Oh man, just listened to it then, what an album, seriously amazing.

It's like a mix of Kezia, old Dream Theater, and Sikth, and by god it works.

Dream Theater?

Ew.

I dont see the Dream Theatre at all thankfully.

Some people are more acute in their observance than others, I'm afraid.

[QUOTE=Cocaine;15884929]I dont see the Dream Theatre at all thankfully.[/QUOTE]

I think he means with the epic melodiez

So apparently it's on Kerrazy Torrents. Can anybody confirm/deny if it's the real deal?

Google > Protest the Hero Fortress Download

There's at least four working links on the first page there, very likely more but I haven't checked.

Yes Shattered a real leak is out now. It came out in Japan on the 22nd and retailers got their copies on Monday.

I haven't heard this leak but I know people who've heard it as well as the copy I sent them (:() and can confirm there is a real legit one out

i blogsearched it

lol@Atari 2600 noises

You sent it to people , but not me? :(
You also promised me Kayo Dot >:-(

Ok, from the first minute, I can tell this:

The vocals are better
Something is clicking like a mofo...bass drum, maybe?
Insanity reigns

Still not a complete fan of the vocals, but they're markedly improved.

I dont know where you're hearing clicking. Keep listening, you'll learn to love the vocals. Not sure why you wouldn't like them though seeing as how you listen to Power Metal and they're not far off when he's in his higher register.

Ok, the clicking is gone.

It's not so much the vocals as the tone. There's still that hint of whiny pop-punk style, but it's thankfully much less than Kezia.

I can say this much. It's a ton better than Kezia. I may actually be a convert.

Not whiny, but I do sort of see what you're getting at, I just dont necessarily agree. Plus he growls and screams really well on this album, and he does explore different clean styles and registers.

What song are you on?

The Dissentience. Bloodmeat was actually really cool, and I'm liking the guitar work on this one.

It gets better. Bone Marrow is the best, along with Palms Read and Wretch. Sequoia Throne is iffy.

I didn't like Sequoia Throne at first but it's grown on me a bit, Bone Marrow is by far the best though, easily better than anything they have done before in my eyes.

Lmao, who does the keyboards and piano on this album? It's arpeggio run-tastic.

Sequoia Throne is actually really cool...bit over the top and somewhat Dragonforce-sounding solo parts, but it's cool.

The Piano is Luke, not sure about the synths. Dragonforce's keyboardist has a really bad solo on Limb from Limb though. The synths disappear after Bone Marrow though.

I think that solo by Vadim could have been better, but it's not terrible, despite the horrid blippy sound.

[QUOTE=Cocaine;15885299]The Piano is Luke, not sure about the synths. Dragonforce's keyboardist has a really bad solo on Limb from Limb though. The synths disappear after Bone Marrow though.[/QUOTE]

No they don't.

Limb From Limb has some epic synth work in the background.

I believe it's that track.

[QUOTE=Cocaine;15885200]I haven't heard this leak but I know people who've heard it as well as the copy I sent them (:() and can confirm there is a real legit one out[/QUOTE]

I only did because I needed gapless. :(

The tone is terrible but the solo isn't.

[QUOTE]No they don't.

Limb From Limb has some epic synth work in the background.

I believe it's that track.
[/QUOTE]
You know what I mean though.

Wretch > all

and I wish that Vadim hadn't come in for the first bit of his solo, right when Rody was going "SHE IS THE SUNNNNNNNNNNNNN"

if he'd just come in later, right after that,

i would love the solo so much more.

So, Fortress is very good. Probably not something I can listen to daily, but kudos to PTH for creating something original.

should I dl this or wait to buy it? I can't decide.

Download it, you'll buy it anyways.

They were good on MTV Live. Played Goddess Bound. Was awkward during the "live to **** and **** till death" part though. Should be online later tonight. They also played the Dissentience but it got cut off.

lol, they're playing on MTV?

They're really big in Canada... it's only Canadian MTV.

Oh, I see.

MTV Canada, yeah. They're always on MTV Live and Much On Demand. Mars Volta was on last night.