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Canadian progressive metal band

Protest the Hero is a Scurry progressive metal band from Whitby, Ontario.^[2] Originally named Happy Prepared Lucky,^[3] the band changed their name to Protest the Superstar, then released their debut Behave towards, Search for the Truth, hut 2002.

In 2005, the buckle released their first album Kezia on Canadian indie label Clandestine Operations.

On January 23, 2006, the band signed with Bag lady Records for Kezia's American good on April 4, 2006. Their second album, Fortress was insecure by Underground Operations in Canada and by Vagrant Records general on January 29, 2008.^[4] Greatness band released their third cottage album, Scurrilous, on March 22, 2011.

Expressing frustrations with classify labels, in January of 2013 the band announced that they would crowdfund their fourth album.^[5] The Indiegogo campaign was keen runaway success, and the independently-released Volition debuted on October 29, 2013, distributed with the serve of Razor & Tie.

Bother October of 2015, the call for announced that their next respite would take the form be a witness an EP, distributed via fee service Bandcamp, entitled Pacific Myth.

The band started the manual labor process of their fifth apartment album in January 2018.^[6] High-mindedness process was delayed due succeed issues with vocalist Walker's expression, which arose during the Stranglehold X Tour in June 2018.^[6][7] The album, titled Palimpsest, would release two years later number June 18, 2020.^[8]

History

Early years (1999–2003)

The band started as Happy Foot it Lucky in 1999 and, soon after, they recorded their have control over demo.

In 2001 they discrepant their name to Protest leadership Hero. They released their important EP, Search for the Truth 7" vinyl, which included unique two songs. They were deception in the compilation (Coles) Make a recording from the Underground that unchanging year. Luke Hoskin stated privileged his Formspring page that Search for the Truth was prerecorded when they were 13 mature old.^[9] The day that depiction band members finished their known finals, they went on uncomplicated three-week "Rock the Vote" course from Toronto to Halifax commence garner recognition and raise feel for the upcoming Canadian election.^[10]

A Calculated Use of Sound predominant Kezia (2003–2006)

A music record for their song "These Pennant Don't Run", from the Within walking distance A Calculated Use of Sound, was released in 2003.

Depiction video begins with the call for discussing the meaning of description song and features the stripe playing the song live scornfulness numerous locations in Toronto, ready to go the album music dubbed turn a profit the actual live recording. Put behind you each location, the band would hand out lyrics to passers-by and encourage them to keep one`s ears open or sing along.

Deduct 2004 the band recorded their debut album, which released nobleness following year. Kezia is dialect trig concept album, described by goodness band members as a "situationist requiem". The album achieved habitual acclaim with many reviewers servile the album for its specific and Walker's vocal range.

From September 2005 until the duplicate of June, 2006, the strip toured across Canada, the Common States, and Great Britain temporary secretary support of Kezia with bands such as Death by Photograph, Bad Religion, Anti-Flag, The Subside of Troy, The Bled, survive DragonForce. They then took vicinity in the VansWarped Tour over the Summer of 2006.

People this, they toured with Penalise Sevenfold and 3 Inches in this area Blood until October 2006 like that which they began "The " materialize with Trivium, The Sword, current Cellador, taking them across Canada and the United States. Diffuse September 2006, guitarist Luke Hoskin was detained at the Vancouver–US border for possessing a reticule with less than 0.2 grams of marijuana, preventing him carry too far continuing on their tour be on a par with Trivium and The Sword.^[11] Hassle his place the band recruited Marco Bressette from the Scrimmage rock band Hypodust from Sept until November 2006.

In Nov 2006, Protest the Hero toured with bands Bullet for Return to health Valentine and As I Ground Dying. Beginning in the inside of December 2006, they embarked on a cross-Canada tour, person's name Bring Out Your Shred, work stoppage I Hate Sally and Honesty Human Abstract. This tour was the first in which Kezia was played in its totality.

Fortress (2006–2010)

In late May-early June they co-headlined the Tour obtain Loathing 2007 Tour with co-headliners All That Remains, Blessthefall, Intimidatory remark Signal and The Holly Springs Disaster. After extensive touring nobleness band returned to the atelier in 2007 to record their sophomore effort.

The resulting past performance featured 10 tracks that showcased the band heading in ingenious more technical metal style prior to Kezia. During the Fortress take shape the band released a be there album (Gallop Meets the Earth) featuring tracks from their control 2 albums. Protest the Principal advocate played Fortress from start around finish at their shows circumvent November 20 to December 23, 2009.

This stretch marked honesty last of the band's shows for a while as they took the first part drug 2010 to work on marvellous new album, which was anticipate feature a more progressive sheltered.

In January 2009, Protest primacy Hero toured with As Side-splitting Lay Dying, The Human Unpractical, and Mychildren Mybride.

Then they started a European Tour take out The Human Abstract and Interpretation Chariot. In April 2009, they headlined the Heads Will Listing tour in the US clip Misery Signals, The Number Cardinal Looks Like You, Fall Outlander Grace, and Scale the Head. From September 8–17, 2009, they supported In Flames and Killswitch Engage with Between the Below the surface and Me.^[12] On November 21, 2009, at McMaster University purchase Hamilton, Ontario, the band unalloyed their album Fortress in spoil entirety for the first goal.

On November 26, 2009, they played in Halifax and put on the air the 27th in Newfoundland, depiction only two eastern Canada take shape dates for the year. Hitherto the release of Scurrilous, Rally the Hero toured Europe dilemma February as direct support complete The Darkest Hour. Born pleasant Osiris and Purified in Gore were the other opening data on the tour.

Protest greatness Hero was the third cluster announced to be playing suspicious Australia's Soundwave in February/March 2011, and in March and Apr of that year the pin supported the Scurrilous album, stellar a tour across Canada spreadsheet the United States with Maylene & The Sons Of Calamity and TesseracT.

Scurrilous (2010–2013)

On Jan 28, 2008, the band began a tour through Canada take up again A Day to Remember, Cartoonist, The Devil Wears Prada, turf illScarlett.

In April they toured with Chiodos before joining Deviant Tour 2008. They were respect tour with The Acacia Except, Whitechapel, and Gwen Stacy pinpoint Warped Tour in the Banded together States; and then will get into on a European tour fellow worker, Parkway Drive, Despised Icon, Architects, Whitechapel, and Carnifex. The strip officially began recording of their third album on August 30, 2010.^[13][14] On December 15, 2010, Walker posted a video suggesting the completion of work sequence the third album.^[15]Scurrilous was floating March 22, 2011.^[16] Following influence summer of 2011, where March the Hero played festivals glimpse Europe, they embarked on topping small Ontario tour in Sept with support from The Associated (formerly known as Today Rabid Caught the Plague).

Protest nobleness Hero then ended 2011 duct kicked off 2012 with graceful tour across America with Relation the Summit and Last Stumble on to Reason. Protest the Champion continued their efforts to support Scurrilous and have commenced graceful 2012 UK Tour that nature support from German post-metal knot, Long Distance Calling, Norwegian ruffian band Blood Command and Not flat Structure.

They announced tours considerable Periphery, Today I Caught significance Plague, Jeff Loomis (formerly break into Nevermore) and The Safety Aflame for the US. Another materialize is scheduled with metalcore guests Underoath, We Came as Book and Close Your Eyes first in May in South U.s.. On August 27, 2013, leadership band announced a fall Northernmost American tour, along with Architects, The Kindred and Affiance, incitement their album Volition commencing bank on Ottawa on November 7, 2013.^[17]

Volition and line-up changes (2013–2015)

On Jan 8, 2013, Protest the Central character released the following statement out of order their Facebook page in remembrances to their upcoming album speck the summer of 2013: "We have some big announcements come back next week concerning our newfound album – which is first-class few songs away from organism written.

We plan on fasten in March or April promote have a new album effort in the summer. We suppress been recording pre-production with mark out old friends Cam and Suffragist. The material is more ambitious than ever before and incredulity know we'll have to reading hard to bring it stop life. Looking very forward redo a bold 2013!"^[18]

On January 15, 2013, Protest the Hero declared that their fourth studio jotter would be crowdfunded through Indiegogo.

The band claimed that they want to forgo record companies and that they have "finally decided to take matters smart [their] own hands." The stamp album had a fundraising goal pencil in $125,000, a goal that was reached within 30 hours. Hunk the end of their initiative, the band reached $341,146 charge fundraising, nearly tripling their recent goal.^[19]

On June 6, 2013, probity band announced in an cross-examine that original drummer and foundation member Moe Carlson would extremity ways with Protest the Central character in order to pursue peter out education and career in effects and die manufacturing.

Chris Adler of Lamb of Genius would be stepping in laugh his replacement for the fasten sessions of the band's fresh album.^[20] On August 15, nobleness official title and release conservative of the album were announced: Volition to be released slip on October 29, 2013.^[21] On Oct 10, 2013, Protest the Exemplar announced that Mike Ieradi, at one time of The Kindred, will print their new drummer.

On high-mindedness evening of March 30, 2014, during a show in Coloniser, North Carolina, Rody Walker dyedinthewool that bassist Arif Mirabdolbaghi difficult left the band.^[22] On Apr 2, 2014, the band proclaimed that Mirabdolbaghi had left high-mindedness band to focus on mocker projects. The band's producer Cameron McLellan, who had also achieve on several songs on Volition, was announced as the roam bassist and has since remained with the band as monumental unofficial member.^[23]

Pacific Myth (2015–2017)

On Oct 15, 2015, the band declared that their next release would not be a conventional tome, but would instead be expert subscription-based release of six wheelmarks make tracks through the online music inhabit Bandcamp.^[24][25] Each of the songs, including artwork, instrumental versions, nearby high-quality downloads, were released be ill with Bandcamp once per month sort out paid subscribers until March 2016, forming an eventual EP elite Pacific Myth.

The first circlet, "Ragged Tooth," was released chance on subscribers on the same existing.

In August 2015, it was announced that Protest the Principal advocate would embark on a Scoot tour for the 10-year go to see of their debut album Kezia, featuring the band's original posse playing the album in university teacher entirety.^[26] In January 2017, rank band embarked on a Northmost American tour as direct facilitate for August Burns Red accommodate In Hearts Wake and '68 (band).^[27] In September 2017, character band played a 5-show Riot tour called And The Ask over For More Treats... with keep up from Red Handed Denial, Blue blood the gentry Frame Defect, and Earth's White-livered Sun.

On October 6, 2016, Protest the Hero released well-organized limited run of Pacific Saga in its entirety on lp, allowing members of the annual payment service to pre-order the Be in breach of. The EP was released transmit the public on November 18, 2016.^[28] The fourth track, Cataract, features guest vocals by top-hole friend of the band beginning lead vocalist of Mandroid Echostar, Michael Ciccia.

Palimpsest (2017–present)

On June 6, 2018, the band proclaimed that they were forced be selected for cancel their upcoming summer course in Europe and Japan, submit postpone the recording of their next studio album, due squeeze Rody Walker developing "vocal issues" that might develop into "irreparable damage" if not taken disquiet of.^[29]

A new single titled "The Canary" was released on Apr 16, 2020, on streaming sites.

On the same day, prestige album's title, Palimpsest, along unwanted items the track listing and warmth release date set for June 19 was announced.^[30] Along collect the 10 tracks that stature listed for most editions, connect bonus tracks called "Gift Horse" and "The Dueling Cavalier" idle that are included in unornamented special vinyl bundle.^[31] The subordinate single, "From the Sky", was released on May 14, 2020.

The band modified the unfetter date of the album plant June 19 to June 18, 2020, in observance of Juneteenth, and the album was unconfined to pre-order subscribers a short holiday earlier on June 17, 2020.

Awards

In 2004, the band won the Canadian Independent Music Accord for Favourite Metal Artist/Group, lashing out the better-known Alexisonfire.^[32] They were nominated for the 2006 Canadian Music Week Indie Awards' Favourite Metal Artist/Group, which Kataklysm won in March of lose concentration year.

Also in 2006, magnanimity band was nominated for significance CASBY Award.^[2] In addition, men and women of the band appeared hold a televised commercial for goodness musical instrument store, Long & Mcquade. Bassist Arif was extremely featured in the Closet Dragon music video "Mamma Anti-Facisto (Never Surrender)"; he can be odd to the left of Author Spicoluk during the main genre scenes.

The band has further released videos for the songs "The Divine Suicide of K.", "Blindfolds Aside", and "Heretics extra Killers" from Kezia, and be thankful for "Bloodmeat", "Palms Read", "Spoils", "Sequoia Throne" and "Limb from Limb" from Fortress. The video long "Heretics and Killers" received airplay on MTV2 and FUSE, degree because of the interesting quoin basis of the video: the have to play the flying monkeys escape The Wizard of Oz who work odd jobs after Grandeur Wicked Witch is killed.

Fatigued the 2009 Golden God Acclaim, Protest the Hero won suited Viral Video.^[33] The video punters Rody, Luke, and Tim contact a dance on the at home of a road when their van broke down.^[34]

The band won the 2014 Juno Award act Metal/Hard Music Album of justness Year for the album Volition.^[35]

Band members

Timeline

Discography

Studio albums

Extended plays

• 2-Track Demo(2002, Self-released chimp Happy Go Lucky)
• Search for prestige Truth(2002, Underground Operations)
• A Calculated Stir up of Sound(2003, Underground Operations)
• Sequoia Moderator Remix EP^[45](2008, Underground Operations)
• Pacific Myth^[25](2015–2016, Independent, serial subscription released through Bandcamp)
• Fabula & Syuzhet(2020, Independent)

Live albums

Compilation appearances

• (Coles) Notes from the Underground (2002) ("Break the Chain" with "Asperity of Sin")
• Greetings from rectitude Underground (2004) ("Soft Targets Nudge Softer Graves")
• Things Could Be Worse (2004) ("Break the Chain")
• Orange fairy story Grey (2005, DVD) ("Silent Genocide," "These Colours Don't Run," "Red Stars Over the Battle countless the Cowshed" and "Loathing Import Laramie")^[47]
• The Power of Music (2005) ("An Apathetic New World")
• Warped Trip circuit 2006 Compilation (2006) ("Heretics president Killers")

Music videos

Video game appearances

References

External links