Canadian Metalcore Musical Groups - Protest the Hero, Despised Icon, Liferuiner, Blessed by a Broken Heart, Ion Dissonance, the Agonist (Paperback)

Chapters: Protest the Hero, Despised Icon, Liferuiner, Blessed by a Broken Heart, Ion Dissonance, the Agonist, Dead and Divine, Ken Mode, Maharahj, the Gorgeous, Savannah, the End, Buried Inside, Figure Four. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 62. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Protest the Hero is an award-winning Canadian progressive metal/mathcore band from Whitby, Ontario. The Protest line-up has stayed the same since the band formed in 1999, when they were 14 years old. They originally used the name Happy Go Lucky, but changed their name before releasing their first EP, A Calculated Use of Sound which was followed by the release of their first full-length album, Kezia, on the indie label Underground Operations. On January 23, 2006, the band officially signed with Vagrant Records for Kezia's United States release. Kezia was released in the US on April 4, 2006. Their second full-length album, Fortress was officially released by Underground Operations in Canada and by Vagrant Records worldwide on January 29, 2008. The first music that Protest the Hero recorded was their Search for the Truth 7" vinyl containing the songs, Silent Genocide and Is Anybody There? As stated by Luke Hoskin on his formspring page, this was recorded when they were 13 years old. The day that the band members finished their senior finals, they went on a three-week tour from Toronto to Halifax called "Rock the Vote" in order to gain recognition, as well as raise awareness for the upcoming Canadian election. Protest the Hero's popularity is slowly expanding outside of metal scenes in and around the cities and towns they have performed in. Now teamed up with Vagrant Records for distributional services, Protest the Hero hopes to become popular over most of Canada and, with their recent signing to Vagrant Record...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=288790