Protest the Hero : Fortress
 

9/10
Excellent album to follow up Kezia.

I've found this to be quite mediocre. My friend had forced me to listen to it, but I didn't despise it or like it. Just another emo/hardcore band trying to make a couple bucks off the whole scene/emo trend.

Protest the Hero is totally doing their own thing. No idea what you're talking about with the whole rippin the scene/emo trend.

can't personally comment on the unoriginality, as I don't really listen to this type of music. but I really liked the guitar and drums. 'Limb from Limb' has some awesome moments.

Oh well....nevermind. I'm a little hostile when it come to bands like this, because of the people that generally listen to them.

I'm not familiar with the genre so I can't comment on it's lack of originality, but I will say that it opened to the doors for me. I was never into any kind of metal but I've definitely been scoping out new stuff after hearing it. I love this album.

ive never heard of them before but i just listened to it and they are ok.

they arent exactly what i would ususally listen to tho

8/10

Listened to this cd quite a few times and really liked it. The vocal styles and guitar work especially.

Really need to check out Kezia from what people are saying in this thread, so I can compare the two.

This is how I feel about it.

Great album, love the band. can't wait to see them on the 25th.

Gorgeous
 

This album and band for this matter, are not my favorite style, but how they bring everything together is just so beautiful and unique I cant help but get into it. When i first heard this album i picked up on the amazing singing and thought that to be leading the whole band, but then i heard the elegance of the guitar and i quickly changed my perception to the combo being the key to this compilation, but after some reconsidering i have come to the conclusion that all the band members are so skilled and complement each other so well.

You cant be an artist until you have made a work of art ... they are artists

I love this band and I love this album. A really under appreciated element of this band is Arif Mirabdolbaghi's bass. I mean all of the instrumentation in their songs is of virtuoso quality, but I urge people who haven't really heard the bass in PTH's songs to go on youtube and look up Arif's bass tracks. They're a lot funkier than people would think.

Here's a sample, and there are others out there: