Remember when I said to clear your schedules for June? Well, this is it. This is the big one. We’re playing 3 nights and 3 albums on our home turf of Nashville for some big ‘ol Act III release shenanigans at Marathon Music Works – June 18th, 19th, and 20th. It’s gonna be super rad and we’ve got some equally rad people playing with us, but that’s for another time. Right now we just wanted to give you mailing listers/news pagers the heads up and shot at the tickets first, because tickets go on sale TODAY WITH A CODE, and we want you to be the first to get them!  Go here and enter this code to make it happen —> CITY2026

There are a few different ticket options. Individual days, 3 Day Pass, and 3 Day Pass with VIP* (with meet and greet action. *you must click 3 day if you want to add VIP … UPDATE: VIP SOLD OUT).  And of course, it’s a bit cheaper each day if you just go ahead and grab that 3 Day Pass.

Also, a Lord Humungus thank you to everyone that’s helped so far with the rollout of the album and at MAGFest. We couldn’t have done this without you. 

But we’re not done yet, and we still have a long way to go. This is the now-or-never go-time for getting the word out about this record and we need your help! Get out there and request Act III songs wherever you can. If you have a radio station left in your town… ask them to play some jams! Have Sirius/XM? Request it! Going to karaoke at Applebees? Sing it horribly for the poor people sitting quietly at the bar just trying to wind down after a horrible day at work! Know somebody that works at a magazine, blog, or podcast that hasn’t talked about Act III or reviewed the album yet (i.e… most of them)? Get ‘em! Tell them to reach out and we’ll get them the goods. 

Speaking of the goods… we have a new Protomen Store with all the new Act III merch! Go check it out! And don’t worry, more stuff is incoming, like CD represses of Acts I and II (and eventually records). And yes, we’re getting closer to an Act III vinyl announcement, so just hang on to your britches for just a bit longer. 

And for those of you wonderful people who preordered CDs, those have started shipping, there were just a whole lot of them to get into the shipping people’s hands and then process, but the wait is almost over! We can’t wait for you all to gander the booklets.

You are the spark,

-Commander

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Week 1 was “The Calm” + “Hold Back The Night”

Week 2 was “The Trainyard” + “No Way Back”

Week 3 was “The Storm” + “Buried In The Red” (featuring Bit Brigade’s own Luke Fields on bass guitar.) 

Week 4 was “Calling Out”

Week 5 was “This City Made Us”

Week 6 was “Hold On (The Distance Between)”

Week 7 was “The Redline” + “A Show Of Force”

Week 8 was “The Dream”

Week 9 was “Light’s Last Stand” (featuring Tim Cappello on sax)

Week 10 was “The Good Doctor • Part 2”

This week is “The Fate Of Thomas Light”

Well. We’ve reached the end of the road here. Huge thank you for coming along with us on this pre-release rollercoaster the past couple of months. We really appreciate all the support. We can’t wait to get the CDs and records in your hands as soon as possible so you can read the story for the other half of the experience.

And in case you somehow missed all the emails and social posts prior to this and are wondering what this is all about, Act III: This City Made Us is now in the CD and Digital pre-order phase on Bandcamp and we released one to two songs every week over the course of the last two months to pre-orderers. As of today, everything is live now in Bandcamp, so if you pre-order the album, you’ll have access to it there. And always remember, only the physical copies of the album (CDs, Records, etc.) come with the libretto/booklet that have all of the fleshed out story and incredible John DeLucca illustration and Caspar Newbolt design.

And if you missed the previous newsletters and posts, it means you don’t know that MAGFest sold out in record time, but that you shouldn’t freak out if you didn’t get a badge, because we’re planning a little something here in Nashville for mid 2026 that you don’t want to miss. We’ll dole out more info on that as we know more details. But go ahead and clear your schedules for the entire year, because it’s gonna be a big little something. 

And stiiiiiillllll no word on a pre-order date for Vinyl, but we’re getting closer.

See you at MAGFest!

-Commander

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WE DID IT! We got one out on a Monday!!! You seriously didn’t believe it would happen, did you? Well, I knew we had it in us!

Week 1 was “The Calm” + “Hold Back The Night”

Week 2 was “The Trainyard” + “No Way Back”

Week 3 was “The Storm” + “Buried In The Red” (featuring Bit Brigade’s own Luke Fields on bass guitar.) 

Week 4 was “Calling Out”

Week 5 was “This City Made Us”

Week 6 was “Hold On (The Distance Between)”

Week 7 was “The Redline” + “A Show Of Force”

Week 8 was “The Dream”

Week 9 was “Light’s Last Stand” (featuring Tim Cappello on Sax)

This week is “The Good Doctor • Part 2”

This coming Friday ( Dec. 5th), we’re going to do a full album listening party on Bandcamp at 1 pm CST. We’re not sure that we can drop the final song live in the stream like we thought, so it will likely be up a couple to a few hours earlier than the listening event. You can either listen early, or wait for the Bandcamp listening thing… whichever’s funnier. This is really just a chance for everyone to listen together through the full album as it’s intended… in one go with no interruptions or breaks. With that, we’ll be trying to hang with the chat flood as much as possible. To participate, we’re relatively sure you just have to have pre-ordered the album and click on the link above… or here. Also, keep an eye out for a Bandcamp email closer to Friday that should clear up any confusion about it.

And in case you somehow missed all the emails, news page posts, and social posts prior to this and are wondering what this is all about, Act III: This City Made Us is now in the CD and Digital pre-order phase on Bandcamp and we’re releasing one to two songs a week (every Monday or Tuesday… ok… only one Monday…) until they’re all out in the world (with an official album release date of January 9th). We’ve reached the end of the road here with the final song being released to pre-orderererers this coming Friday. Get your pre-order in and come listen to the whole thing with us on Bandcamp for the listening party thing! And always remember, only the physical copies of the album (CDs, Records, etc.) come with the libretto/booklet that have all of the fleshed out story and incredible John DeLucca illustration and Caspar Newbolt design.

And if you missed the previous newsletters and posts, it means you don’t know that MAGFest sold out in record time, but that you shouldn’t freak out if you didn’t get a badge, because we’re planning a little something here in Nashville for mid 2026 that you don’t want to miss. We’ll dole out more info on that as we know more details. But go ahead and clear your schedules for the entire year, because it’s gonna be a big little something.

And stiiiiiillllll no word on a pre-order date for Vinyl, but we’re getting closer.

See you Friday for the finale!

-Commander

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Week 1 was “The Calm” + “Hold Back The Night”

Week 2 was “The Trainyard” + “No Way Back”

Week 3 was “The Storm” + “Buried In The Red” (featuring Bit Brigade’s own Luke Fields on bass guitar.) 

Week 4 was “Calling Out”

Week 5 was “This City Made Us”

Week 6 was “Hold On (The Distance Between)”

Week 7 was “The Redline” + “A Show Of Force”

Week 8 was “The Dream”

This week is “Light’s Last Stand”

This one’s a doozy… or doozie? Maybe doo-z? Either way, this one is a big deal, not only becasue we think it’s a pretty rad jam, but we’ve got The Offical Tim Cappello playing sax on it. For those Cappello uninitiates, he was Tina Turner’s sax machine back in the day, so that means he was on the Thunderdome soundtrack, which would be bad ass enough, but then he went on to Lost Boys glory with his scene/cover of The Call’s “I Still Believe.” And that’s not the end of it, he’s worked with too many incredible people to list here. And why didn’t we ask him to play on our version of “I Still Believe” for The Cover Up, you may be asking? Well, we didn’t know we could…

Until now. We knew we needed a powerhouse sax player for this song, so we just went for it. And he agreed! And we’re so happy that he did, because it’s wonderful, and we hope you think so too.

Also, Bandcamp has this pretty cool thing where you can do a listening party of an album, sooo we’re gonna do an Act III party next Friday (which is also a Bandcamp Friday) at 1 pm CST. We’re gonna drop the final song live in the stream so everyone hears it at the same time and can flood the chat with all kinds of reactions nobody will have a chance to read… because… how could you? We might even jump in the chat, too. But basically to participate, we think you just have to have pre-ordered the album and watch for a Bandcamp email/invite to the event. We should have more concrete details by the next mailer/post early next week.

And in case you somehow missed all the emails and social posts prior to this and are wondering what this is all about, Act III: This City Made Us is now in the CD and Digital pre-order phase on Bandcamp and we’re releasing one to two songs a week (every Monday or Tuesday) until they’re all out in the world. And if you’re worried about the math, don’t freak out, the first one landed on a Friday and the second one landed on the following Tuesday, but from here on out they’ll land on Mondays or Tuesdays (they’ve all been Tuesdays so far, but we swear Mondays are still in the running). We said 2025, and when we said 2025, we meant 2025. And always remember, only the physical copies of the album (CDs, Records, etc.) come with the libretto/booklet that have all of the fleshed out story and incredible John DeLucca illustration and Caspar Newbolt design.

And if you missed the previous newsletters and posts, it means you don’t know that MAGFest sold out in record time, but that you shouldn’t freak out if you didn’t get a badge, because we’re planning a little something here in Nashville for early-mid 2026 that you don’t want to miss. We’ll dole out more info on that as we know more details. But go ahead and clear your schedules for the entire year, because it’s gonna be a big little something.

And stiiiiiillllll no word on a pre-order date for Vinyl, but we’re getting closer.

See you next week for the penultimate!

-Commander

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Sorry for being late today, we slept in. Here’s “The Dream”…

Week 1 was “The Calm” + “Hold Back The Night”

Week 2 was “The Trainyard” + “No Way Back”

Week 3 was “The Storm” + “Buried In The Red” (featuring Bit Brigade’s own Luke Fields on bass guitar.) 

Week 4 was “Calling Out”

Week 5 was “This City Made Us”

Week 6 was “Hold On (The Distance Between)”

Week 7 was “The Redline” + “A Show Of Force”

This week is “The Dream”

And you know what they say… it’s always Tuesday somewhere. But seriously… using timezones as our shield, it IS still Tuesday in American Samoa. Also, I’m in Japan right now, and it’s been Wednesday for like a whole day, so nothing is real and time is a construct.

Speaking of being in Japan, I paid Capcom a visit today in Osaka… they kicked me right out.

MAGFest/Nashville
As I said in the last newsletter/post, MAGFest sold out in record time, but don’t freak out if you didn’t get a badge, because we’re planning a little something here in Nashville for early-mid 2026 that you don’t want to miss. We’ll dole out more info on that as we know more details. But go ahead and clear your schedules for the entire year, because it’s gonna be a big little something.

And in case you somehow missed all the emails and social posts prior to this and are wondering what this is all about, Act III: This City Made Us is now in the CD and Digital pre-order phase on Bandcamp and we’re releasing one to two songs a week (every Monday or Tuesday) until they’re all out in the world. And if you’re worried about the math, don’t freak out, the first one landed on a Friday and the second one landed on the following Tuesday, but from here on out they’ll land on Mondays or Tuesdays (they’ve all been Tuesdays so far, but we swear Mondays are still in the running). We said 2025, and when we said 2025, we meant 2025. And always remember, only the physical copies of the album (CDs, Records, etc.) come with the libretto/booklet that have all of the fleshed out story and incredible John DeLucca illustration and Caspar Newbolt design.

And stiiiiiillllll no word on a pre-order date for Vinyl, but we’re working on it.

See you next week!

-Commander

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Week 1 was “The Calm” + “Hold Back The Night”

Week 2 was “The Trainyard” + “No Way Back”

Week 3 was “The Storm” + “Buried In The Red” (featuring Bit Brigade’s own Luke Fields on bass guitar.) 

Week 4 was “Calling Out”

Week 5 was “This City Made Us”

Week 6 was “Hold On (The Distance Between)”

This week is “The Redline” + “A Show Of Force”

So MAGFest sold out in record time, but don’t freak out if you didn’t get a badge, because we’re planning a little something here in Nashville for early-mid 2026 that you don’t want to miss. We’ll dole out more info on that as we know more details. But go ahead and clear your schedules for the entire year, because it’s gonna be a big little something.

And in case you somehow missed all the emails and social posts prior to this and are wondering what this is all about, Act III: This City Made Us is now in the CD and Digital pre-order phase on Bandcamp and we’re releasing one to two songs a week (every Monday or Tuesday) until they’re all out in the world. And if you’re worried about the math, don’t freak out, the first one landed on a Friday and the second one landed on the following Tuesday, but from here on out they’ll land on Mondays or Tuesdays (they’ve all been Tuesdays so far, but we swear Mondays are still in the running). We said 2025, and when we said 2025, we meant 2025. And always remember, only the physical copies of the album (CDs, Records, etc.) come with the libretto/booklet that have all of the fleshed out story and incredible John DeLucca illustration and Caspar Newbolt design.

And stiiiiiillllll no word on a pre-order date for Vinyl, but we’re working on it.

See you next week!

-Commander

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Week 1 was “The Calm” + “Hold Back The Night”

Week 2 was “The Trainyard” + “No Way Back”

Week 3 was “The Storm” + “Buried In The Red” (featuring Bit Brigade’s own Luke Fields on bass guitar.) 

Week 4 was “Calling Out”

Week 5 was  “This City Made Us”

This week is “Hold On (The Distance Between)”

We’ve reached the halfway point with these tracks, but we still have a long way to go. Here’s comes a bunch of stuff none of you have ever heard.

SUPER MAGFEST 2026
Just announced – All 3 nights. All 3 “Act” albums. And we’re doing them in chronological story-order, so Act II on Thursday, Act I on Friday, and Act III on Saturday. This one is gonna rule.

It’s pretty much sold out at this point, but don’t freak out if you didn’t get a badge in time, because we’re planning a little something here in Nashville for early-mid 2026 that you don’t want to miss (even if you’re already going to MAGFest). We’ll dole out more info on that as we know more details. But go ahead and clear your schedules for the entire year, because it’s gonna be a big little something. 

And in case you somehow missed all the emails and social posts prior to this and are wondering what this is all about, Act III: This City Made Us is now in the CD and Digital pre-order phase on Bandcamp and we’re releasing one to two songs a week (every Monday or Tuesday) until they’re all out in the world. And if you’re worried about the math, don’t freak out, the first one landed on a Friday and the second one landed on the following Tuesday, but from here on out they’ll land on Mondays or Tuesdays (they’ve all been Tuesdays so far, but we swear Mondays are still in the running). We said 2025, and when we said 2025, we meant 2025. And always remember, only the physical copies of the album (CDs, Records, etc.) come with the libretto/booklet that have all of the fleshed out story and incredible John DeLucca illustration and Caspar Newbolt design.

And still no word on a pre-order date for Vinyl, but we’ll let you know the moment we can get those in your hands.

See you next week!

-Commander

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Week 1 was “The Calm” + “Hold Back The Night”

Week 2 was “The Trainyard” + “No Way Back”

Week 3 was “The Storm” + “Buried In The Red” (featuring Bit Brigade’s own Luke Fields on bass guitar.) 

Week 4 was “Calling Out”

This week is “This City Made Us”

Metal Sucks gave the eagle eye’d of you an early look at the new “This City Made Us” yesterday, but now it’s everyone else’s turn. And here’s the rad new John DeLucca art (Caspar Newbolt on design). Huge thank you to them for nailing what we’re going for with this whole thing. If you dig it, let them know you appreciate their work:

In case you somehow missed the last few mailers + news posts and are wondering what this is all about, Act III: This City Made Us is now in the CD and Digital pre-order phase on Bandcamp and we’re releasing one to two songs a week (every Monday or Tuesday) until they’re all out in the world. And if you’re worried about the math, don’t freak out, the first one landed on a Friday and the second one landed on the following Tuesday, but from here on out they’ll land on Mondays or Tuesdays (they’ve all been Tuesdays so far, but we swear Mondays are still in the running). We said 2025, and when we said 2025, we meant 2025. And always remember, only the physical copies of the album (CDs, Records, etc.) come with the libretto/booklet that have all of the fleshed out story and incredible John DeLucca illustration and Caspar Newbolt design.

We also posted a w/lyrics track on youtube for “Calling Out” and then another for “This City Made Us.” Go check them out and do the like and subscribe thing on there, too.

And still no word on a pre-order date for Vinyl, but we’re working on it.

See you next week!

-Commander

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Let’s keep this train rolling…

Week 1 was “The Calm” + “Hold Back The Night”

Week 2 was “The Trainyard” + “No Way Back”

Week 3 was “The Storm” + “Buried In The Red” (featuring Bit Brigade‘s own Luke Fields on bass guitar.) 

This week is “Calling Out”

In case you somehow missed the announcement mailer/news post and are wondering what this is all about, Act III: This City Made Us is now in the CD and Digital pre-order phase on Bandcamp and we’re releasing one to two songs a week (every Monday or Tuesday) until they’re all out in the world. And if you’re worried about the math, don’t freak out, the first one landed on a Friday and the second one landed on the following Tuesday, but from here on out they’ll land on Mondays or Tuesdays (they’ve all been Tuesdays so far, but we swear Mondays are still in the running). We said 2025, and when we said 2025, we meant 2025. And always remember, only the physical copies of the album (CDs, Records, etc.) come with the libretto/booklet that have all of the fleshed out story and incredible John DeLucca illustration and Caspar Newbolt design.

And still no word on a pre-order date for Vinyl, but we’re working on it.

See you next week!

-Commander

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Week 1 was “The Calm” + “Hold Back The Night”

Week 2 was “The Trainyard” + “No Way Back”

This week is “The Storm” + “Buried In The Red” (both featuring Luke Fields on bass guitar from Oscar winning band, Bit Brigade.) 

In case you somehow missed the last mailer/news post and are wondering what this is all about, Act III: This City Made Us is now in the CD and Digital pre-order phase on Bandcamp and we’re releasing one to two songs a week (every Monday or Tuesday) until they’re all out in the world. And if you’re worried about the math, don’t freak out, the first one landed on a Friday and the second one landed on the following Tuesday, but from here on out they’ll land on Mondays or Tuesdays. We said 2025, and when we said 2025, we meant 2025. And always remember, only the physical copies of the album (CDs, Records, etc.) come with the libretto/booklet that have all of the fleshed out story and incredible John DeLucca illustration and Caspar Newbolt design.

And before you ask, we still don’t have a pre-order date for Vinyl yet, but we’re working on it.

See you next week!

-Commander

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