Source: Blabbermouth.net
After the departure of longtime drummer Moe Carlson, Canada’s PROTEST THE HERO enlistedLAMB OF GOD‘s Chris Adler to sit behind the kit for the recording sessions of the band’s forthcoming album, “Volition”. Now with extensive touring on the horizon, PROTEST THE HERO has decided to fill the slot permanently with Mike Ieradi.
Says the band: “Finding a new drummer has proven to be a tough task! We had interest and video submissions from many friends, fans, and family alike (yes, Choadie‘s mom sent in a video of her ripping ‘C’est La Vie!’). Every single one of those submissions was wonderful — but we realized it was going to be impossible to select a drummer based on a YouTube video. We needed someone who we knew. Someone who we thought we wouldn’t murder and leave at the side of the road two weeks into tour. We think we have found that person in Mike Ieradi— a Canadian fella we met many moons ago.
“What’s that, you say? Mike is already in another band? Yes, he is. He will be playing in two bands on this upcoming tour. He will be opening with his band THE KINDRED and will then wrap the night up playing with us.
“Despite pulling double duty on this tour, he IS the newest member of PROTEST THE HERO and will hopefully be with us until we hang up the old jazz picks. No pressure, Mike!”
Adds Ieradi, “[I’m] happy to announce my new role in PROTEST THE HERO. I’m excited to be a full-blown member of a great band with some great friends, and looking forward to the future with these goons. Stoked to see everyone out on this upcoming tour, and I hope you enjoy watching me sweat my way through two sets with PROTEST and THE KINDRED. It should be a fun one!”
PROTEST THE HERO‘s fourth studio CD, “Volition”, will be released on October 29 (one day earlier internationally).
The long-awaited follow-up to 2011’s “Scurrilous” (Vagrant), “Volition” has been licensed to series of worldwide partners who will help distribute and market it to both traditional stores alongside digital service providers, thus making the new record available on a worldwide scale.
PROTEST THE HERO and Razor & Tie will join forces for the United States, while the album will be released in Canada through Sony Music and in the rest of the word via Spinefarm.
“Volition” track listing:
01. Clarity
02. Drum-Head Trial
03. Tilting Against Windmills
04. Without Prejudice
05. Yellow Teeth
06. Plato’s Tripartite
07. A Life Embossed
08. Mist
09. Underbite
10. Animal Bones
11. Skies
The cover artwork can be seen below.
