Protest the Hero

Protest the hero are a Canadian Progressive Metal band, who began life playing somewhat straightforward Punk, and got more and more progressive with each release.

To date, they have released 3 albums.

Members:
 * Rody Walker - vocals
 * Luke Hoskin - lead guitar, backing vocals, piano
 * Tim Millar - rhythm guitar, backing vocals, piano
 * Arif Mirabdolbaghi - bass, backing vocals, lyrics
 * Moe Carlson - Drums

Discography:
 * A Calculated Use of Sound (2003)
 * Kezia (2006)
 * Fortress (2008)
 * Scurrilous (2011)

Tropes that apply to Protest the Hero:

 * Alien Invasion: Both averted and subverted in "Sequoia Throne". "They're not the ones who cause us harm - we are!" Then later; "They bloviate about a future beyond the moon, to bring about another planet's doom, to find some other peaceful life, and beat a war-drum to its tune. Unless my prayers are answered, our end is coming soon."
 * Badass Beard: Tim's certainly counts since it's huge, but everyone except moe are sporting rather nifty ones now.
 * Concept Album: Both albums so far, though they've said the new one won't be.
 * Downer Ending: "Kezia" is about a woman going facing excecution for an unmentioned crime. Guess how it ends.
 * Home Porn Movie: "Sex Tapes"
 * Large Ham: Rody has a habit of hamming it up in videos.
 * Humans Are the Real Monsters: The album "Fortress" is about peaceful pagans being massacred by Christian missionaries. One song that particularly stands out is "Sequoia Throne".
 * Mohs Scale of Rock and Metal Hardness: Generally around 7-8, but there's some gutteral screaming which raises it now and then.
 * New Sound Album: There's a massive change between their Ep and Kezia (which isn't surprising considering they were teenagers when they started), and almost a big a change between Kezia and Fortress.
 * Scurrilous also switches to a much less progressive, more straitforward metal sound.
 * Just compare this, the first song they released, to the latest.
 * Religion Rant Song: Not any specific rants, but many tracks on both "Kezia" and "Fortress" contain anti-religious themes, especially the first three tracks of the former.
 * Title Drop: Many times.
 * In "The Dissentience" on the album "Fortress": Bloooodmeeeat! (ironically in the previous song, "Bloodmeat", they never say this.)
 * In "The Divine Suicide of K." on "Kezia": Blindfold Aside, I'll probably still close my eyes."
 * "Divinity Within" also name drops itsself a couple of times.
 * Throw It In: In the breakdown of Wretch, you can clearly hear a Cat meowing. It's Rody's, which interrupted during the middle of recording vocals. They decided to leave it in after hearing the results.