New York, NY (Top40 Charts/ Razor & Tie Media) Protest the Herohas achieved their highest Billboard chart debut in their career with their fourth album Volition. The album debuted at #20 in the U.S and #7 in their home country of Canada. Volition also debuts at #1 onBillboard Independent chart in the U.S.
In celebration of Volition's debut, the band today released their new video for the track "Underbite." Carrying on their tradition of being totally non traditional, the video features the band members as finger puppets. The band comments:
"We admit, we have had some pretty outlandish ideas for music videos in the past. We may not have hit it out the park with all of those ideas - but something tells me we are close with this one. When we brought up the idea of a full blown puppet video to our friend / director Marc, he laughed in our faces. He continued laughing for weeks until he remembered a friend of his knew how to make wonderful little paper puppets. That's when he got serious. He took on the idea with every bit of his creative being and this is the result. You may not like the song, you may not agree with the lyrics, but if you don't like the video, we don't like you."
The Volition world tour begins this evening in Ottawa, Canada. Appearing with Protest the Hero is Architects, The Kindred, and Affiance.
The dates for the Volition tour are:
Thu/Nov 07 - Ottawa, ON - Ritual
Fri/Nov 08 - Montreal, QC - Tulipe
Sat/Nov 09 - Toronto, ON - Sound Academy
Tue/Nov 12 -
Thunder Bay, ON - Crock's
Wed/Nov 13 - Winnipeg, MB - Union Hall
Thu/Nov 14 - Saskatoon, SK - Odeon
Fri/Nov 15 - Edmonton, AB - Avenue Theatre
Sat/Nov 16 - Calgary, AB - The Gateway
Mon/Nov 18 - Vancouver, BC - Vogue
Tue/Nov 19 - Portland OR - The Branx
Wed/Nov 20 - Seattle WA - El Corazon
Fri/Nov 22 - San Francisco CA - Slim's
Sat/Nov 23 - Los Angeles CA- The Roxy
Sun/Nov 24 - San
Diego CA - Soma Side Stage
Mon/Nov 25 - Tempe AZ - Club Red
Tue/Nov 26 - Albuquerque NM - Launchpad
Wed/Nov 27 - Denver CO - Summit
Fri/Nov 29 - Dallas TX - The Door
Sat/Nov 30 -
Houston TX - Warehouse Live
Mon/Dec 02 - Atlanta GA- Masquerade
Tue/Dec 03 - Orlando FL - The Beacham
Thu/Dec 05 - Greensboro NC - Greene Street Club
Fri/Dec 06 - Cleveland OH - Agora Ballroom
Sat/Dec 07 -
Chicago IL - Bottom Lounge
Sun/Dec 08 -
Detroit MI - Magic Stick
Tue/Dec 10 - Pittsburgh PA - Mr Smalls
Wed/Dec 11 - Baltimore MD -Ottobar
Thur/Dec 12th- Poughkeepsie, NY- The Chance
Fri/Dec 13 - New York NY - Gramercy
Sat/Dec 14 - Worcester MA - The Palladium Upstairs
Sun/Dec 15 - Philadelphia PA - The Trocadero
Volitionis available on iTunes here: https://bit.ly/VOLITION
VolitionPress Raves
"Polished combination of technical thrash, punkish melodies, and the mining of disparate influences, from '80s maestros Watchtower and Toxik to energy drink Mayhem like
DragonForce and NOFX." - Alternative Press
"This is one of the greatest albums ever released in the history of metal." - New Noise Magazine
"This album may have very well moved me from a casual fan of the band, to a rabid fanboy." - Ultimate Guitar
"From beginning to end, 'Volition' is a wild ride that's grounded in excellent musicianship and innovative songwriting. It's very eclectic, sometimes pushing the limits and often hitting the sweet spot." - Loudwire
"Violation is easily the best work the band has done since Kezia, if not possibly better." - Outburn Magazine
From the second Volition starts,
Protest The Hero are firing on all cylinders. "
Clarity" is everything this band represents. Melodic memorable guitar licks, soaring vocals by Rody Walker, and unmatched musical technicality." -Metal Injection
"If "
Clarity" is any indication of what's to come,
Protest The Hero may have written one of the best albums of the year." - Bloody Disgusting
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