Protest - The Corruption Code
In today’s overcrowded musical climate, unsigned Metal bands rarely turn heads. With six months now being considered a generation, there isn’t enough time to keep an eye on the developmental league. In the case of Dallas’s Protest, however, great lengths have been traveled to ensure they catch your eye. With an all-pro self-financed layout and snazzy full color press release boasting a mixing job by Tim Kimsey of King Diamond/Mercyful Fate fame, The Corruption Code promises not to look or sound like your average demo. But who gives a shit, right? Everyone knows that you’ve got to have money to make money, but what you might not have known is that drums on this album were performed by Malevolent Creation’s Gus Rios, and it also features a guest vocal spot from Absu’s Proscriptor. Now you’ve got my attention! So, wait a minute… how is this band unsigned? It only takes one listen to reveal that unfortunate answer. Musically, Protest are a little late to the party. Guys, don’t get me wrong, it’s awesome that you can play all these Slayer riffs —I’m sure you’d dominate open mic night at any watering hole in the Midwest— but carbon copies tend to fade after three decades. I mean, these riffs and solos are lifted straight from the Reign in Blood tablature book! That would be cool… if you guys were Slayer and the year was 1986. You’re not. It’s not. It doesn’t help that frontman Jason Burris’s vocals are of the strained, shouted, tough guy variety. A couple times he’s even reminiscent of an inbred faggot whose last name rhymes with Hans Elmo. And that Proscriptor cameo? Just a short, high-pitched wail to open the last song. So, despite their “star power” selling points, Protest are ultimately a band no one does, will, or should care about. An unofficial Slayer tribute band with a good drummer and a shitty vocalist. The type of band that plays at noon on the first day of a 3-day Metalfest.
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