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Protest the Hero is a Canadian progressive metal band from Whitby, Ontario.
Originally named Happy Go Lucky, the band changed their name to Protest the Hero shortly before releasing their debut EP, Search for the Truth, in 2002.
In 2005, the band released their first full-length album Kezia on the indie label Underground Operations.On January 23, 2006, the band signed with Vagrant Records for Kezia's American release on April 4, 2006.
Their second full-length album, Fortress was released by Underground Operations in Canada and by Vagrant Records worldwide on January 29, 2008.
The band released their third studio album, Scurrilous, on March 22, 2011.
The band released their independent and latest album, Volition on October 29.
2013.Early years (2001–2003)The band started as Happy Go Lucky in 2001 and, shortly after, they recorded a 3-track demo (containing the songs "I Detest", "The 5th Commandment" and "Just Defy").
In 2002 they changed their name to Protest the Hero and released their first EP, Search for the Truth 7" vinyl, which included only two songs.
They were included in the compilation (Coles) Notes from the Underground that same year.
Luke Hoskin stated on his Formspring page that Search for the Truth was recorded when they were 13 years old.
The day that the band members finished their senior finals, they went on a three-week "Rock the Vote" tour from Toronto to Halifax to garner recognition and raise awareness for the upcoming Canadian election.A music video for their song "These Colours Don't Run", from the EP A Calculated Use of Sound, was released in 2003.
The video begins with the band discussing the meaning of the song and features the band playing the song live at numerous locations in Toronto, with the album music dubbed over the actual live recording.
At each location, the band would hand out lyrics to passers-by and encourage them to listen or sing along.Kezia (2004–2006)In 2004 the band recorded their debut album for release the following year.
Kezia is a concept album, described by the band members as a "situationist requiem".
The album achieved universal acclaim with many reviewers praising the album for its technicality and Walker's vocal range.Fortress (2007–2009)After extensive touring the band returned to the studio in 2007 to record their sophomore effort.
The resulting album featured 10 tracks that showcased the band heading in a more technical metal style than Kezia.
During the Fortress tour the band released a live album (Gallop Meets the Earth) featuring tracks from their first 2 albums.
Protest the Hero played Fortress from start to finish at their shows from November 20 to December 23, 2009.
This stretch marked the last of the band's shows for a while as they took the first part of 2010 to work on a new album, which was to feature a more progressive sound.Scurrilous (2010–2012)The band officially began recording of their third album on August 30, 2010.
On December 15, 2010, Walker posted a video indicating the completion of work on the third album.
Scurrilous was released March 22, 2011.Volition (2013–present)On January 8, 2013, Protest the Hero released the following statement on their Facebook page in regards to their upcoming album in the summer of 2013: "We have some big announcements coming next week concerning our new album - which is a few songs away from being written.
We plan on recording in March or April and have a new album out in the summer.
We have been recording pre-production with our old friends Cam and Anthony.
The material is more challenging than ever before and we know we'll have to work hard to bring it to life.
Looking very forward to a bold 2013!"On January 15, 2013, Protest the Hero announced that their fourth studio album would be crowdfunded through Indiegogo.
The band claimed that they want to forgo record companies and that they have "finally decided to take matters into [their\] own hands." The album had a fundraising goal of $125,000, a goal that was reached within 30 hours.
By the end of their campaign, the band reached $341,146 in fundraising, nearly tripling their original goal.On June 6, 2013, the band announced in an interview that original drummer and founding member Moe Carlson would part ways with Protest the Hero in order to pursue an education and career in tool and die manufacturing.
Instead, Chris Adler of Lamb of God would be stepping in as his replacement for the recording sessions of the band's new album.
On August 15, the official title and release date of the album were announced: Volition to be released on October 29, 2013.On September 5, 2013, the band released a single titled "Clarity".
This marked the beginning of pre-orders for the full album.On October 2, 2013, the band released another track from Volition, titled "Drumhead Trial".On October 10, 2013, Protest the Hero announced that Mike Ieradi will be their new drummer.On the morning of October 16, 2013, the album leaked.
Later that day, because of the leak, Protest the Hero gave the IndieGoGo contributors their digital copies of the album.LiveProtest the Hero has performed and toured with many well-known acts, including Killswitch Engage, In Flames, Alexisonfire, Bullet for My Valentine, Against Me!, Between the Buried and Me and many others.
From September 2005 until the beginning of June, 2006, the band toured across Canada, the United States, and Great Britain in support of Kezia with bands such as Death by Stereo, Bad Religion, Anti-Flag, The Fall of Troy, The Bled, and DragonForce.
They then took part in the Vans Warped Tour during the Summer of 2006.
Following this, they toured with Avenged Sevenfold and 3 Inches of Blood until October 2006 when they began "The " tour with Trivium, The Sword, and Cellador, taking them across Canada and the United States.In November 2006, Protest the Hero toured with bands Bullet for My Valentine and As I Lay Dying.
Beginning in the middle of December 2006, they embarked on a cross-Canada tour, named Bring Out Your Shred, with I Hate Sally and The Human Abstract.
This tour was the first in which Kezia was played in its entirety.
In late May-early June they co-headlined the Tour and Loathing 2007 Tour with co-headliners All That Remains, Blessthefall, Threat Signal and The Holly Springs Disaster.In September 2007, guitarist Luke Hoskin was detained at the Vancouver–US border for possessing a bag with less than 0.2 grams of marijuana, preventing him from continuing on their tour with Trivium and The Sword.
In his place the band recruited Marco Bressette from the Canadian rock band Hypodust from September until November 2007.On January 28, 2008, the band began a tour through Canada with A Day to Remember, Silverstein, The Devil Wears Prada, and illScarlett.
In April they toured with Chiodos before joining Warped Tour 2008.
They were on tour with The Acacia Strain, Whitechapel, and Gwen Stacy after Warped Tour in the United States; and then will be on a European tour with, Parkway Drive, Despised Icon, Architects, Whitechapel, and Carnifex.In January 2009 Protest the Hero toured with As I Lay Dying, , The Human Abstract, and Mychildren Mybride.
Then they started a European Tour with The Human Abstract and The Chariot.
In April 2009, they headlined the Heads Will Roll tour in the US with Misery Signals, The Number Twelve Looks Like You, Fall From Grace, and Scale the Summit.
From September 8–17, 2009, they supported In Flames and Killswitch Engage with Between the Buried and Me.On November 21, 2009, at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, the band performed their album Fortress in its entirety for the first time.
On November 26, 2009, they played in Halifax and on the 27th in Newfoundland, the only two eastern Canada tour dates for the year.Before the release of Scurrilous, Protest the Hero toured Europe in February as direct support for .
Born of Osiris and Purified in Blood were the other opening acts on the tour.Protest the Hero was the third band announced to be playing at Australia's Soundwave in February/March 2011, and in March and April of that year the band supported the Scurrilous album, headlining a tour across Canada and the United States with Maylene & The Sons Of Disaster and TesseracT.Following the summer of 2011, where Protest the Hero played festivals across Europe, they embarked on a small Ontario tour in September with support from The Kindred (formerly know as Today I Caught the Plague).
Protest the Hero then ended 2011 and kicked off 2012 with a tour across America with Scale the Summit and to Reason.Protest the Hero continued their efforts to promote Scurrilous and have commenced a 2012 UK Tour that features support from German post-metal band, Long Distance Calling, Norwegian punk band Blood Command and Uneven Structure.
They announced tours with Periphery, Today I Caught the Plague, Jeff Loomis (formerly of Nevermore) and The Safety Fire for the US.
Another tour is scheduled with post-hardcore band Underoath, We Came as Romans and Close Your Eyes commencing in May in South America.On August 27th, 2013, Protest the Hero announced a fall North American tour promoting their album Volition commencing in Ottawa on November 7th.
They will be touring with Architects, The Kindred and Affiance.
AwardsIn 2004 the band won the Canadian Independent Music Award for Favourite Metal Artist/Group, beating out the better-known Alexisonfire.
They were nominated for the 2006 Canadian Music Week Indie Awards' Favourite Metal Artist/Group, which Kataklysm won in March of that year.
Also in 2006, the band was nominated for the CASBY Award.
In addition, members of the band appeared in a televised commercial for the musical instrument store, Long & Mcquade.
Bassist Arif was also featured in the Closet Monster music video "Mamma Anti-Facisto (Never Surrender)"; he can be seen to the left of London Spicoluk during the main group scenes.The band has also released videos for the songs "The Divine Suicide of K.", "Blindfolds Aside", and "Heretics and Killers" from Kezia, and for "Bloodmeat", "Palms Read", "Spoils", "Sequoia Throne" and "Limb from Limb" from Fortress.
The video for "Heretics and Killers" received airplay on MTV2 and FUSE, partially because of the interesting premise of the video: the band play the flying monkeys from The Wizard of Oz who work odd jobs after The Wicked Witch is killed.
At the 2009 Golden God Awards, Protest the Hero won best Viral Video.
The video features Rody, Luke, and Tim doing a dance on the side of a road when their van broke down.