Protest The Hero have revealed a video for the track Tilting Against Windmills.This is the fourth video and single released from Volition. The video was filmed throughout the band’s most recent UK and European tour in January. The video can be viewed below.
The band have also been confirmed to play at this year’s Sonisphere Festival in the UK. Further details of the festival can be found at this location.
Protest The Hero will also be appearing at other festivals around Europe this year including Hellfest in France and Germany’s With Full Force Festival and many more to be announced.
London-based The Safety Fire have recently released a new video for the title-track of their second album “Mouth Of Swords”. The video features “life on the road” footage filmed during their latest US tour with Between The Buried And Me, The Faceless and The Contortionist. Check it out:
And speaking of tours, The Safety Fire has already a new one planned for early next year, with Protest The Hero, TesseracT and Intervals. Dates are as follows:
06.01.14 Germany Karlsruhe @ Substage 07.01.14 Germany Nürnberg @ Hirsch 08.01.14 Germany Berlin @ Magnet 09.01.14 Germany Hamburg @ Logo 10.01.14 Sweden Stockholm @ Klubben 11.01.14 Sweden Gothenburg @ Fängelset 12.01.14 Norway Oslo @ John Dee 14.01.14 Denmark Copenhagen @ Vega 16.01.14 Belgium Aarschot @ De Klinker 17.01.14 France Paris @ Divan du Monde 18.01.14 France Toulouse @ Le Saint Des Seins 19.01.14 Spain Madrid @ Copernico 20.01.14 Spain Barcelona @ Sala Boveda 22.01.14 Switzerland Aarau @ Kiff 23.01.14 Italy Milan @ Zoe Club 24.01.14 Austria Salzburg @ Rockhouse 25.01.14 Austria Wien @ Szene 26.01.14 Hungary Budapest @ Dürer Kert 28.01.14 Germany München @ Backstage 29.01.14 Germany Leipzig @ Conne Island 30.01.14 Luxemburg Esch-sur-Alzette @ Rockhal 31.01.14 Germany Köln @ Essigfabrik 01.02.14 UK Brighton @ Concorde 2 02.02.14 UK Birmingham @ O2 Academy2 04.02.14 UK Sheffield @ Corporation 05.02.14 UK Glasgow @ Classic Grand 06.02.14 UK Manchester @ Academy2 07.02.14 UK London @ The Electric Ballroom 08.02.14 Holland Dordrecht @ Bibelot
Also, between the 18th and the 22nd of February, the band will be on board of the US Progressive Nation at Sea Cruise 2014.
Famous for their marketing skills, Protest The Hero have come up with yet another original idea. The band has announced that the artwork revealed a couple of weeks ago is in fact just the image for the digital download of their new album “Volition”. To see the “real” cover you will need to get an app and interact with other fans:
» Today (1st October) we launch a unique, interactive fan-sourcing experience to reveal the Jeff Jordan-created artwork for our forthcoming album, “Volition”. Playing off the night vision-equipped vultures featured in the artwork, each fan’s visibility is restricted to the immediate area surrounding their cursor, giving them limited access to the illustration. Each visitor’s viewfinder moves simultaneously amongst the others, forming a real-time flock of crowd-sourced clarity – fans must work together to expand their collective vision and reveal the artwork in its entirety. The link for the app is:http://volition.protestthehero.ca «
The UK dates of their European tour will be supported by Tesseract & The SafetyFire and Intervals: 01.02.14 UK Brighton @ Concorde 2 02.02.14 UK Birmingham @ O2 Academy2 04.02.14 UK Sheffield @ Corporation 05.02.14 UK Glasgow @ Classic Grand 06.02.14 UK Manchester @ Academy2 07.02.14 UK London @ The Electric Ballroom
Following their highly successful crowd funding campaign with Indiegogo, Protest The Hero have announced quite happily the company will be the sponsors of their first UK and European tour of the Violation album cycle. the tour will be begin 6th January next year in Germany and will end in Holland a month later on 8th February. Supporting Protest The Hero are UK bands Tesseract and The Safety Fire, plus Toronto-based band Intervals.
Violation is scheduled for release in the UK via Spinefarm Records on 28th October with other European countries matching this release date as closely as possible. The band will also be touring the US and Canada in November and December. UK dates are as follow:
01.02.14 UK Brighton @ Concorde 2
02.02.14 UK Birmingham @ O2 Academy2
04.02.14 UK Sheffield @ Corporation
05.02.14 UK Glasgow @ Classic Grand
06.02.14 UK Manchester @ Academy2
07.02.14 UK London @ The Electric Ballroom
