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jmprog 
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 Topic: Protest the Hero
Posted: March 12 2008 at 00:36 |
i just have a question.. why isnt protest the hero on the progarchives.com main page?
btw i highly recomend their new album Fortress its much better than the first one Kezia
cheers!
=)
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DJPuffyLemon
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Posted: March 12 2008 at 00:50 |
wow protest really isn't on the site is it? granted I just did a search but i didn't find it. why the f**k not?
and I prefer Kezia a bit more, though i haven't listened to Fortress as much.
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TheProgtologist
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Posted: March 12 2008 at 01:03 |
PTH have been cleared for inclusion by the Prog Metal Team.Gives us time please,we have a lot of bands on our "Cleared" list.
And this is in the wrong forum section,the Prog Music Lounges are meant for bands in the archives ONLY.
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coleio
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Posted: March 12 2008 at 06:48 |
Oh you are joking. PTH aren't prog. If they can be included, then add Job for a Cowboy, Bring me the Horizon, All Shall Perish etc. It seems as long as anything is slightly technical, it can now be included in the archives. Shallow band, mediocre, generic guitar work, pretty much the same drumming in every song, lyrically uninspired. Awful. 
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Eat heartily at breakfast, for tonight, we dine in Hell!!
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burritounit
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Posted: March 12 2008 at 08:09 |
 coleio wrote:
Oh you are joking.
PTH aren't prog.
If they can be included, then add Job for a Cowboy, Bring me the Horizon, All Shall Perish etc.
It seems as long as anything is slightly technical, it can now be included in the archives.
Shallow band, mediocre, generic guitar work, pretty much the same drumming in every song, lyrically uninspired.
Awful.
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Just because you don't like it that dosen't mean it isn't prog. Besides their are many bands here in PA that have all of these things you've mentioned and that dosen't mean they aren't prog.
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DJPuffyLemon
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Posted: March 12 2008 at 10:50 |
coleio wrote:
Oh you are joking.
PTH aren't prog.
If they can be included, then add Job for a Cowboy, Bring me the Horizon, All Shall Perish etc.
It seems as long as anything is slightly technical, it can now be included in the archives.
Shallow band, mediocre, generic guitar work, pretty much the same drumming in every song, lyrically uninspired.
Awful.
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Lyrically they are completely inspired. They've put out two concept albums about women being repressed (in that sense they are almost like the first feminist metal band :-p) Its not the same old sh*t about anger!!! and sex!!
They are the heaviest band i've ever heard that still has technicallity.
Edited by DJPuffyLemon - March 12 2008 at 10:52
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GoldenSpiral
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Posted: March 12 2008 at 11:04 |
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File under: bands that I have no reason not to like... but for some intangible reason I just don't. It's weird.
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heyitsthatguy
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Posted: March 12 2008 at 11:11 |
I support the PM team's decision and their inclusion
however, prog != good
therefore
expect a review  |
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Statutory-Mike
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Posted: March 12 2008 at 12:11 |
Never could get into them really. I like the guitar work but the singer is terrible 
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Spydrfish
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Posted: March 12 2008 at 22:30 |
coleio wrote:
Oh you are joking.
PTH aren't prog.
If they can be included, then add Job for a Cowboy, Bring me the Horizon, All Shall Perish etc.
It seems as long as anything is slightly technical, it can now be included in the archives.
Shallow band, mediocre, generic guitar work, pretty much the same drumming in every song, lyrically uninspired.
Awful.
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Well PTH have allot of more artistic leanings for a so called Metalcore band, I guess they might as well be here since the title of Prog is tossed around much more these days. And not that they're similar in any way, but adding PTH could leave us open for other technical metal bands such as A7X and Trivium (Who I do not deem as progressive bands though they have more artistic leanings to their music.)
Edited by Spydrfish - March 12 2008 at 22:33
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avalanchemaster
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Posted: April 24 2008 at 19:48 |
jmprog wrote:
i just have a question.. why isnt protest the hero on the progarchives.com main page?
btw i highly recomend their new album Fortress its much better than the first one Kezia
cheers!
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I for one disagree on your assessment of which album is better, I feel the tracks on Kezia have more variety and compostional adventure, whereas Fortress is (more)straightforward shred stuff. The band rules though, no doubt.
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avalanchemaster
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Posted: April 24 2008 at 19:49 |
coleio wrote:
Oh you are joking.
PTH aren't prog.
If they can be included, then add Job for a Cowboy, Bring me the Horizon, All Shall Perish etc.
It seems as long as anything is slightly technical, it can now be included in the archives.
Shallow band, mediocre, generic guitar work, pretty much the same drumming in every song, lyrically uninspired.
Awful.
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says the guy with the OPETH avatar, talk about uninspired and over-rated/overhyped CRAP......
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Shakespeare
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Posted: April 24 2008 at 19:57 |
burritounit wrote:
coleio wrote:
Oh you are joking.
PTH aren't prog.
If they can be included, then add Job for a Cowboy, Bring me the Horizon, All Shall Perish etc.
It seems as long as anything is slightly technical, it can now be included in the archives.
Shallow band, mediocre, generic guitar work, pretty much the same drumming in every song, lyrically uninspired.
Awful.
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Just because you don't like it that dosen't mean it isn't prog. Besides their are many bands here in PA that have all of these things you've mentioned and that dosen't mean they aren't prog. |
Just because some people DO like them doesn't make them prog. 
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heyitsthatguy
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Posted: April 25 2008 at 01:43 |
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I actually will defend them being prog metal, despite me not liking a single aspect about them
people need to get around the PA mentality that "prog= good" automatically
oh wow I said the same thing like 3 posts ago
and no one listens
whatashock
Edited by heyitsthatguy - April 25 2008 at 01:44
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JayDee
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Posted: April 25 2008 at 03:52 |
MisterProg2112 wrote:
Never could get into them really. I like the guitar work but the singer is terrible |
Exactly my thoughts, together with 3 and Coheed and Cambria.
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coleio
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Posted: April 25 2008 at 05:52 |
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Well it seems that I annoyed a few people. I still stand by my original statements.
Scale runs don't make songs. The singer is a whiny, annoying pop-rock vocalist. Their lyrics aren't inspired, it's pseudo-intellectual rubbish, and when they've done interviews I've read, they've name dropped poets and philosophers with no clear understanding of what they really did.
As for the guy who commented on Opeth. Do me a favour.
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Eat heartily at breakfast, for tonight, we dine in Hell!!
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spookytooth
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Posted: April 25 2008 at 07:32 |
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Protest the Hero has awesome guitar work, but Christ, the vocalist is unbearable, and the drums sound like blast beats half the time! Still,
after listening to both albums twice, I can see why someone would recommend them for being on here. They have many prog qualities, but then again, there are as many arguments you can make to say that they aren't prog...
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Would you like some Bailey's?
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laplace
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Posted: April 25 2008 at 10:31 |
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now I'm going to have to listen to this album :(
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burritounit
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Posted: April 25 2008 at 14:19 |
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They've been added already and indeed the vocalist is kind of annoying. He should relax or take a break or something.
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"I've walked on water, run through fire, can't seem to feel it anymore. It was me, waiting for me..."
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heyitsthatguy
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Posted: April 25 2008 at 17:15 |
Majestic_Mayhem wrote:
MisterProg2112 wrote:
Never could get into them really. I like the guitar work but the singer is terrible |
Exactly my thoughts, together with 3 and Coheed and Cambria.
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which is odd because I like those 2 bands and PTH's vocalist grates at me to no end weird
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