Protest the Hero: Biography

• Overview
• Discography
• Biography
• Related Artists

• The Bled
• Boys Night Out
• Coheed and Cambria
• Every Time I Die
• Farewell to Freeway
• The Human Abstract
• Alexisonfire

• Fates Warning
• Iron Maiden
• Opeth
• At the Drive-In
• King Crimson
• Faith No More
• Dream Theater

Genres:

Rock Music, Punk and Hardcore Rock Music, Emo

Decades Active:

2000's

Combining technical metal and posthardcore instincts, Whitby, Ontario's Protest The Hero comprised Rody Walker (vocals), Tim Millar (guitar/ vocals), Luke Hoskin (guitar/ vocals), Moe Carlson (drums) and Arif Mirabdolbaghi (bass/ vocals). Starting as many bands do with a common musical passion found among high school friends Protest The Hero worked hard on developing their own identity; their sound soon became reminiscent of a combination of Coheed and Cambria, At the DriveIn, and Every Time I Die. They released the seveninch Search For The Truth on Canada's Underground Operations in 2001 and followed up two years later with the EP, A Calculated Use of Sound. Their music was getting noticed around the country, as they won "Best Indie Metal Band" at the 2004 Indie Music Awards in Toronto and had multiple appearances on the Canadian music channel, MuchMusic. Relentless touring continued with a range of bands from Korn and Limp Bizkit to Bigwig and Sum41. Protest The Hero issued their fulllength Kezia, a sort of concept album referred to by the band as a "situationist requiem," in 2005. Signing with Vagrant in early 2006, Kezia was rereleased in the United States that April.

- Corey Apar, All Music Guide