Protest the Hero Palimpsest
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Hertzy
June 5th 2026


197 Comments


Cover art is gorgeous

WalrusTusk
June 5th 2026


2088 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

New single bangs. Already preordered.

sharkmsc
June 5th 2026


505 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

"Everything that divides us should BURN FIRST", got DAMN PEOPLE

WalrusTusk
June 5th 2026


2088 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

What insider info would lead you to believe it's going to be a double album??

sharkmsc
June 5th 2026


505 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

Love the noodly PTH single. Rody's vocals almost felt like his voice is heading in a slightly power metal direction lol, but that might just be where he was in the delivery. They sounded pretty good, but especially loved his uncleans. I'm excited

Gfunk839
June 5th 2026


425 Comments


Power metal vocals indeed

GreyShadow
June 5th 2026


8335 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5 | Sound Off

@walrus on their reddit apparently the album cover is part of a companion piece. that and being 8 songs with 2 interludes. veryyy short for their standards sooooooooooooo



i'll be happy with just the one though! frankly surprised theyre still going in the first place tbh

sharkmsc
June 5th 2026


505 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

I will say, the tracklist being around 36 minutes puts it at Pacific Myth length, so I could believe this with 6 years passing. That would be incredible.

sharkmsc
June 5th 2026


505 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

Palimpsest was 53 and I was disappointed to see 36, especially with this record becoming my favorite in the discog.

gravityswitch
June 5th 2026


2581 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

New song rips

kalkwiese
June 5th 2026


11182 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

Pretty good. Nice!

Groundking
June 5th 2026


2585 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

Only a month and a bit until the album drops god damn, how does this year just keep getting better and better.



God bless it's not a long wait either from announcement to album drop, does my head in when bands announce a new album but then wait like 6 months to drop it.

Get Low
June 5th 2026


15690 Comments

Album Rating: 2.5

new song is just more of the same boring shit they've been doing since Volition

Hertzy
June 5th 2026


197 Comments


I've never found them boring

Insurrection
June 5th 2026


25013 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

love the new song. always puts a smile on my face when rody growls

Project
June 5th 2026


5986 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

New one is okay. Definitely did not reach the peaks of this album

GreyShadow
June 5th 2026


8335 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5 | Sound Off

feel like this is an objectively stronger first single than The Canary but god i loooooooooooooooove the Canary now. one of the strongest growers of a track tbh.



really feels right in line with all of these to me. they've def got a formula now and i'm glad it's a good one

WalrusTusk
June 5th 2026


2088 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

@grey I was literally going to say the same thing about "Canary" haha. I feel like, since finding them, Protest have released albums that just connect perfectly with where I am in life. Palimpsest, in particular, just resonated so hard with my disappointment with America and my hope for a better future. I can already tell, based on the message of this song, and this album is shaping up to do something similar.

Josh D.
June 5th 2026


18643 Comments


Hoep the new song is better than everything since, idk, Fortress

NudeTayne
June 5th 2026


3302 Comments

Album Rating: 2.5

new song has a lot of energy, glad to see the boys are back



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