Protest the Hero

小简介
PTH来自加拿大安大略省Whitby(惠特比)市，最初由主唱Rody Walker、吉他手Tim Millar、吉他手/键盘手Luke Hoskin、鼓手Morgan "Moe" Carlson以及贝斯手Arif Mirabdolbaghi组建而成，很难得的是，PTH一直保持着他们的原始阵容，从未曾有所更换。
乐队首张EP《A Calculated Use of Sound》(《声音的有计划运用》)在2003年发行，其中脍炙人口的单曲“These Colours Don't Run”(“这些颜色不要融化”)在唱片发行后不久即红遍了整个加拿大安大略省，而PTH也随着这支作品的走红接下了若干现场表演的合约。并在2004年一举赢得“加拿大独立音乐大奖”的最佳金属乐队奖。
2005年，乐队带来了令歌迷们期待已久的首张正式专辑《Kezia》(《基洗亚》，《圣经》中约伯的次女，编者注)，更加模糊的风格界限和愈发成熟的演奏技巧，人们不难从作品中嗅到PTH这支年轻乐队的驾驭更复杂音乐的野心。不仅仅如此，乐队还分别为专辑中的三支歌曲“The Divine Suicide of K”(“K的神圣自杀”)、“Blindfolds Aside”(“盲眼的旁白”)以及“Heretics and Killers”(“异教徒和杀手”)拍摄了精彩的MTV，新颖的构思和创意让这三部作品很快成为了电视台的热播曲目。另外，同样是出自《Kezia》专辑中的歌曲“Divinity Within”(“神性的本质”)与“Bury the Hatchet”(“停战”)更是被电脑游戏厂商看中，分别被收录进了“NHL07”(NHL冰球2007)以及著名的Xbox游戏“Guitar Hero II”(吉他英雄2)当中。PTH首张专辑所带来的荣誉还远不止这些。2006年，乐队先后荣获“加拿大音乐周独立音乐奖”最佳乐队殊荣，以及国际性音乐盛会“CASBY Award”(“加拿大独立及另类音乐奖”)大奖。并且，PTH的乐手们还成为了ESP等多家著名乐器品牌的全球性代言人。
毫无疑问，PTH的惊人实力还在继续震撼着整个重型乐坛。2007年1月，在众人的掌声与喝彩声尚未消散之际，PTH已经开始投入到了他们新的音乐创作当中。同年8月，乐队完成了他们第二张专辑的全部录制工作，并开始踏上了著名的“Vans Warped Tour”巡演。新专辑《Fortress》(《堡垒》)在2008年初于Vagrant Records公司旗下发行。癫狂而神经质的超高频嘶吼，Progressive与新古典主义速弹相结合的高速吉他演奏，别出心裁的Riff与极流畅的旋律水乳交融，而脱胎于Hardcore的凶悍鼓击则完全展现出了一种更加技术化的水准，PTH再次彰显出了他们天才式的疯狂!而在歌词中，乐队直接地探讨了女神崇拜以及被西方主流宗教压抑了几千年的女性地位话题。同样，来自东方的成吉思汗与古老的爱尔兰神话也成为了贝司手Arif创作歌词的灵感之源。
PROTEST THE HERO并不仅仅是一支年轻的音乐团体和对最先锋重型摇滚乐模式的解构与再造，他们更代表了一种面对生活中艰难与挫折时的勇气与力量，是一种从愤怒与批判中提炼出的信念和责任，一种与生俱来的、却不仅仅源于青春期荷尔蒙的对自由的向往、碰撞与抗争!!!
Combining technical metal and post-hardcore 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 & Cambria, At the Drive-In, and Every Time I Die. They released the 7" 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 Sum 41. Protest the Hero issued their full-length, 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 re-released in the United States that April. In 2008, the band released its second album, Fortress.