I'm from Newfoundland, I saw them their first time here, instantly fell in love, and everytime since, a total of 5 times. I was at the show when the stage riser fell, it was some my personal buds that held up the stage. Great video but Kezia is still my favorite album ever, not close.
I don't know why, but whenever I am talking to any metalhead and start talking about Protest the hero everyone is looking at me with weird looks on their faces and are like 'there is band called Protest the hero? In what garage did you find these guys!?" And everytime I decide to play their song to prove them wrong they're all falling in love with the band. Don't understand why are they so underrated they're freaking amazing!
I searched this video out to get a sense of where to start with this band. I’m not into metalcore so much, and not really even very familiar with many newer bands, but I heard some snippets of PTH songs and it piqued my curiosity. This was really helpful!
I bought the Kezia album back in the yr it came out.. I saw the Wizard of Oz blue monkeys jammin out in that video and was hooked… the album as a whole is SOLID… there’s enough chunky riffs mixed in to make me not get bored with these guys.. their progression has had my applause the whole way!
I've recently done a PTH discog run cause of this video cause before I had really only heard Bloodmeat and jesus christ this is probably one of my favorite bands ever. Volition is an 11/10, Without Prejudice to Mist is their best string of songs ever.
I totally understand and respect your decisions. If I would make a tier, I think I would end up kinda the same as you. Except I would have placed Fortress a bit higher, but that’s because of the album itself and its production, but more because it brings back the best memories while listening to it back in the days. It’s very hard to place their albums in any kind of order. Each album has its own aspects which you can like or not and that’s completely depending on your own taste and/or mood that you’re in that moment. Either way, if these guys will fart into a mic and make an album out of that; it would probably still sounds technical and completely insane. And I would definitely buy it.
Volition is absolutely their best album. It has more coherence and the song writing is excellent. Mist is one of my fav songs ever. The writing is more put together than the previous albums. Love it!
Wow man, our opinions line up exactly. Platos has to be in my top 3 atleast. Havent met anyone that I agree with this much on Protest rankings lol nice video, cool to know I'm not crazy for putting volition and Palimpsest S tier.
@@MetalTrenches lol I agree. I kind of feel like hype and airplay is what leads to the glorifying of fortress. Or cause it seems to be their more heavier album? And Kezia held number one for so long strictly for the same reasons you mentioned, it was just my introduction to them and seems to have much more wild and weird song progressions that I think people see as god like. Which they are, they are my gods and curse those who don't believe.
This list is kind of insane. How someone could think kezia and fortress are not miles better than clarity and the shitty red album is not something I ever considered possible
@@johnhogan8327 I’m so endlessly shocked by people who want or expect everyone to have the exact same opinion when the entire point of this kind of music is to NOT have a status quo… especially when we are both here because we clearly like the same band. This reads as “Wow that’s stupid and you’re wrong for thinking that.” Maybe I’m just reading it differently than you intended. I’m tired and I get enough people genuinely thinking like this that it can be hard to tell from text alone.
@@MetalTrenches good point. You actually articulated your opinions well in the video. The reason I love kezia and fortress is the lyricism that disappears with Arif leaving the band. It’s just wild to me that other fans feel like they surpassed that pinnacle they reached with the first two albums and the original lineup. I also don’t really care about the virtuosic guitar playing as much as a lot of pth fans. Oh well! I’m glad you enjoy it, cause I was pretty bummed about not enjoying their later stuff
I give Kezia S-Tier because they made such an amazing album at a young age and it’s what grew them into what they are now. Songs like Blindsfold Aside, Turn Soonest to the Sea, and The Divine Suicide of K got me attached. I would have to say this would be my list, but do know that this is my favorite band of all time. I have no hate for any songs they are ALL amazing, but this order is what album has more of my favorite songs within them and which I have connected more with. I also agree with your opinion about Palimpsest that over time the album gets better and better. (It sucks to put Scurrilous at number 5 when one of my top 4 songs is in it… (C’est La Vie) 1.) Kezia 2.) Volition 3.) Fortress 4.) Palimpsest 5.) Scurrilous 6.) Pacific Myth
Scurrilous at the bottom had me (Hair-)Triggered. Back when these guys only had two studio albums (Kezia and Fortress) me and my buddy always had heated debates which was better and I was on the Kezia side originally but once I finally got into Fortress I wondered how I, much like you, ever resisted it in the first place.
I was exactly the same with Bloodmeat - wanted more Kezia and it didn’t meet that mark. But it’s aged like fine wine. Bloodmeat is maybe their best all around song
Where are you from dude? I love how Mist is your favourite song! I’m from Newfoundland and was there when they filmed the video. It’s also my favourite song by them non-bias.
I hear a lot of love for Mist, so I might be one of the few that doesn't love that song. I do love volition, my favorites are Skies and Plato's Tripartite. I enjoy the string and acoustic section and the meat of the song too, but I can't get into the "Yes I be a Newfoundlander" part. I dont think it's a bad song but it's definetly not among my favorites, so I was surprised when I went into the internet and saw so many people loving.
i agree with your picks completely! I absolutely love those 3 tracks from pacific myth but the production seems off somewhere. Cold water and caravan being my favs off that album.
Volition was the first album that get me into the band... is fucking amazing an has a lot of good riffs wuth crazy vocals. I think that has a cool personality.
Used to like Fortress th best, but... Volition is REALLY the best PTH album! I love it! No bad songs and has my favourite sings by them! Clarity, Mist, Skies!
I think without nostalgia, like if I was going to show a new listener this band, Kezia falls down quite a bit, and scurrilous is actually a pretty smooth listen. S: Volition, A: Fortress, Palimp, B: Scurr, C: Kezia, and Myth is last. Myth really feels so rough compared to the rest, it feels like they all write their parts separately and then just jammed it all together in a studio with minimum productional direction.
Volition is definitely my favorite by then I actually didn’t really love any of the Palimpest songs on first listen will have to give it another listen. I would put pacific myth on same tier as Kezia and Fortress too. I ended up really loving that EP.
I have seen some people call Protest The Hero Mathcore, but I don't think they play insane enough stuff to be considered Mathcore. I consider them just Prog Metal. Anyways, I think they are one of the best metal bands
This band is such a bummer to me because the music is amazing but I honestly can't stand that high pitch shouty vocal style. It's funny you compared them to Coheed because they have a similar problem for me.
Rody sings Kezia in Blindfolds Aside, so it is funny you pronounced wrong. They are all great in their way, but no album kicked as much as Palimpsest. Every song could be the best song for most bands.
Fortress>Kezia>>>>>>>>>>>everything else, energy+creativity off the charts. the songwriting/structures on everything else (except scurrilous) is a bit too straightforward imo
This discography is really hard to rank for me ngl, I want to put them all in A or S, legitimately, lmao.. I truly believe they have 0 duds in their discography. Some will say "but Pacific Myth", no, I heavily disagree, I love Pacific Myth.
I am honestly just not a fan of the vocals in this band. Everything else is absolutely S tier. I just don't know why the vocals feel out of place. Maybe I've gotten too deep into harsh vocals. I want some of them. Idk their songs kinda sound happy and it doesn't blend with the themes, and it just doesn't sits too well with me 😅
Here's a hint: Listen to Japanese metal/hardcore punk bands, you'll hear similar techniques in how they sing. It's supposed to be a bit silly. But also don't shy away from listening to their instrumentals, you'll hear a lot of extra details you wouldn't notice with the vocals (especially palimpsest).
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I'm from Newfoundland, I saw them their first time here, instantly fell in love, and everytime since, a total of 5 times.
I was at the show when the stage riser fell, it was some my personal buds that held up the stage.
Great video but Kezia is still my favorite album ever, not close.
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That’s so cool! Love Propogandhi and protest the hero, such talented musicians!
I don't know why, but whenever I am talking to any metalhead and start talking about Protest the hero everyone is looking at me with weird looks on their faces and are like 'there is band called Protest the hero? In what garage did you find these guys!?" And everytime I decide to play their song to prove them wrong they're all falling in love with the band. Don't understand why are they so underrated they're freaking amazing!
It would be really interesting to hear covers of their songs with super low tuned chugga-chuggas
I searched this video out to get a sense of where to start with this band. I’m not into metalcore so much, and not really even very familiar with many newer bands, but I heard some snippets of PTH songs and it piqued my curiosity. This was really helpful!
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I bought the Kezia album back in the yr it came out.. I saw the Wizard of Oz blue monkeys jammin out in that video and was hooked… the album as a whole is SOLID… there’s enough chunky riffs mixed in to make me not get bored with these guys.. their progression has had my applause the whole way!
Many have Kezia as PTH's best album, but it's always Volition for me, and I am happy to see that you felt the same.
I've recently done a PTH discog run cause of this video cause before I had really only heard Bloodmeat and jesus christ this is probably one of my favorite bands ever. Volition is an 11/10, Without Prejudice to Mist is their best string of songs ever.
I totally understand and respect your decisions. If I would make a tier, I think I would end up kinda the same as you. Except I would have placed Fortress a bit higher, but that’s because of the album itself and its production, but more because it brings back the best memories while listening to it back in the days.
It’s very hard to place their albums in any kind of order. Each album has its own aspects which you can like or not and that’s completely depending on your own taste and/or mood that you’re in that moment.
Either way, if these guys will fart into a mic and make an album out of that; it would probably still sounds technical and completely insane. And I would definitely buy it.
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Volition is absolutely their best album. It has more coherence and the song writing is excellent. Mist is one of my fav songs ever. The writing is more put together than the previous albums. Love it!
Wow man, our opinions line up exactly. Platos has to be in my top 3 atleast. Havent met anyone that I agree with this much on Protest rankings lol nice video, cool to know I'm not crazy for putting volition and Palimpsest S tier.
Awesome to hear! Yeah I seem to be in the minority, but I still think I'm right lol.
@@MetalTrenches lol I agree. I kind of feel like hype and airplay is what leads to the glorifying of fortress. Or cause it seems to be their more heavier album? And Kezia held number one for so long strictly for the same reasons you mentioned, it was just my introduction to them and seems to have much more wild and weird song progressions that I think people see as god like. Which they are, they are my gods and curse those who don't believe.
3:35 WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT??????????? I immediately fell in love with Fortress. I got it the second the record store opened, on release day.
For me, S and A are the other way around. Very analytical though, good stuff!
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This list is kind of insane. How someone could think kezia and fortress are not miles better than clarity and the shitty red album is not something I ever considered possible
@@johnhogan8327 I’m so endlessly shocked by people who want or expect everyone to have the exact same opinion when the entire point of this kind of music is to NOT have a status quo… especially when we are both here because we clearly like the same band. This reads as “Wow that’s stupid and you’re wrong for thinking that.” Maybe I’m just reading it differently than you intended. I’m tired and I get enough people genuinely thinking like this that it can be hard to tell from text alone.
@@MetalTrenches good point. You actually articulated your opinions well in the video. The reason I love kezia and fortress is the lyricism that disappears with Arif leaving the band. It’s just wild to me that other fans feel like they surpassed that pinnacle they reached with the first two albums and the original lineup. I also don’t really care about the virtuosic guitar playing as much as a lot of pth fans. Oh well! I’m glad you enjoy it, cause I was pretty bummed about not enjoying their later stuff
@@johnhogan8327 Give Clarity a fresh spin if it’s been a while. You might be surprised
This band grabbed a hold of me in 2005 and didn't let go until about 2012.
I give Kezia S-Tier because they made such an amazing album at a young age and it’s what grew them into what they are now. Songs like Blindsfold Aside, Turn Soonest to the Sea, and The Divine Suicide of K got me attached.
I would have to say this would be my list, but do know that this is my favorite band of all time. I have no hate for any songs they are ALL amazing, but this order is what album has more of my favorite songs within them and which I have connected more with.
I also agree with your opinion about Palimpsest that over time the album gets better and better.
(It sucks to put Scurrilous at number 5 when one of my top 4 songs is in it… (C’est La Vie)
1.) Kezia
2.) Volition
3.) Fortress
4.) Palimpsest
5.) Scurrilous
6.) Pacific Myth
See I thought half of Pacific Myth was S tier and half was incredibly bleh. Still I’d have if over scurrilous or palimpsest
Scurrilous at the bottom had me (Hair-)Triggered.
Back when these guys only had two studio albums (Kezia and Fortress) me and my buddy always had heated debates which was better and I was on the Kezia side originally but once I finally got into Fortress I wondered how I, much like you, ever resisted it in the first place.
Yeah I know some people LOVE Scurrilous but as a complete work I just don't think it's as strong despite having some really great songs.
I was exactly the same with Bloodmeat - wanted more Kezia and it didn’t meet that mark. But it’s aged like fine wine. Bloodmeat is maybe their best all around song
Couldn't agree more. Volition is my favorite too. Especially without prejudice!!!
Where are you from dude? I love how Mist is your favourite song! I’m from Newfoundland and was there when they filmed the video. It’s also my favourite song by them non-bias.
Midwest US. Love that video.
I hear a lot of love for Mist, so I might be one of the few that doesn't love that song. I do love volition, my favorites are Skies and Plato's Tripartite.
I enjoy the string and acoustic section and the meat of the song too, but I can't get into the "Yes I be a Newfoundlander" part. I dont think it's a bad song but it's definetly not among my favorites, so I was surprised when I went into the internet and saw so many people loving.
Idk, I like Mist, but my favourite song from Volition is also Skies, but also Clarity
i agree with your picks completely! I absolutely love those 3 tracks from pacific myth but the production seems off somewhere. Cold water and caravan being my favs off that album.
Fortress is S tier for wretch alone.
Nice list! Scurrilous and Volition are my favorites from them.
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Volition was the first album that get me into the band... is fucking amazing an has a lot of good riffs wuth crazy vocals. I think that has a cool personality.
Agreed
1. Volition
2. Palimpsest
3. Fortress
4. Pacific myth
5. Kezia
6. Scurrilous
Used to like Fortress th best, but... Volition is REALLY the best PTH album! I love it! No bad songs and has my favourite sings by them! Clarity, Mist, Skies!
Really Solid Band Surprised Fortress is not 1 or 2 that’s usually the favorite. Also Palimpsest is one of my favorite albums this year.
I always hear that but I'm telling you go back and listen to the others, they are superior imo
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Resisting Fortress is crazy work
The songwriting on palimpsest is like objectively on another level
I think without nostalgia, like if I was going to show a new listener this band, Kezia falls down quite a bit, and scurrilous is actually a pretty smooth listen.
S: Volition, A: Fortress, Palimp, B: Scurr, C: Kezia, and Myth is last. Myth really feels so rough compared to the rest, it feels like they all write their parts separately and then just jammed it all together in a studio with minimum productional direction.
5:45 You sir, have the correct taste in metal music. LOL!
Volition is definitely my favorite by then I actually didn’t really love any of the Palimpest songs on first listen will have to give it another listen. I would put pacific myth on same tier as Kezia and Fortress too. I ended up really loving that EP.
That Pacific Myth album cover tho😩
kezia is by far my most listened to album but pacific myth is my fav. listen to rodys solo stuff. the story of velcicopter needs to be heard ;p
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Great ranking, my ranking is very similar. My favorite album is palimpsest
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I struggle to rank them but imo I would go best to worst. Kezia, Palimpsest, Scurrilous, Volition, Fortress, Pacific Myth
Yeah it is hard
Please christ reconsider Reign of Unending Terror, it's such a heavy fucking masterpiece
I have seen some people call Protest The Hero Mathcore, but I don't think they play insane enough stuff to be considered Mathcore. I consider them just Prog Metal. Anyways, I think they are one of the best metal bands
They all get a #1 for me, but ur list is really understandable
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This band is such a bummer to me because the music is amazing but I honestly can't stand that high pitch shouty vocal style. It's funny you compared them to Coheed because they have a similar problem for me.
Rody sings Kezia in Blindfolds Aside, so it is funny you pronounced wrong. They are all great in their way, but no album kicked as much as Palimpsest. Every song could be the best song for most bands.
Love protest Kezia would have to be in my top 25 metal albums.....36 minutes thats as long as first 2 Linkin Park albums 🤣🤣
RIP for Kezia not being #1.
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Sorry, but it's just not :-P But hey, it's all subjective
Fortress>Kezia>>>>>>>>>>>everything else, energy+creativity off the charts. the songwriting/structures on everything else (except scurrilous) is a bit too straightforward imo
I agree, Volition is their best. Palimpsest is very close.
This discography is really hard to rank for me ngl, I want to put them all in A or S, legitimately, lmao.. I truly believe they have 0 duds in their discography. Some will say "but Pacific Myth", no, I heavily disagree, I love Pacific Myth.
damn I agree 100% with you
Fortress is their masterpiece
I am honestly just not a fan of the vocals in this band. Everything else is absolutely S tier. I just don't know why the vocals feel out of place. Maybe I've gotten too deep into harsh vocals. I want some of them. Idk their songs kinda sound happy and it doesn't blend with the themes, and it just doesn't sits too well with me 😅
It took me a while but one day it just clicked
Here's a hint: Listen to Japanese metal/hardcore punk bands, you'll hear similar techniques in how they sing. It's supposed to be a bit silly. But also don't shy away from listening to their instrumentals, you'll hear a lot of extra details you wouldn't notice with the vocals (especially palimpsest).
All S Tier. Please correct your opinion. Please make a video of you putting the other 4 up in S Tier no later than June 10th. Thank you.
That would be such a boring video
swap Volition with Fortress and that's my ranking.
How were you pronouncing Kezia wrong when they say it multiple times on Divine Suicide? Lol
Because I’m a fucking idiot