by Metal Insider | Aug 6, 2013 | Updates, Video
[vimeo]http://vimeo.com/71168323[/vimeo] Good news! Protest the Hero have released their first album update, or ‘pupdate’, as they like to call it, giving fans a glimpse into their much anticipated fourth album. Of course, the buzz about this album is that...
by Metal Insider | Jul 24, 2013 | Label Moves, Updates
Protest The Hero made waves in the metal music industry this year by opting to crowdfund their upcoming fourth release instead of going through the traditional means of producing music through a record label. They not only hit their goal of $125, 000 practically...
by Metal Insider | Jul 23, 2013 | Crowdfunding, New Music
The teaming of former Nevermore guitarist Jeff Loomis and musician Keith Merrow was inevitable, but an album wasn’t a definite until the duo raised more than $15,000 via Indiegogo. Loomis and Merrow, who have also recruited Alex Webster of Cannibal Corpse and...
by Metal Insider | Jun 26, 2013 | Music Biz, Touring
[youtube]http://youtu.be/TjhuNFP1gD8[/youtube] In recent months, crowd-funding has been drastically changing the way the music industry operates. Canadian prog group Protest the Hero funded their upcoming album entirely through an incredibly successful Indiegogo...
by Metal Insider | May 10, 2013 | Headbangers Brawl
Headbangers’ Brawl is a weekly column where Metal Insider’s contributors take a moment to debate and analyze two opposing sides of a topical issue occurring in the world of metal and/or the music industry. Blame it on Amanda Palmer. When the former Roadrunner artist...