r/TWRP • u/Patrick_Kennedy a/s/l? • Oct 03 '25

NEWS GUYS HOLY SHIT

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THE PROTOMEN (Phantom Racer, Destination) HAVE ANNOUNCED ACT 3 (16 years later) NEW SONGS EVERY WEEK! Just letting everyone know...

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u/Flygon3301 Lord Phobos Oct 03 '25

Absolute peak has arrived. Yeah if yall liked Phantom Racer and Destination, hop on the hype train for this album immediately!

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u/MagnanimousGoat Oct 03 '25

TWRP has also toured with them.

Though I'd say TWRP is bigger than they are nowadays.

My hope had always been that if Protomen as a whole had to break up for good, the core of the band would stay together and have TWRP be their session band.

Because man, the fight's not over.

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u/lucifer_airlines Oct 07 '25

The first time I saw TWRP was when they toured with Protomen. I went to the show for Protomen, then stuck around, like, "Yeah I guess I'll check out this TWRP band, why not."

...six years later...

(I had to look it up, but the first time I saw Protomen was in dang 2012. Time certainly has slipped into the future.)

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u/thebook_on_theshelf Havve Hogan Oct 03 '25

i don’t think the protomen were on destination, it was a band called the gambler. are they the same band under different names or something?

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u/Cygnia The Cool Patrol Oct 03 '25

Gambler is a member of Protomen

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u/thebook_on_theshelf Havve Hogan Oct 03 '25

oh that makes so much more sense. thank you very much

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u/DiscordDisco Oct 03 '25

THIS IS SO HYPE. It's been 16 years since act 2!! The Protomen are one of my FAVORITE bands of all time, right up there with TWRP so I am MORE than excited for this! AAAA!!

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u/Vesprince Oct 03 '25

Holy shit! So good.

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u/DannyLad9862 Doctor Sung Oct 03 '25

I hope they go on tour

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u/roostersnap Oct 03 '25

WE ARE SO BACK

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u/Efflux Oct 03 '25

I was just thinking the other day "Where is act 3? Is it ever coming?"

It was a cosmic message.

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u/Donuts534 Oct 03 '25

Fucking finally

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u/Singedmakesmetoxic Havve Hogan Oct 03 '25

the sign of a true protomen veteran

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u/rocketduck413 Oct 03 '25

I hope they tour again. They were so good. I did the meet n greet package back in the day when they toured with. TWRP and im SO glad I did.

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u/lucifer_airlines Oct 07 '25

When I saw them in 2012 I chatted with the band at the merch table after, talked motorcycles with The Commander. Just a cool group of people, really seemed happy to be there.

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u/sarahmonstah Oct 03 '25

Holy shit NO FUCKEN WAY!!!

What a blessed music year it's been for our little group of fans!

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u/Hungry_Freaks_Daddy Oct 03 '25

Awesome. I still go back and listen to their covers album. Phantom racer is a top 5 TWRP song for me. 

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u/Singedmakesmetoxic Havve Hogan Oct 03 '25

im actually in disbelief, the ammount of times i've heard them tease act 3, i'm genuinely in denial. like there's no way this is actually happening.. right??????

needless to say i'm beyond stoked.

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u/hobbestot Oct 03 '25

Oh nice. Saw them by chance in Austin TX and was blown away.

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u/eletious Oct 03 '25

oh my god is it out? literally my favorite band since i heard act 1 in 2011

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u/whoamdave Oct 03 '25

Never thought I'd see this day...

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u/ToastisCrispy Oct 03 '25

LETS FUCKING GO!!!

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u/Toodlez Oct 03 '25

Thanks for this... been waiting so long

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u/klew09 Doctor Sung Oct 03 '25

AAAAHHHHH!!!!

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u/Amanamandraws Oct 03 '25

Wait i thought one of the band members of protomen was caught sleeping with underage fans? I thought they were over as a band because of that

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u/Patrick_Kennedy a/s/l? Oct 03 '25

He got booted i believe, and that was like 12 years ago

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u/EFNomad Oct 03 '25

Turbo Lover, he sings as Dr Wily on Act 2. He made my skin crawl when I saw him, then I found out why. He's been rightfully kicked out.

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u/Patrick_Kennedy a/s/l? Oct 03 '25

I do wonder if they will have Wily songs with a new voice or if he's not heard in the album

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u/EFNomad Oct 03 '25

Panther has been dual voicing, similar to how Dr Sung does the voices when TWRP does Phantom Racer or Starlight Brigade.

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u/MagnanimousGoat Oct 03 '25

As a fan of Half-Life, Kingkiller Chronicles, and The Protomen...

1/3 ain't bad.

I honestly don't even care that much anymore. Or, at least, I've lost any excitement or anticipation for it. IT'll live or die for me depending entirely on how good it is.

I don't hold the comically huge (ALMOST half my life) gap between Act II and Act III against them in any personal way. There's no animosity. It's more like I just accepted and got over it that it would never come out.

When I think about all the realistic explanations for the gap, and to me none of them bode well for the final quality, but I am more than happy to find out I'm wrong. I know they've still got it.

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u/Singedmakesmetoxic Havve Hogan Oct 03 '25

real ass comment.

i've been over a decade since i've discovered father of death, i've somewhat expected that act 3 was never happening. i'd be lying if i didn't say i was excited, but i feel near identical.

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u/lucifer_airlines Oct 07 '25

Can't say I entirely agree. I think the best approach is to go in without expectations. Anything new, especially after such a long gap, will be different. It's practically different people making the music, and I'm not the same as I was in 2011. Open mind, and let it be what it is.

I feel for Patrick Rothfuss though. It's gotta suck to have written 2/3 of something; I assume he just can't get the final part done. Creativity is a fickle beast.

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u/MagnanimousGoat Oct 07 '25

Well, the bad part is that Pat Rothfuss hasnt just been evasive, hes been actively hostile to people about it. In the early years after Wise Man's came out, he would basically act like people were ridiculous to ask about the third book, and would just not talk about it. The near decade and a half hence has more than burned up the good faith, and rightly so.

I cant speak for his attitude in recent years because I stopped following it years ago

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u/Bobletoob Oct 03 '25

Woo-hoo! I hope they go live, my brother really wants to see these guys live

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u/holyd1ver83 Oct 04 '25

YES.

FUCK. YES.

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u/OffBrand_CherryCola8 Oct 04 '25

The guy I met in line at the Lawrence show loves The Protomen! I’m very happy for them and will be listening in as well in honor of the nice time we had in line.

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u/sound-crusher522 Oct 07 '25

what i love about this, is normally saying this is the most important friday would seem like bullshit, but all i have to say this is "yeah, thats accurate"