---
title: "Protest the Hero"
type: "MusicGroup"
url: "https://themetalnet.com/band/protest-the-hero"
genre: "Progressive Metal"
country: "Canada"
formed: 1999
---

# Protest the Hero

**Protest the Hero** is a progressive metal band, from Canada, active 1999 to present.

Protest the Hero is a Canadian progressive metal band from Whitby, Ontario. Originally named Happy Go Lucky, the band changed their name to Protest the Hero and released their debut EP, Search for the Truth, in 2002. In 2005, the band released their first album Kezia on Canadian indie label Underground Operations.

Biography source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protest_the_Hero

## Facts

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Name | Protest the Hero |
| Genre | Progressive Metal |
| Parent genre | Metal |
| Origin | Whitby, Canada |
| Formed | 1999 |
| Releases in catalog | 11 |

## Genres

[Progressive Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/progressive-metal) · [Metalcore](https://themetalnet.com/genre/metalcore-classic) · [Mathcore](https://themetalnet.com/genre/mathcore) · [Progressive Metalcore](https://themetalnet.com/genre/progressive-metalcore)

## Line-up

| Musician | Instruments | Years | Status |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Luke Hoskin](https://themetalnet.com/musician/luke-hoskin) | Background vocals, Electric guitar, Piano | 2001 to present | Current |
| [Rody Walker](https://themetalnet.com/musician/rody-walker) | Lead vocals | 2001 to present | Current |
| [Tim MacMillar](https://themetalnet.com/musician/tim-macmillar) | Background vocals, Electric guitar, Piano | 2001 to present | Current |
| [Arif Mirbaghi](https://themetalnet.com/musician/arif-mirbaghi) | Background vocals, Bass guitar | 2001 to 2014 | Former |
| [Michael Ieradi](https://themetalnet.com/musician/michael-ieradi) | Drums (drum set) | 2012 to 2022 | Former |

## Discography

| Year | Release | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2003 | [A Calculated Use of Sound](https://themetalnet.com/album/5223c0f8-f570-3a18-872c-225ffb205569) | EP |
| 2005 | [Kezia](https://themetalnet.com/album/d46da6f7-e505-3fea-b1c2-1250c638fa4e) | Album |
| 2008 | [Fortress](https://themetalnet.com/album/52631443-0d5a-312b-8b5b-955c7bb0f304) | Album |
| 2008 | [Sequoia Throne](https://themetalnet.com/album/b2e3e9d5-d5a3-342c-b31c-f6c4873fcf82) | EP |
| 2011 | [Scurrilous](https://themetalnet.com/album/78b07175-9b71-473c-9dec-f92fee981992) | Album |
| 2013 | [Volition](https://themetalnet.com/album/ea166f2c-523d-4ed2-8542-16f9f50bd890) | Album |
| 2016 | [Pacific Myth](https://themetalnet.com/album/9b0219aa-6b33-4b01-b48b-f820315bbb1f) | EP |
| 2020 | [Fabula & Syuzhet](https://themetalnet.com/album/808d9f50-3559-46e3-b09a-7b6f0920548a) | EP |
| 2020 | [Palimpsest](https://themetalnet.com/album/d78154cb-7c0e-4011-9274-d26bdf2e3d0a) | Album |
| 2026 | [Within](https://themetalnet.com/album/d62211ab-328d-4fe2-860d-2c7ce12fa917) | Album |
|  | [Bombs Over Providence / Protest the Hero](https://themetalnet.com/album/9220b153-de7f-3a85-a904-e44618c95516) | EP |

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- [The Dillinger Escape Plan](https://themetalnet.com/band/the-dillinger-escape-plan) (listened together)
- [Periphery](https://themetalnet.com/band/periphery) (listened together)
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- [Metallica](https://themetalnet.com/band/metallica) (listened together)
- [Every Time I Die](https://themetalnet.com/band/every-time-i-die) (listened together)
- [Killswitch Engage](https://themetalnet.com/band/killswitch-engage) (listened together)
- [Tool](https://themetalnet.com/band/tool) (listened together)
- [The Fall of Troy](https://themetalnet.com/band/the-fall-of-troy) (listened together)
- [Coheed and Cambria](https://themetalnet.com/band/coheed-and-cambria) (listened together)
- [The Human Abstract](https://themetalnet.com/band/the-human-abstract) (listened together)
- [Converge](https://themetalnet.com/band/converge) (listened together)

## Official and external links

- facebook: https://www.facebook.com/protestthehero
- youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCe05RhZhZ_GRnklhJ_TTMrg
- x: https://twitter.com/protestthehero
- bandcamp: https://protestthehero.bandcamp.com/
- spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/6z3BjfmgvDUIHaJ0UPTtrQ
- deezer: https://www.deezer.com/artist/259157
- apple music: https://music.apple.com/ca/artist/28721874
- instagram: https://www.instagram.com/protestthehero/

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Source: [TheMetalNet https://themetalnet.com/band/protest-the-hero](https://themetalnet.com/band/protest-the-hero). Catalog data from MusicBrainz and Metal Archives. Full site index: https://themetalnet.com/llms.txt