History Music / ProtestTheHero

To date, they have released 4 albums, 3 EPs and 1 live album.

To date, they have released 4 albums, 2 EP's and 1 live album.

In 2013 the band were dropped from their label and drummer Moe Carlson decided to leave the band to pursue an education. They launched a successful IndieGoGo campaign and, along with help from [[LambOfGod Chris Adler]] on Drums, they managed to release their latest album Volition. Continuing on from the style they had developed on Scurrilous, Volition was lyrically written by Rody alone and deals with a lot of his own personal beliefs towards politics, religion, the music industry and the future of the band itself.

Scurrilous, released in 2011, saw another shift in style from Progressive Metal Concept Album to a more Hard Rock sound. A large contributor to this shift was that for this album the lyrics were co-written by lead vocalist Rody Walker and bassist Arif Mirabdolbaghi, who had written all of the lyrics to the previous albums. Reception to this album was rather [[BaseBreaker divided]].

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In 2004 they release their debut album Kezia which marked a large shift in their style and tone. Instead of the aggressive hardcore punk they had been known for, Kezia was a Progressive Metal Concept Album which told the tale of a young girl facing execution for an unknown crime. Throughout the album the events are described by three characters, the prison priest, the prison guard and Kezia herself.

To date, they have released 4 albums, 1 EP and 1 live album.

* ''Kezia'' (2006)

* DownerEnding: "Kezia" is about a woman going facing excecution for an unmentioned crime. Guess how it ends.

To date, they have released 6 albums.

* Rody Walker - Vocals
* Luke Hoskin - Lead guitar, backing vocals, piano
* Tim Millar - Rhythm guitar, backing vocals, piano
* Cam [=McLellan=] - Bass Guitar
* Mike Ieradi - Drums

* ''A Calculated Use of Sound'' (2003)

* ''Gallop Meets The Earth'' (2009)

* ''The Best of Protest The Hero'' (2013)

* Cam McLellan - Bass Guitar

* Rody Walker - vocals
* Luke Hoskin - lead guitar, backing vocals, piano
* Tim Millar - rhythm guitar, backing vocals, piano
* Arif Mirabdolbaghi - bass, backing vocals, lyrics
* Moe Carlson - Drums

* ThrowItIn: In the breakdown of Wretch, you can clearly hear a cat meowing. It's Rody's, which interrupted during the middle of recording vocals. They decided to leave it in after [[CrowningMusicOfAwesome hearing the results.]]

* ''Best of Protest The Hero'' (2013)

** Just compare [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R3QRHBlV4Rk this]], the first song they released, to [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1H4eEJXLFlQ the latest]].

* ThrowItIn: In the breakdown of Wretch, you can clearly hear a Cat meowing. It's Rody's, which interrupted during the middle of recording vocals. They decided to leave it in after [[CrowningMusicOfAwesome hearing the results.]]

* ConceptAlbum: Both albums so far, though [[WordofGod they've said]] the new one won't be.

* NewSoundAlbum: There's a massive change between their Ep and Kezia (which isn't surprising considering they were teenagers when they started), and almost a big a change between Kezia and Fortress.
** Scurrilous also switches to a much less progressive, more straitforward metal sound.

To date, they have released 5 albums (4 studio, 1 live).

To date, they have released 3 albums.

** "Divinity Within" also name drops itsself a couple of times.

* ReligionRantSong: Many tracks on both "Kezia" and "Fortress" contain anti-religious themes, especially the first three tracks of the former. Tilting Against Windmills is explicitly against Christianity and God.

* ReligionRantSong: Not any specific rants, but many tracks on both "Kezia" and "Fortress" contain anti-religious themes, especially the first three tracks of the former.

Protest the hero are a Canadian ProgressiveMetal band, who began life playing somewhat straightforward [[PunkRock Punk]], and got more and more progressive with each release.

* MohsScaleOfRockAndMetalHardness: Generally around 7-8, but there's some gutteral screaming which raises it now and then.

* EpicRiff: Many, but special mention goes to "Divinity Within".

* HumansAreBastards: The album "Fortress" is about peaceful pagans being massacred by Christian missionaries. One song that particularly stands out is "Sequoia Throne".

* AlienInvasion: Both averted and subverted in "Sequoia Throne". "They're not the ones who cause us harm - we are!" Then later; "They bloviate about a future beyond the moon, to find some other peaceful life, and beat a war-drum to its tune. Unless my prayers are answered, our end is coming soon."