Protest The Hero - Drumhead Trial (Official Audio)

[@adrianxthrowaway]

Still waiting to upgrade from Drumhead Trial to Drumhead Full Version

[@ruthemccready4075]

I wish I could double like this

[@Driskoll97]

you deserve a thousand likes

[@nirmalpaul8536]

Just call Christ Adler

[@iancipollini9598]

Heh

[@frozenlake1215]

Love me some shareware

[@Captain_Yata]

Potentially my favourite song of all time. At very least in the top five.

[@heatherlynn2695]

how has it been 10 years! you blessed angels

[@Scubadeer28]

Damn, these dudes practice.

[@IsolationIndex]

3:45 of this song never fails to bring a tear to my fucking eyes. Will always adore this band

[@Ethanboy9]

If you don't get shivers from the part after 3:45 then you probably aren't playing this loud enough

[@Sodgez123]

This was the first section in a song I've ever heard in any music ever that actually gave me an eargasm, truly

[@Ethanboy9]

Sodgez123 God for real though it's probably my favorite part in all of their songs and I love all of them

[@XanthousChaos]

You can never play PTH loud enough. Your ears have to bleed with infatuation and joy.

[@Sodgez123]

Ethan Glaudemans It's that soaring guitar that does it for me, just crazy energy which complements the vocal trade-off so well! Luke has a way of writing astoundingly beautiful riffs

[@Ethanboy9]

Exactly what I was thinking, soaring was the word of used. I love how he hits the high notes and then Jada picks up from there, with the riffs and whatnot going on

[@razdj13]

Reading everyone's support and praise for this album makes me proud to be part of the fan base for Protest The Hero. This album was ultimately created by the fans, for the fans. Protest The Hero showed how much they care about us by giving us the absolute best that they can produce as musicians with the money they have received from us. Thank you to everyone who contributed and thank you Protest The Hero for producing the best music I've ever listened to.

[@sodvar5047]

This song is absolutely spectacular. Perfect writing, recording and production. It sums up in 4 minutes everything I like about heavy music.

[@erebus890]

Volition is just a great album...

[@sneasel.99]

i completely agree. they're one of my favorite bands :)

[@Anthonybrother]

I just bought the CD three days ago . This is a masterpiece .

[@HockeyEnthusiast]

Actually I don't think I can count on 1 hand , the songs I dislike from PTH ..

[@TheGuitarifier]

Palimpsest is even better 💙

[@davidjejna9700]

@@TheGuitarifier I highly disagree but everyone is entitled to their opinion. I personally thought that album was garbage

[@matthewcadden1967]

Let's gooo tour 2022 #protest #thehero Toronto is waiting long enough!!!

[@superdude1o1]

Her voice at the end........ God damn it. I love her.

[@sabre389]

3:45 absolutely in love with this part, do any other of their songs have similar sound? That girl's voice is amazing

[@sabre389]

+troyshw Thanks man! You weren't kidding, the vocals on that devin townsend album are incredible.

[@brandonguthrie8122]

+sabre389 she's been on every album they've made :)

[@115zombies935]

Brandon Guthrie She wasn't on a calculated use of sound, fortress, or pacific myth.

[@sweatypalms9682]

sabre389 I get goosebumps every time, it's so good

[@Kewkky]

Almost two years after I heard this song for the first time, and I still love it.

[@ClaudioRowe]

heard it since it release, just too much coolness in one song

[@Xx_ToterTigerLP_Rockt_LoLxD_xX]

And now?

[@Hellion6325]

@@Xx_ToterTigerLP_Rockt_LoLxD_xX always

[@justinhunt8409]

Still one of the best duel solos I’ve ever heard to date

[@Eddiundftd23]

Amazing voice, amazing band, amazing songs, just amazing

[@xScreamToRisex]

I'm from colombia and i'm the proud owner of an original copy of volition... My first purchase ever...

[@will4282]

after about 300 listens, this is still my favorite song by PtH. it's so good!

[@Woodzal]

So much passion... so much talent...

[@RyanCogar]

Not a huge PTH fan, heard some of their older stuff with a few highlights but nothing as intriguing as quite a few tracks from volition. Instrumentally these guys obviously know what they're doing so i'll say no more about that. As for the people hating on the vocals, "emo" vocals isn't even a thing (I think you mean HIGH/TENOR vocals). Rody's vocals have been hit and miss in the past but this is a top notch vocal performance combined with good production and a slight bruce dickinson edge to the cleans (which works well). Also the lack of vocal covers for PTH on youtube is proof that this guy has a totally unique vocal talent. Very diverse vocals on this album from Rody and the guest vocals add to it excellently.

[@aksdal11]

***** He sounds like Bruce in parts, for real.

[@macaron3141592653]

***** Why? I would dare compare this band to iron maiden because it so good,

[@Ascendancy-]

their old albums are what keeps my blood flowing. best music i have ever heard this band was sent from the gods

[@insertname8889]

Dunno, I agree, but their first two albums are amongst the best metalcore albums ever

[@tomace194]

Any album with todd the rod from propagandhi as a guest and chris Adler from lamb of god is alright with me.

[@nurglematthew]

NURGLE MATTHEW Bumpin' Protest HARD on Repeat!. 🤘😎

[@MarshTheDarsh]

Duelling guitar solo sorts me out. Jarzombek is one of my favourite guitarists

[@justinm5284]

My brother actually gets guitar lessons from Ron. It's cool to hear him shred with Protest!

[@MarshTheDarsh]

Justin M Lucky sod!! If you could get to be half as good as someone like rj you'd be a guitar god

[@BenGSimon]

Absolutely amazing.

[@tribilin2169]

Lyrics (from Google): From the unrelenting beat of a pounding drum, come alive. From the ceasing breast of a wicked beast, we survive. In the hallowed marriage of sound and revolt, come anew. To the hollowed, disparaged - shed and molt, overdue. Splintering fingers, gore strewn across each hand (Sink deep, stone, sink deep, stone) Splintering fingers, gore strewn across each hand (Sink deep, stone, sink deep, stone) Pray for a way out of here. Pray for a way. No animal in all the kingdom Shall ever strike me down. A coward in his finest moment. Heavy is the head that wears the crown. Be swift and painless, not a glancing blow To the back of the head, to the back of the head Be swift and painless, not a glancing blow (Sink deep, stone, sink deep, stone) Pray for a way out of here. Pray for a way. A long, slow pull on the briar. Ready, aim... When the fire burns, Callusing, topping off the urns, a sound remains. (Solo) Look to the actor in the heavy armor, his mettle shakes. Listen well to the deafening clamor whimpering makes. Look now to the unassuming, unwavering Standing before the heavens screaming, "Bring on the storm. Bring on the storm. Bring on the rain. Bring on the jesters, and bring on the pain. Bring on the storm. Bring on the rain. Bring on the jesters, and bring on the pain." The seed is planted. Let the roots reach far and wide. Let it grow tall. Let the rings remain intact on the inside. And though the autumn brings a fall of leaves (let it grow tall), We come anew. We come anew. We come anew. The seed is planted. Let the roots reach far and wide. Let it grow tall. Let the rings remain intact on the inside. And though the autumn brings a fall of leaves (let it grow tall), We come anew. We come anew. We come anew. Look now to the unassuming, unwavering Standing before the heavens screaming, "Bring on the storm. Bring on the storm".

[@josephrosa7124]

awesome! great album

[@Squarehead9364]

We just got home from the Detroit concert for Volition's 10th anniversary! Such an incredible show.

[@tal_jip]

this whole album was just phenomenal

[@louiscritchie]

I am very impressed with this song

[@AugieSubsJrock]

Now that I have officially heard the entire album, I gotta say that this album blew me away so mcuh more than all of their other albums. An Embossed Life, Mist (with it's final section), Without Prejudice, Plato's Tripartite, I was blown away hard by how intense these songs are. It's, without a doubt, the best album of 2013 for me

[@takayukiyamada7743]

Awesome shaaat!!!

[@scottyeds]

I love how Arif's bass is mixed louder than previous albums. He rips non stop the entire song.

[@JacksonPierce]

Badass!!

[@TheRyanMaybee]

Kayla's voice is absolutely amazing! She gives a very raw, complimented appeal that I feel Jadea Kelly has brought to the band with their albums.

[@LeonStjames]

Protest..........simply incredible.

[@ShamanThroatWarblers]

Honestly this song is a metal masterpiece, hasn't failed to play in my head daily or hourly since it came out. Completely in love from day 1.

[@LorcanWard]

I can't decide which one is him. I think its the left since its a bit more complicated than what the right guitarist is playing. Both are awesome and really brings the song to a whole new level.

[@Skrillazx]

This is one of my new favorite bands! I LOVE it!

[@TGWaddler]

So glad i discovered this band. Just WOW

[@boomboxlegends]

Better then underbite for sure. Great quality.

[@macaron3141592653]

Just underbite? why compare this to only underbite?

[@tacoface7047]

macaron3141592653 for some reason i compare this to underbite also :ss

[@tyjakejer]

I like underbite it took me a few listens to get into well that and animal bones but the whole album is pretty great but yes this is definitely one of if not the highlight of the album

[@Klyons92]

That was amazing!!

[@deatheragedub]

This is easily the most underrated song

[@jacklynch5853]

On the list of greatest songs they've ever composed. Right up there next to all the time tested classics.

[@perpetualburn2743]

Ron Jarzombek is a Prog hero. Props to PTH for getting him on their record. Great record, might I add. :P

[@grindcoreninja6527]

Can't wait to see you boys again at the Grog!

[@xxczerxx]

Best song off album!

[@amBullseye]

Liking this!

[@macaron3141592653]

This song makes me wanna be canadian Best of PTH

[@musicbruise]

;)

[@tjzimmerman5541]

This is definitely one of their top 3 songs.

[@priestkilla]

Protest is great for that, they are coming to my town on my buddies bday.

[@charleswilkinson2543]

Massive goosebumps from the last 10 seconds of this song

[@ryanross9216]

protest just keeps getting better and better. i've screamed kezia walking around as a teenager. now i'm driving around screaming this as a man. loving it.

[@mauvnoelful]

Been one year officially

[@mattlamotta9457]

So awesome...

[@CheyneRiggs]

This is arguably the best song they have ever written. So amazing.

[@RobertH-fo5do]

Cheyne Riggs I agree, it's one of the most beautiful and well written metal songs I've ever heard

[@cubaross2361]

The only band that can make me cry with their music, I religiously respect these guys

[@alevd14]

The Solo is a masterpiece

[@spyros5000]

Every PTH solo is a masterpiece

[@kylethestyle]

Ron Jarzombek did it. Look up Blotted Science.

[@maaaaaap]

​@@kylethestyle i've never heard Ron playing something so melodic

[@JayCord00]

Amazing song! Come back in Quebec soon!!

[@v4ndetta]

This is beautiful.

[@joshgidley6601]

My favourite song on the album so far. Love the part "bring on the storm, bring on the rain,bring on the jesters and bring on the pain".

[@fqwahgads]

just.....awesome

[@n5r15]

This song is fucking incredible. I was absolutely blown away at 3:20 and on though. Good god i love this album.

[@Dafunqjoker]

i listen to this song a couple times, now i finally get it.... its awesome !!!

[@ObeseChess]

3:20 "The seed is planted, let the roots reach far and wide, let it grow tall / let the rings remain intact on the inside / and though the autumn brings a fall of leaves (let it grow tall) / we come anew" - damn if that isn't some of the prettiest writing PtH had ever done.

[@IoIocaust]

LOVE IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@sell_or_stfu8405]

Standing before the heavens screaming BRING ON THE STORM. BRING ON THE STORM!!!

[@charlesruiz2000]

Mind = blown!

[@AllTheShine]

Who does the female vocals near the end? She has a great voice

[@terran236]

i agree, she has a beautiful voice. The command she has over it is just awesome.

[@Godzilla-we5jb]

For this song is kayla howran :p

[@Perez777_t]

Her name is Jadea Kelly

[@Godzilla-we5jb]

Adrian Perez I have the album right in the face and it is written that Jadea Kelly made the vocals of the song 1,4,5,6 of the album volition and kayla Howran made the vocals of the song 2 (Drumhead trial) go buy the album and you'll see. Guest performances[edit] Jadea Kelly - vocals on tracks 1, 4, 5, 6 Kayla Howran - vocals on track 2 Mark Iannelli - vocals on track 7 AJ Kolar - vocals on track 7 Todd Kowalski - vocals on track 9 Kevin Lewis - vocals on track 11 Josh Hainge - vocals on track 11 Marc Palin - vocals on track 11 Ron Jarzombek - guitar on track 2 Wyatt Schutt - guitar on track 5 Raha Javanfar - violin, fiddle on tracks 1, 2, 5, 8

[@Godzilla-we5jb]

just sayin ;)

[@elgreatconrholio]

It's Kayla Howran on the song. It's an ONtario-based country singer that Arif has collaborated with a lot of times.

[@wash109]

COME ON!

[@tofer22]

I love this song

[@AmitySpells]

Fuck i wish that intro was longer, so good, anyone know anything else like it?

[@Sodgez123]

It's hard to find a suitably comparative band to Protest, cos they're just so damn original

[@StixHenon]

Between the Buried and Me is similar style. You can also look up Angel Vivaldi's instrumentals.

[@fernandotrujillo1959]

Wow this song. *Claps* This guys really hold their own with the big prog-metal bands. One of my favs. Keep it up!

[@gapastro]

+BTBAMjp13 Well I don't know what to believe when your name has one of the other best prog bands ever. Either way, nice to see both bands getting fans : )

[@v3n7ure]

Easily one of your best songs.

[@joshuaburr5698]

I haven't listened to another band seriously since January. Volition will be the conglomeration of pure passion and heat seeking righteousness. Long Live the Protest.

[@HouseMusicLover001]

Holy shit I love this band

[@Kidmochabear]

I love this band so much

[@z0mbieslayer9000]

You totally hear power metal influences in this group \m/

[@macaron3141592653]

Without the cheesiness.

[@artyomsidorvich4489]

Michael Gullo because the drummer changed :

[@ricardoochoa9142]

+Marko Polancec but in this record Chris Adler plays drums :p

[@ZeEduardo95]

I hear Goliath-era Mars Volta and Coheed and Cambria

[@awfullufwa]

CAN NOT WAIT for new Corelia! Their EP is not getting old yet and i watch the studio session vids every day. Such beautiful music and talented musicians.

[@bjb2309]

Well hello from 10 years in the future lol. Corelia never officially released their debut album, due to some interesting things happening there that you can look into on your own, but you can find the album on KZbin. Its called New Wilderness. For it being unmastered and all, its pretty good. Sad that they came to the end that they did.

[@awfullufwa]

@@bjb2309 Oh, yeah. I was there when someone leaked it. I enjoyed the mixes some different producers did to make it sound a bit better over the next few months. I'll forever be saddened by what could have been but wasn't.

[@Fozzler]

0:00 - 4:29 Best part

[@PANTHERA369]

Its Just Too Good

[@JTV0504]

I love this fucking song. So awesome.

[@thegreatandmightycheesewhe1364]

3:03 jon mess is that you screaming in my left ear

[@thegreatandmightycheesewhe1364]

Yeh

[@ApparitionGuitar]

i love bubbles

[@thegreatandmightycheesewhe1364]

I think someone said something and their comment is now gone

[@ApparitionGuitar]

Nathan Yocum good call

[@thegreatandmightycheesewhe1364]

I cri

[@Stevenlaw13]

soooo awesome. i wish this song was 3 or 4 minutes longer.

[@LiamJRowley]

AMAZING

[@008drew4]

..I heard the lead singer grew up in an insane asylum, survived an abortion, and only gets 2 hours of sleep a day.

[@MetalheadPedro]

Where? Is it serious?

[@CEMETARYKING]

MetalheadPedro No it's obviously not true XD He grew up like a normal child with his family...

[@MetalheadPedro]

LeMortalPanda Yeah, read it fast and not paying much attention, only realised after some minutes. xD

[@el0x]

HOLY SHIT, I didn't notice! Is that taken from "Fight Club"!? :D

[@NielsNudist]

And he was only fed redbull mixed up with kerosene.

[@Brovlawski]

All good points!

[@andrewnodwell3564]

Holy fuck jadea kelly's voice gives me goosebumps

[@Xerxes0Golden]

Well played good sir

[@jimdotdev]

Some of it sounds like intense Sega music.

[@LorcanWard]

PTH are my fav band! I tabbed the solo dual last night but its really really hard to play.

[@ricktor002]

Greatest metal band of all time? They certainly have my vote. This song is fucking sick.

[@macaron3141592653]

ricktor002 Not yet. They keep this up for enough time and the will be. Certainly the best band out right now though.

[@gapastro]

+ricktor002 They are good, one of my favorites. So far, they lack longevity and live performance improvement, which, in my opinion, could do so much better. Then again, this genre of music is hard to play and sound correctly at a live environment.

[@Klyde420]

+Fernando Trujillo If you've seen them in smaller, intimate settings you'd realize just how wrong that statement is. Their club shows are some of the best metal shows I've ever been to, they have a knack for making shitty venues sound like gold.

[@gapastro]

+Chemical Valley Mutant Not for the sake of arguing, but you've said it: smaller, intimate settings. Pretty much back to studio. Not saying the sound bad live. They're awesome. Greatest metal band of all time? Certainly not yet. Cheers.

[@doofy3111]

Good band but defiantly not even the best in the djent game

[@ronin78100]

hopefully seeing these guys in december cant wait

[@grungemonkey28]

For those that don't know, "drumhead trial" is a reference to Star Trek: TNG

[@HBulbrook]

Thank you Bateman. Glad to see you like more than just Phil Collins and Huey Lewis and the News.

[@paulmckira5902]

they removed volition from spotify im about to explode

[@joserodall7321]

I’ve been searching all over the internet for info as to why it’s no longer there, your comment is the only reference i’ve found about it.

[@paulmckira5902]

@@joserodall7321 JOSE I AM IN SO MUCH PAIN PLEAAAASE

[@Candela115]

how have I not even bothered to check this band out until now? This song is amazing.

[@ayebrowman]

The last 50 seconds is super intense, holy shit

[@davidstcyr5857]

wow wow just wow. the recording quality is outstanding. the whole thing...It sounds so wet. anyone else feel this way? So crisp it just cuts at my eardrum.. i guess it beats it like a snare. its rare to hear something so vibrant.

[@keithn455]

Ron Jarzombek ftw

[@shaamonaa]

Thank you for being the only band that I've listened to for years that consistently keeps releasing amazing music. EVEN WITHOUT A LABEL

[@screamemotional]

HEAVY IS THE HEAD THAT WEARS THE CROWN! C'MON!!!!!!! Come back to Chile motherfuckers!!!!

[@joeytocd]

Splintering fingers, Gore strewn across each hand!! SINKING STONE! SINKING STONE!

[@jonnieve2483]

cool story bro

[@beto1580]

*sink deep stone