Our new album PALIMPSEST is out now. Merch/Vinyl - bit.ly/2OCeDdx
lyrics
“My sisters and brothers they hated so bad
To see me go west like someone gone mad
To leave all my loved ones and kiss them goodbye
Just hoping I’d see them in the sweet by-and-by.”
California promised heaven
(All the leaves are brown)
A heaven we could not deny
(And the sky is grey)
But the dust we’re running from still stalks us in the night
And all we’ve found is a bitter lie
With our lives on our backs, beat a path in the earth
Just hoping that we’d find blue skies and work
The farmlands and sawmills worked fine for a time
But with the father’s death came our decline
He that would the daughter win
Must with the mother first begin
Diligence is the mother of good luck
Diligence is the mother of good luck
They don’t need to know my name
Hide their faces, spare my children the shame
They don’t need to know my name
Hide their faces, spare my children the shame
Where is the children’s father?
Sacrificed on or left to the altar
Where is the life I was promised?
Best left unasked and best left unwanted
How did they end up here?
What are they going to do?
How did they end up here?
What are they going to do?
He that would the daughter win
Must with the mother first begin
Diligence is the mother of good luck
Diligence is the mother of good luck
California promised heaven
(All the leaves are brown)
A heaven we could not deny
(And the sky is grey)
But I’ll deny most anything
Rags and riches, gods and kings
Just need to feel the wheels underneath me
credits
from Palimpsest,
released June 18, 2020
ALL MUSIC BY PROTEST THE HERO
Rody Walker - Vocals
Luke Hoskin - Guitars
Tim MacMillar - Guitars
Mike Ieradi - Drums
Cam McLellani - Bass
Orchestral Arrangement / Production - Milen Petzelt-Sorace
PRODUCED BY: Derya Nagle
VOCAL PRODUCTION AND ENGINEERING: Anthony Kalabretta
DRUM PRODUCTION, ENGINEERING AND EDITING: Dean Hadjichristou
ADDITIONAL ENGINEERING AND EDITING: Darren “Jeter” Magierowski & Jill Zimmerman
ADDITIONAL PRODUCTION AND MIXING: Simon Grove
MASTERING: Ermin Hamidovic
ARTWORK: Martin Wittfooth
Its like 90's Japanese games music with a hint of The Transformers Movie soundtrack thrown in. But, of course, it is so much more than that. You can let it wash over you or pay fine attention to the skills and detail on show, either way it is thoroughly enjoyable! Tom Cooper
The songs are masterfully composed and flow together beautifully, and the orchestration is exactly how I want metal orchestration to sound: full, playable by a real orchestra, and just as important to the music as the vocals, drums, guitar, and bass are. tonycordeshimself
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Master Boot Record fires up a monstrously-efficient assembly line, powered by industrial, synth-wave, and hardcore techno. Bandcamp New & Notable May 30, 2019
This album is absolutely crushing without losing its razor sharp sense of melody. It's grand and menacing, colossal and foreboding, start to finish. herrsolera