunrise", "The Matriarch", "The Meaning of Life", "No More Heroes", "The Outlander", "The Path Unsought", "Realm of Tomorrow", "Ripping Through Time", "Ten Thousand Against One", "Terror of the Cybernetic Space Monster", "Tied to a Stag", "Time Stands Still", "Tonight We Ride", "Upon Ashen Wings", "The Worthy and the Weak")
E5 ("Abyss", "Apex", "Battle in the Shadow (Of the Mountain)", "Call Me Immortal", "The Coward's Way", "Daughters of Winterstone", "Destroyer", "Earth and Ashes", "Faster Than Light", "Fate of Man", "The Fire and the Sinner", "Going Down Fighting", "Hail of the Tide", "Northwest Passage", "Queen of the Galaxy", "Queen of the Reich", "Shadow Guide", "Test Your Metal", "Through Stars", "Transcendence", "The Worthy and the Weak")
E♭5 ("Legacy", "The Meaning of Life", "Return to Me", "Terror of the Cybernetic Space Monster")
D5 ("Afterlife", "Apex", "Arise", "Astral Annihilation", "Awakening", "Battle in the Shadow (Of the Mountain)", "Black Goat of the Woods", "Burn It Down (With Fire)", "City of Iron", "Cleanse the Bloodlines", "The Coward's Way", "Crypt", "Daughters of Winterstone", "Dawn of Ages", "Despair", "Destroyer", "Dreamcrusher", "Earth and Ashes", "Eat What You Kill", "False Walls", "Faster Than Light", "Fate of Man", "The Fire and the Sinner", "Four in Hand", "Frozen Steel", "General of the Dark Army", "Going Down Fighting", "Heartless World", "Hope Falls" 2008 Demo, "Lunar Sunrise", "The Matriarch", "No More Heroes", "The Outlander", "The Path Unsought", "Queen of the Reich", "Realm of Tomorrow", "Return to Me", "Ripping Through Time", "The Ritual and the Reckoning", "Shadow Guide", "Soulbound", "Soulstorm", "Ten Thousand Against One", "Tied to a Stag", "Time Stands Still", "Waking Dream", "The Worthy and the Weak")
C♯5 ("Battle in the Shadow (Of the Mountain)", "Call Me Immortal", "Carry the Flame", "Hail of the Tide", "Queen of the Galaxy", "Terror of the Cybernetic Space Monster", "Test Your Metal", "The Wind That Shapes the Land")
C5 ("Astral Annihilation", "Black Goat of the Woods", "Cleanse the Bloodlines", "The Coward's Way", "Dawn of Ages", "The Fall of the Galactic Guard", "The Filth and the Fable", "False Walls", "Frozen Steel", "General of the Dark Army", "Heartless World", "Hope Falls" 2008 Demo, "No More Heroes", "The Path Unsought", "Realm of Tomorrow", "Return to Me", "Shadow Guide", "Stay Hungry", "Tied to a Stag", "Tonight We Ride", "Upon Ashen Wings")

Low Notes:

B3 ("Archers Fly" 2008 Demo, "For Whom the Banshee Cries", "Going Down Fighting", "Queen of the Galaxy")
B♭3 ("The Coward's Way", "Daughters of Winterstone", "The Fall of the Galactic Guard", "General of the Dark Army", "Hope Falls" 2008 Demo, "Legacy", "The Outlander", "The Path Unsought", "Ten Thousand Against One", "The Wind That Shapes the Land")
A3 ("Abyss", "Afterlife", "Apex", "Arise", "Astral Annihilation", "Black Goat of the Woods", "City of Iron", "The Coward's Way", "Crypt", "Daughters of Winterstone", "Dawn of Ages", "Despair", "Dreamcrusher", "Eat What You Kill", "The Fall of the Galactic Guard", "False Walls", "Hail of the Tide", "Hope Falls" 2008 Demo, "No More Heroes", "The Path Unsought", "Ripping Through Time", "The Ritual and the Reckoning", "Soulbound", "Soulstorm", "Tied to a Stag", "Upon Ashen Wings", "The Wind That Shapes the Land", "Zombie")
G♯3 ("Queen of the Galaxy", "Terror of the Cybernetic Space Monster", "Through Stars")
G3 ("Apex", "Earth and Ashes", "Eat What You Kill", "For Whom the Banshee Cries", "Hope Falls" 2008 Demo, "Legacy", "The Outlander", "Return to Me", "Shadow Guide")
F♯3 ("Northwest Passage", "Terror of the Cybernetic Space Monster", "Waking Dream", "Zombie")
E3 ("Dreamcrusher", "Northwest Passage")
C♯3 ("Northwest Passage")

One of my favorite modern metal singers, Brittney Slayes of Unleash the Archers possesses all the powerhouse belting and glass shattering wailing skills necessary for a modern power metal band, but with a clarity of diction and tone that is unparalleled in the scene. Her often heroic sounding vocal style serves as the perfect foil for the harsh vocalists in the band and gives an added sense of legitimacy to their Sci-Fi and Fantasy themes. Truly an underrated talent.
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*Underlined notes are found in backing vocals or otherwise obscured in the song mix.
*Blue marks soft and/or disconnected sounding falsetto notes.
*Boldface indicates notes that are notable examples of this singer's capabilities.
*Italics mark non-sung notes.

SPOILER: Click to show

{Album Ranges}Unleash the Archers

Unleash the Archers (2008): G3-F♯5
Behold the Devastation (2009): G3-D6
Demons of the AstroWaste (2011): G3-G5-D6
Defy the Skies (2012): A3-A5
Time Stands Still (2015): E3-A3-B♭5
Apex (2017): G3-G5-C6
Explorers (2019): C♯3-F5
Abyss (2020): F♯3-B5

[BassSquared]

Found a Twitch clip of her covering "Cemetery Gates" in which she makes it up to an absolutely bonkers C6 (happens at 0:25)

[Zedd Squared]

Well that was definitely as epic as I had hoped for from the description. Is it possible to timestamp Twitch videos? 'Cause that's definitely a bold.

[Henny Macc]

Well here's some new exciting news! The lineup for this new Star One album is just looking more and more promising with every announcement. Predictably awesome sustained A5 and melody E5s here anyway, and I'm sure much more to come in the full song.

[Henny Macc]

C5 at 1:45, E5s at 2:05, F5 at 2:37, that awesome A5 at 2:44, another awesome key change G♯5 at 3:54, and a backing G5 at 4:56. Was kinda hoping that those additional chorus harmonies at the end would build to a crazy C6 harmony over the final ending A5, but this was an absolute banger of a song and vocal performance regardless. Also perhaps even one of Michael Romeo's more enjoyable guitar solos for me as well, for that matter!

[Zedd Squared]

I already notewatched that song when it was initially released as a single but thanks for checking through the Star One album anyhow! :thumb:

[Henny Macc]

Whoops, I didn't even think to check whether it had been added yet! I figured since you were holding off on adding the notes to Roy Khan's thread until the album was out, you'd do the same for this one. But yeah, if it's alright with you I'm planning to just keep going through each song and posting my finds in their respective singers' threads (which will mostly be threads of yours lol).