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News : Protest the Hero touring Australia on back of “Volition”

By on May 28, 2014

It’s tour frenzy this week! Canada’s Protest The Hero are heading our way, as announce alongside the Gorguts tour on Triple J’s The Racket last night.

Protest The Hero have carved an identity for themselves that is so revolutionary within heavy music that to call them “unique” would be like calling Louis C.K. “pretty funny” or the classic “Star Trek” television series “influential sci-fi.” The band effortlessly balances high-minded artistry with wit and whimsy, substantive viewpoints with wanton tomfoolery and masterful musicianship with true songcraft. 

Across Protest The Hero’s cinematic fourth album, 2013’s ‘Volition’, spider-fingered arpeggios, walloping bottom heavy brutality and dynamically theatrical vocals the group have made their stock-in-trade remain unrivalled. Their storied career has earned them a Revolver Golden Gods Award, two Canadian Independent Music Awards, a Juno nomination, and millions of views online leading to a #1 debut in their home Canada. But it’s the groundswell of loyal supporters who’ve connected with the band’s spontaneity, authenticity and depth that continues to propel them forward: when they set out to crowdfund ‘Volition’, PTH met their goal in 24 hours and had more than tripled that sum when it was over. 

‘’The band is one of the tightest I’ve ever seen, If you’re a fan that has been putting off seeing them, or a fan of prog metal at all, get your ass to a show of theirs.’’ – Metal Injection 

Protest The Hero’s hyper-charged bombast is as urgent as their spiritual forefathers in Canadian agitators Propaghandi and they are as skilled as any of the musical shamans who the fill pages of guitar and bass blogs. Metromix once wrote that guitarists Luke Hoskin and Tim Millar are “deserving of their own Guitar Hero game.” Bassist Arif Mirabdolbaghi displays a dexterity and fluidity that sends fans furiously searching online for tips and tabs. The entire sound is all buoyed byRody Walker’s recognizable and charismatic wail, as distinctive as the voice that leads fellow Canadians Rush. 

Protest The Hero’s fourth album contains some of their heaviest and most progressive material, while alternately offering increasingly melodic punk elements that open the door to even bigger horizons. “The music is still bat-shit crazy a lot of the time, but there’s more structure,” Hoskinnotes. “On our first two albums, I’d play them for friends and they’d say, ‘This part was cool but it never comes back!’ That was the intention at the time. Now we bring parts back and expand on them.” 

‘’The band’s performance was just perfect. The whole set was surprisingly clean, energetic, and technically almost flawless’’ – The Circle Pit 

‘Volition’, boasts the heaviest song Protest The Hero has even written, “A Life Embossed,” a fast-paced and complex barnstormer with dissonant guitars. It’s topped with vocal declarations against breed-specific legislation regarding pitbulls. “Plato’s Tripartite” is infused with even more venom for modern events, decrying the misogyny that can lead to physical abuse, demanding that society take a shared, collective responsibility.

Thursday 4th September – The Hi Fi – Brisbane 18+
Friday 5th September – Manning Bar – Sydney 18+
Saturday 6th September – The Hi Fi – Melbourne 18+
Sunday 7th September – The Brisbane Hotel – Hobart Lic/AA
Tuesday 9th September – Fowlers Live – Adelaide Lic/AA
Wednesday 10th September – Amplifier Bar – Perth 18+

Tickets only $45 + booking fees available from: Protest The Hero Ticket Sales

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Mitch Booth is the owner, designer and grand overlord of Metal Obsession. In the few seconds of spare time he has outside of this site, he also hosts a metal radio show over on PBS 106.7fm in Melbourne (Australia) and organises shows under the name Untitled Touring. You should follow him on Twitter.