CD/DVD Review: Protest The Hero – Gallop Meets The Earth
November 3rd, 2009 Filed under: Made In Canada, Reviews - Music, Reviews -DVD by admin
CD Review – Protest The Hero
Gallop Meets The Earth
Vagrant/UMG
Protest The Hero releases their first live album, Gallop Meets The Earth, as a two disc CD/DVD set. The CD is a live recording of a show in Toronto and the DVD includes a HD video of the band performing the same show along with music videos, a small documentary based around the day of their show and small clips like “Wake And Funnel [beer]” of the band’s adolescent mischief and gross frolics.
Gallop Meets The Earth is a great representation of experiencing the band’s live show. The sound is recorded with such clarity you’d think it was a studio album: every screaming fan can be clearly differentiated from the music, none of Moe Carlson’s rapid-fire blast-beat drumming is muffled in what could have become a swamp of noise with Tim Millar and Luke Hoskin’s intricate and fast picking guitar style, but every note is easily heard making it all sound significant. What makes the tracks on Gallop Meets The Earth different from the original recordings are the interludes of banter between lead singer, Rody Walker, and the audience. It’s hilarious how fast he can switch from pumping up the crowds to brutally insulting them and pull it off with a sense of humor.
Unfortunately, the two-disc set doesn’t include any new band material, but its powerful track list is played flawlessly. Songs like “Nautical” and “Limb From Limb” off of the band’s preceding albums, Kezia and Fortress, are performed seamlessly into each other leaving no down time. The whole performance maintains a pulsing intensity with fast tempo songs, unstoppable energy from all five band members, and a style reminiscent of British power metal that’s incorporating technical death metal.
Now you can watch over and over again the attitude, talent and sense of humour that has built Protest The Hero’s reputation.
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