I am not a fan. The vocals do not fit well imo.

plus the music is just...meh...

The music is just "meh"
Dude, they wrote the music before they were even capable of playing it. Its intense haha

Protest The Hero
 

Band, never heard of them except that SUPPOSEDLY their new album is fantastically good. I have no basis on which to judge. Who can tell me something/anything about them?

Anything worth checking out?

I typically hate anything remotely metalcore but they do it some justice. Also, the vocals are awesome.

Does this hate for metalcore include late 80s and early 90s acts such as Undertow and Threadbare?

No, mostly just more modern chugga chugga breakdown nonsense. So stuff that started around mid-late 90s-ish until now typically just doesn't catch my attention.

Anybody heard the new album?

I did and was forced to listen to it by a huge fan. I didn't care for it.

PTH is just a little to "over the top" for me, and its really not as artsy or introspective as I'd prefer either.

@ Unfan early metalcore and post metal are the only genres that I'm actively a fan of that involves metal. I think you might get a chuckle out of this http://www.musicbanter.com/hardcore-...core-lyfe.html

@ RJ
Supposedly you can listen to it on myspace. It exploded for me and told me to login when I already was.