A Calculated Use of Sound is an EP released by Protest the Hero

Protest the Hero

Protest the Hero is a Canadian progressive metal band from Whitby, Ontario. Originally named Happy Go Lucky, the band line-up has remained the same since their formation in 1999. The band changed their name to Protest the Hero shortly before releasing their debut EP, Search for the Truth, in 2002...

 in 2003. It was later re-released in 2004 with re-mastered tracks, a remade cover with a black color scheme, and an additional song titled "Soft Targets Make Softer Graves".

The re-release made its debut in America with the release of Kezia; the band gave free copies to the first one hundred people who pre-purchased the album.

This album's sound bears little resemblance to the band's later music, and is more Hardcore Punk

Hardcore punk

Hardcore punk is an underground music genre that originated in the late 1970s, following the mainstream success of punk rock. Hardcore is generally faster, thicker, and heavier than earlier punk rock. The origin of the term "hardcore punk" is uncertain. The Vancouver-based band D.O.A...

 in sound.

Track listing

• The song title "I Am Dmitri Karamazov and the World Is My Father" is a direct quote from the novel The Brothers Karamazov
  The Brothers Karamazov
  The Brothers Karamazov is the final novel by the Russian author Fyodor Dostoyevsky. Dostoyevsky spent nearly two years writing The Brothers Karamazov, which was published as a serial in The Russian Messenger and completed in November 1880...
  
  , the last novel written by Russian author Fyodor Dostoevsky
  Fyodor Dostoevsky
  Fyodor Mikhaylovich Dostoyevsky was a Russian writer of novels, short stories and essays. He is best known for his novels Crime and Punishment, The Idiot and The Brothers Karamazov....
  
   before his death.
• The song "Red Stars Over the Battle of Cowshed" is a reference to the novel Animal Farm
  Animal Farm
  Animal Farm is an allegorical novella by George Orwell published in England on 17 August 1945. According to Orwell, the book reflects events leading up to and during the Stalin era before World War II...
  
  written by George Orwell
  George Orwell
  Eric Arthur Blair , better known by his pen name George Orwell, was an English author and journalist...
  
  .
• The song "Fear and Loathing in Laramie" is about the murder of Matthew Shepard
  Matthew Shepard
  Matthew Wayne Shepard was a student at the University of Wyoming who was tortured and murdered near Laramie, Wyoming, in October 1998...
  
  , a young gay man killed in the town of Laramie, Wyoming
  Laramie, Wyoming
  Laramie is a city in and the county seat of Albany County, Wyoming, United States. The population was 30,816 at the . Located on the Laramie River in southeastern Wyoming, the city is west of Cheyenne, at the junction of Interstate 80 and U.S. Route 287....
  
  . His murder brought national as well as international attention to the issue of hate crime legislation at the state and federal levels.