I’m going to review an album that was released last year that I did not get a chance to review: Volition by Protest the Hero. Volition and Protest the Hero were recommended to me by a friend, and I’m very glad that I gave this album a listen. Volition was released on October 29, 2013, via Razor and Tie Records, and was completely funded by fans of the band. Protest the Hero replaced their original drummer with Chris Adler from Lamb of God, and Adler performed the drumming work on this record. Volition is a very impressive release due to PTH’s unique sound and the high technicality displayed throughout.

Volition is a progressive metal album, utilizing clean vocals, tempo changes, and guitars tuned to the “progressive” sound. Vocals on this record are almost all cleans. Rody Walker possesses very high pitched and distinct vocals, and they are hard to get into at first. However, once I’ve listened to the album several times, the vocals really grew on me, and I started to appreciate the high intensity and great clarity of his voice. Roddy keeps his vocals quite fast throughout the entire record, but they are fairly easy to understand without using a lyric sheet because of his great enunciation. The album flows amazingly as a whole, because each song has unique instrumental work and different guest appearances, although keeping the same general formula. Protest the Hero incorporates guest vocals in many of these tracks, diversifying them with screams, growls, and female vocals. Lead guitar work on Volition is phenomenal; it maintains the technical melodies throughout while always innovating and never repeating riffs. Drumming work done by Chris Adler is awesome as well, keeping pace with the intense music. Although the collaboration between Adler and PTH was risky because of divergent sounds, nothing from Chris’s drums sound out of place or unexpected. Multiple tempos changes during tracks, especially at the bottom half of the album, help keep the music interesting and enhance the flow. Every song in Volition is worth at least a listen, but my favorite tracks include “Clarity”, “Tilting Against Windmills”, “Yellow Teeth”, “Mist” , and “Underbite”. However, the musicianship and effort present on each track is nothing short of fantastic; I highly suggest that you listen to this album as a whole to truly comprehend the profundity of this release.

Lyric work on Volition is just as unique as the music, but a little too verbose for my liking. A lot of politics and anger are present in the songs, and this band does take a stand and have strong feelings toward certain political issues. “Are you just dense or so fuckin’ inbred you think that all is forgiven and all is forgotten? But forgive them of nothing, despite their impunity. Oh how the system fails you completely when monstrous children get treated so sweetly.” Many lyrics on Volition can be interpreted differently, and are worth a close examination, so definitely check them out if you’re into that.
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Volition by Protest the Hero truly blew my mind away in many aspects. This album was a joy to listen to the whole way with beautiful melodies on the guitars, Rody’s high energy vocals, and Chris Adler’s tremendous drumming. I would recommend Volition to anyone who’s into progressive music, post-hardcore, and even metalcore. However, if you’re only into the heavy stuff and you don’t like clean singing at all, I suggest that you audition this album first before purchasing it. Thank you for reading LegionCore, and please check back soon for more metal news and reviews.

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