Volition

Continuing along with the more grounded approach the band took on 2011's Scurrilous, Protest the Hero return with Volition, an album of driving technical metal that once again puts the Canadian prog metal outfit's considerable musicianship on display.

With the disbanding of THE MARS VOLTA, a void has been left that Canadian prog-core artists PROTEST THE HERO seem more than willing to claim. Instrumentally, PROTEST THE HERO is just about as mind-blowing as VOLTA and they represent the next evolutionary leap forged by THE FALL OF TROY, CHIODOS and...

For as good as 2011's Scurrlious is, it had MASSIVE footsteps to follow after the band's monumental Fortress. It didn't quite live up to it sadly, and not for any reason in particular either. Fortress is, and always will be, to Protest The Hero what Colors is to Between The Buried and Me . It is the

Protest the Hero - Volition review: Though vastly improved from their last effort, Protest the Hero are still annoying as hell.