b'\n_START_ARTICLE_\nProtest the Hero\n_START_SECTION_\nHistorie\n_START_PARAGRAPH_\nV den, kdy \xc4\x8dlenov\xc3\xa9 kapely pro\xc5\xa1li maturitn\xc3\xad zkou\xc5\xa1kou, se vydali na t\xc5\x99\xc3\xadt\xc3\xbddenn\xc3\xad tour z Toronta do Halifaxu kter\xc3\xa1 se jmenovala "Rock the Vote" a byla jakousi p\xc5\x99edvolebn\xc3\xad kampan\xc3\xad. Popularita kapely se za\xc4\x8dala pomalu zv\xc4\x9bt\xc5\xa1ovat i mimo metalov\xc3\xa9 sc\xc3\xa9ny ve m\xc4\x9bstech, ve kter\xc3\xbdch vystupovala. S podeps\xc3\xa1n\xc3\xadm smlouvy s Vagrant Records, kapela doufala, \xc5\xbee se stane popul\xc3\xa1rn\xc3\xad v cel\xc3\xa9 Kanad\xc4\x9b i ve Spojen\xc3\xbdch st\xc3\xa1tech. V roce 2004 kapela vyhr\xc3\xa1la Canadian Independent Music Award pro nejobl\xc3\xadben\xc4\x9bj\xc5\xa1\xc3\xad metalovou kapelu, kdy\xc5\xbe porazila mnohem zn\xc3\xa1m\xc4\x9bj\xc5\xa1\xc3\xad kapelu, Alexisonfire. V roce 2006 byla tak\xc3\xa9 nominov\xc3\xa1na na Canadian Music Week Indie Awards\', ale v sout\xc4\x9b\xc5\xbei o nejobl\xc3\xadben\xc4\x9bj\xc5\xa1\xc3\xad metalovou kapelu, je porazila death metalov\xc3\xa1 skupina Kataklysm. Stejn\xc3\xbd rok byla tak\xc3\xa9, op\xc4\x9bt ne\xc3\xbasp\xc4\x9b\xc5\xa1n\xc4\x9b, nominov\xc3\xa1na na CASBY Award. \xc4\x8clenov\xc3\xa9 kapely se tak\xc3\xa9 objevili v televizn\xc3\xad reklam\xc4\x9b na obchod s hudebn\xc3\xadmi n\xc3\xa1stroji, Long & McQuade. Basista Arif se objevil tak\xc3\xa9 ve videoklipu skupiny Closet Monster._NEWLINE_Videoklip k jejich songu "These Colours Don\'t Run" z alba A Calculated Use Of Sound byl vyd\xc3\xa1no v roce 2003. Video za\xc4\x8d\xc3\xadn\xc3\xa1 diskutov\xc3\xa1n\xc3\xadm se \xc4\x8dleny kapely, kte\xc5\x99\xc3\xad pot\xc3\xa9 zp\xc3\xadvaj\xc3\xad na\xc5\xbeivo na mnoha m\xc3\xadstech v Toronta. V\xc5\xa1ude, kde zp\xc3\xadvaj\xc3\xad, d\xc3\xa1vaj\xc3\xad kolemjdouc\xc3\xadm texty, aby mohli poslouchat a u toho si \xc4\x8d\xc3\xadst, \xc4\x8di zp\xc3\xadvat s kapelou. Protest the Hero tak\xc3\xa9 vydali klipy ke skladb\xc3\xa1m "Heretics and Killers", "Blindfolds Aside" a "The Divine Suicide of K." z alba Kezia a ke skladb\xc3\xa1m "Bloodmeat", "Sequoia Throne", "Palms Read" a "Spoils" z alba Fortress. Video ke skladb\xc4\x9b "Heretics and Killers" bylo \xc4\x8dasto vys\xc3\xadl\xc3\xa1no na MTV2, p\xc5\x99edev\xc5\xa1\xc3\xadm d\xc3\xadky tomu, \xc5\xbee \xc4\x8dlenov\xc3\xa9 kapely v n\xc4\x9bm hr\xc3\xa1li l\xc3\xa9taj\xc3\xadc\xc3\xad opice z The Wizard of Oz. Skladba "Divinity Within" se objevila na soundtracku ke h\xc5\x99e NHL 07 a skladba "Bury the Hatchet" , ze stejn\xc3\xa9ho alba, se d\xc3\xa1 st\xc3\xa1hnout do hry Guitar Hero II na Xbox 360. Skladba "The Dissentience" z alba Fortress se objevuje v soundtracku ke h\xc5\x99e NHL 09. Prvn\xc3\xad singl ze stejn\xc3\xa9ho alba "Bloodmeat" je nyn\xc3\xad dostupn\xc3\xbd ke sta\xc5\xbeen\xc3\xad na str\xc3\xa1nk\xc3\xa1ch hry Guitar Hero._NEWLINE_Ofici\xc3\xa1ln\xc4\x9b za\xc4\x8dali Protest the Hero pracovat na jejich nejnov\xc4\x9bj\xc5\xa1\xc3\xadm albu v lednu 2007. Nahr\xc3\xa1v\xc3\xa1n\xc3\xad skon\xc4\x8dilo 10. srpna, jak \xc5\x99ekl zp\xc4\x9bv\xc3\xa1k Rody na 2007 Vans Warped Tour v Barrie. Album se jmenuje Fortress a Vagrant ho za\xc4\x8dal vyd\xc3\xa1vat 29.1.2008. 25.4.2008 kapela uvedla ofici\xc3\xa1ln\xc3\xad videoklip pro skladbu "Sequoia Throne". Kapela tak\xc3\xa9 nato\xc4\x8dila video ke skladb\xc4\x9b "Spoils", kter\xc3\xa9 bude vyd\xc3\xa1no s live DVD na myspacu kapely._NEWLINE_V ned\xc3\xa1vn\xc3\xa9m p\xc5\x99\xc3\xadsp\xc4\x9bvku na Myspace kapely Protest the Hero potvrdil zp\xc4\x9bv\xc3\xa1k kapely Rody Walker, \xc5\xbee po skon\xc4\x8den\xc3\xad tohoto turn\xc3\xa9 se kapela vrhne na nat\xc3\xa1\xc4\x8den\xc3\xad nov\xc3\xa9ho CD.\n_START_SECTION_\nProtest the Hero \xc5\xbeiv\xc4\x9b\n_START_PARAGRAPH_\nProtesti vystupovali u\xc5\xbe na mnoho turn\xc3\xa9 z tak zn\xc3\xa1m\xc3\xbdmi skupinami jako jsou Alexisonfire, Bullet for My Valentine, Against Me!, Between and Buried and Me a mnoha dal\xc5\xa1\xc3\xadmi. Od z\xc3\xa1\xc5\x99\xc3\xad 2005 do ledna 2006 koncertovali v Kanad\xc4\x9b, USA a Velk\xc3\xa9 Brit\xc3\xa1nii s kapelami Death by Stereo, Bad Religion, Anti-Flag, The Fall of Troy, The Bled a DragonForce. Kapela \xc3\xba\xc4\x8dinkovala na Vans Warped Tour v l\xc3\xa9t\xc4\x9b roku 2006. Pot\xc3\xa9 Protesti vyrazili na turn\xc3\xa9 z kapelami Avenged Sevenfold a 3 Inches of Blood. V \xc5\x99\xc3\xadjnu 2006 se vrhli na turn\xc3\xa9 "The Crusade", kdy se skupinami Trivium, The Sword a Cellador procestovali Kanadu a Spojen\xc3\xa9 st\xc3\xa1ty americk\xc3\xa9. V listopadu 2006 u\xc5\xbe byla kapela na turn\xc3\xa9 s kapelami Bullet for My Valentine a As I Lay Dying. Na za\xc4\x8d\xc3\xa1tku prosince 2006 za\xc4\x8dalo turn\xc3\xa9 kapely, kdy se skupinami I Hate Sally a The Human Abstract procestovali provincii Ontario. Toto bylo prvn\xc3\xad turn\xc3\xa9, kde se odehr\xc3\xa1ly v\xc5\xa1echny skladby z alba Kezia. Na p\xc5\x99elomu kv\xc4\x9btna a \xc4\x8dervna 2007 tu bylo dal\xc5\xa1\xc3\xad turn\xc3\xa9 s kapelami All That Remains, Blessthefall, Threat Signal a The Holly Springs Disaster._NEWLINE_V z\xc3\xa1\xc5\x99\xc3\xad 2006 byl kytarista Luke Hoskin p\xc5\x99isti\xc5\xbeen p\xc5\x99i pa\xc5\xa1ov\xc3\xa1n\xc3\xad 0,2 gram\xc5\xaf marihuany na kanadsko-americk\xc3\xbdch hranic\xc3\xadch ve Vancouveru a nemohl d\xc3\xa1le pokra\xc4\x8dovat na turn\xc3\xa9 "The Crusade". Po dobu jeho zadr\xc5\xbeen\xc3\xad ho nahradil Marco Bressette z rockov\xc3\xa9 kapely Hypodust._NEWLINE_28.1.2008 kapela za\xc4\x8dala turn\xc3\xa9 skrz Kanadou s kapelami Silverstein, The Devil Wears Prada a illScarlett. P\xc5\x99ed Warped Tour 2008 vyrazili na turn\xc3\xa9 se skupinami Chiodos a Today I Caught the Plague. Na Warped Tour 2008 se Protesti objevovali po boku nap\xc5\x99. Unearth, The Acacia Strain, Whitechapel, Parkway Drive, Despised Icon, Gwen Stacy, Architects a Carnifex._NEWLINE_V lednu 2009 kapela koncertovala se skupinami As I Lay Dying, The Human Abstract a Mychildren Mybride. Protesti tak\xc3\xa9 vyrazili na turn\xc3\xa9 po Evrop\xc4\x9b s kapelami The Human Abstract a The Chariot. V dubnu 2009 tu bylo dal\xc5\xa1\xc3\xad turn\xc3\xa9 s n\xc3\xa1zvem "Heads Will Roll Tour" s kapelami Misery Signals a The Number Twelve Looks Like You._NEWLINE_Zp\xc4\x9bv\xc3\xa1k kapely Rody Walker prohl\xc3\xa1sil, \xc5\xbee skladba ""Bone Marrow" z alba Fortress je jedinou skladbou z tohoto alba, kter\xc3\xa1 je\xc5\xa1t\xc4\x9b nebyla hr\xc3\xa1na live.'