American power trio PRONG will celebrate the 25 anniversary of it’s album “Cleansing” with a limited series of intimate dates, as well as festival shows in August in Europe. The band will delve deep into material off of “Cleansing”, as well as “Beg to Differ”, and has some surprises in store as well.
PRONG European Tour 2019
02.08. DE-Wacken – Wacken Open Air
03.08. DK-Copenhagen – Pumpehuset
04.08. DE-Rostock – Peter Weiss Haus
06.08. DE-Berlin – Zukunft am Ostkreuz
07.08. CZ-Jaromer – Brutal Assault Festival
08.08. DE-Hannover – Bei Chez Heinz
09.08. NL-Leeuwarden – Into The Grave Festival
10.08. BE-Kortrijk – Alcatraz Festival
11.08. NL-Helmond – Cacaofabriek
13.08. NL-Haarlem – Patronaat
14.08. DE-Osnabrück – Bastard Club
15.08. DE-Mannheim – 7er Club (Open Air)
16.08. DE-Essen – Turock Open Air
17.08. FR-Colmar – Le Grillen
These shows will be something truly special, so don’t miss out and get your tickets in time: http://prongmusic.com/tour
Tour Agency: www.seaside-touring.com/
Their latest studio album “Zero Days” was released in 2017 through Steamhammer/SPV as CD digipak, 2 LP gatefold, download and stream: https://Prong.lnk.to/ZeroDays
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]]>“Snap Your Fingers, Snap Your Neck”! PRONG will return to Europe in August to present their groundbreaking 1994 album “Cleansing” live on stage. The American pioneers of hard music reached a much wider audience with this album and their experimental sound than with their three previous acclaimed masterpieces “Force Fed” (1988), “Beg To Differ” (1990), and “Prove You Wrong” (1991). Those first three records earned the three-piece from New York, headed by the charismatic frontman Tommy Victor, a well-deserved reputation as an avant-garde outfit. Their forward-thinking blend of hardcore, thrash and industrial metal, and electronic sounds counted among many others, Metallica, Korn, and Nine Inch Nails as declared fans.
In celebration of the 25th anniversary of “Cleansing”, Prong will bring this album to selected Europan festivals and stages in August. The tour is presented by an ecclectic range of music magazines that suit the essential crossover nature of PRONG: Rock Hard, Visions, Ox-Fanzine, Slam, and Metal.de. A list of all currently confirmed shows can be viewed below.
PRONG comment: “We will celebrate the 25th anniversary of our 1994 album ‘Cleansing’ in Europe with a short series of intimate dates as well as festival shows in August”, writes the band. “For this run, we will consist of founding member Tommy Victor, bassist Jason Christopher on bass, and drummer Art Cruz. We will delve deep into our ‘Cleansing’ material and also play tracks from ‘Beg to Differ”, and on top of this, we will have some surprises in store for you!”
PRONG have released a tour-trailer here: www.youtube.com/embed/YO6PZ49KFIo
Tommy Victor will furthermore take a closer look at more than 30 years of PRONG with a YouTube series entitled “Tommy Plays Prong, Retrospects in Music and Life” this spring. A trailer for this series can be found at this link: www.youtube.com/embed/e95UyxRPywo
Embed Code Trailer “Tommy Plays Prong”
Pre-sale links for all events are can be found at the Seaside Touring website: www.seaside-touring.com/tours
PRONG links
03 AUG 2019 København (DK) Pumpehuset
04 AUG 2019 Rostock (DE) Peter Weiss Haus
06 AUG 2019 Berlin (DE) Zukunft am Ostkreuz
07 AUG 2019 Fortress Josefov (CZ) Brutal Assault Festival
08 AUG 2019 Hannover (DE) Béi Chéz Heinz
09 AUG 2019 Leeuwarden (DE) Into The Grave Festival
10 AUG 2019 Kortrijk (BE) Alcatraz Metal Festival
11 AUG 2019 Helmond (NL) Cacaofabriek
13 AUG 2019 Haarlem (NL) Patronaat
14 AUG 2019 Osnabrück (DE) Bastard Club
15 AUG 2019 Mannheim (DE) 7er Club Sommerbühne
16 AUG 2019 Essen (DE) Turock Open Air
17 AUG 2019 Colmar (FR) Le Grillen
PRONG will celebrate the 25 anniversary of it’s album “Cleansing” with a limited series of intimate dates, as well as festival shows in August in Europe. For this run the band will consist of founding member Tommy Victor, bassist Jason Christopher, and drummer Art Cruz.
The band will delve deep into material off of “Cleansing”, as well as “Beg to Differ”, and has some surprises in store as well.
For the first time in Prong history, a very limited amount of VIP upgrades will be available. Click on VIP or go to prongmusic.com to find out more.
PRONG European Tour 2019
03.08. DK-Copenhagen – Pumpehuset
04.08. DE-Rostock – Peter Weiss Haus
06.08. DE-Berlin – Zukunft am Ostkreuz
07.08. CZ-Jaromer – Brutal Assault Festival
08.08. DE-Hannover – Bei Chez Heinz
09.08. NL-Leeuwarden – Into The Grave Festival
10.08. BE-Kortrijk – Alcatraz Festival
11.08. NL-Helmond – Cacaofabriek
13.08. NL-Haarlem – Patronaat
14.08. DE-Osnabrück – Bastard Club
15.08. DE-Mannheim – 7er Club (Sommerbühne)
16.08. DE-Essen – Turock Open Air
17.08. FR-Colmar – Le Grillen
These shows will be something truly special, so don’t miss out and get your tickets in time: http://prongmusic.com/tour
Tour Agency: www.seaside-touring.com/
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American power trio PRONG has released the new lyric video for the song “However It May End, which was created by TheCutCartel, Toronto, Canada. The track is taken from the band’s latest album, “Zero Days”( https://Prong.lnk.to/ZeroDays ), which was released last July via Steamhammer/SPV. The disc was once again produced by PRONG mainman Tommy Victor, with trusted collaborator Chris Collier as co-producer and engineer.
Tommy Victor said about the song and the video:
“Hey, Prong has a new lyric video for the song “However It May End” from our Zero Days album. I threw some Eastern philosophical ideas in with a Western doomsday outlook for the concept of the song. The video depicts the transcendence with violence. It came out great; check it out!”
You can watch the video here: https://youtu.be/BexrmvGFrE8
PRONG is continuing to tour in support of their recent “Zero Days” release. After a solid year of touring with the likes of Testament, Obituary, Sepultura and Exodus, as well as having key slots on the European summer festival circuit in 2017, the band recently completed a headline run with Powerflo and a highly coveted, co-headline run with Helmet. Pioneers of the alternative metal genre, PRONG have continued to re-invent themselves by challenging the status quo every step they take, as seen on “Zero Days”.
PRONG European-Tour 2018:
*special guest: Dew-Scented
24.08. DE-Sulingen – ReLoad Festival
25.08. DE-Hamburg – Hafenklang
26.08. DE-Berlin – SO36*
28.08. NL-Groningen – Vera*
29.08. NL-Eindhoven – Dynamo*
30.08. DE-Wiesbaden – Schlachthof*
31.08. DE-Cologne – Luxor*
01.09. DE-Bochum – Rockpalast*02.-07.09. DE/UK-Full Metal Cruise
Tour Agency: https://www.seaside-touring.com/
Tickets Germany: www.metaltix.com
Outline Magazine UK wrote about one of the recent shows: “From the start it’s clear why Prong have made such an impression on the music scene. They have a sound bigger than the sum of the three people on stage, and they know how to use it. It’s like someone has weaponised metal, and they’re using the audience for aural target practice. It’s impressive, and it’s also really, really fucking good.”
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]]>New album, Not From Here out now, produced by Ryan Williams (Velvet Revolver, Rage Against the Machine), and Steve Evetts (Senses Fail, Suicide Silence)
Watch Sifting’s ‘Epsilon’ long-shot music video at this location
CA’s modern prog rock/metal outfit Sifting have just been confirmed as support for two different upcoming U.S. tours. The band will be supporting Prong (March 29 – April 8) on the West Coast, and then supporting Sons of Apollo (April 21 – May 20) nationwide. Sifting’s latest full-length album Not from Here, was released in 2017 via Eclipse Records. The album was produced by Ryan Williams (Velvet Revolver, Rage Against the Machine) and Steve Evetts (Sense’s Fail, The Dillinger Escape Plan, Suicide Silence).
So far, the band has released four music videos promoting the album for the songs ‘Epsilon’, ‘Blowing Fire’, ‘Nothing but Us’, and ‘Not from Here’; with a fifth currently in production for the song ‘Gloom’. Fans may also watch a studio playthrough video for the song ‘Epsilon’ at this location.
SIFTING on tour with PRONG
(w/ Powerflow, Cutthroat also supporting) – (get tickets)
3/29 – Phoenix, AZ @ Club Red
3/30 – Fullerton, CA @ Slidebar
3/31 – San Francisco, CA @ Slims
4/02 – San Jose, CA @ The Ritz
4/03 – Seattle, WA @ Studio Seven
4/04 – Portland, OR @ Hawthorn Theater
4/07 – Las Vegas, NV @ Backstage Bar4/08 – San Diego, CA @ Brick by Brick
SIFTING on tour with SONS OF APOLLO
(w/ Felix Martin also supporting) – (get tickets)
4/21 – Grand Rapids, MI @ The Intersection
4/22 – St. Louis, MO @ Delmar Hall
4/24 – Lawrence, KS @ Granada Theater
4/25 – Denver, CO @ Summit Music Hall
4/27 – Las Vegas, NV @ Brooklyn Bowl
4/28 – Sacramento, CA @ Ace of Spades
4/29 – Portland, OR @ Hawthorne Theater
4/30 – Seattle, WA @ The Showbox
5/02 – San Francisco, CA @ Regency Ballroom
5/03 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Belasco Theater
5/04 – Anaheim, CA @ House of Blues
5/05 – Tempe, AZ @ Marquee Theater
5/07 – San Antonio, TX @ Alamo City Music Hall
5/08 – Dallas, TX @ Canton Hall
5/09 – Houston, TX @ Scout Bar
5/11 – Nashville, TN @ 3rd & Lindsley
5/12 – St. Charles, IL @ Arcada Theater
5/13 – Minneapolis, MN @ Varsity Theater
5/15 – Cleveland, OH @ House of Blues
5/16 – Philadelphia, PA @ Theater of The Living Arts
5/18 – New York, NY @ Playstation Theater
5/19 – Worcester, MA @ The Palladium
5/20 – Washington DC @ Howard Theater
Buy the full album on CD, iTunes, Amazon, or Google Play, and stream the full album via Spotify, Apple Music, Pandora, iHeartRadio, Deezer, and more at http://eclp.se/rntfr
SIFTING Discography
Not from Here (LP) – 2017
Pledge of our Generation (single) – 2015
All the Hated (LP) – 2013
SIFTING Lineup
Eduardo O Gil (guitar & vocals)
Richard Garcia (lead guitar)
Wins Jarquin (bass)
Joey Aguirre (drums)
For more information about SIFTING, please visit them on Facebook, Eclipse Records, or Twitter, and follow them on Spotify.
]]>The first song ‘However it May End’ is a typical thrash/hardcore song with aggressive vocals from Tommy, varied with clean parts. The title track is one of my favorites, a song with more thrash influences and a very strong riff. It is one of the faster songs. The next one I need to mention is ‘Divide and Conquer’, as the refrain is very (almost radio friendly) catchy. The aggressive and brutal thrashcore track ‘Forced Into Tolerance’ is up next, followed by the riff monster ‘Interbeing’.
Before you know it, the album is half way through, and without a moment of boredom. The second part is almost as strong as the first. ‘Blood Out of Stone’ is in my opinion the weakest one, but they make this up with the next songs easily. ‘Self Righteous Indignation’ is a stranger in between all the others. It is slow with doom and sludge influenced riffs. I don’t know if the ‘hardcore’ Prong fan can appreciate this. The next track is very catchy, and fans of Cleansing and/or Rude Awakening will be pleased by it.
All in all, I have to conclude that Prong succeeded in creating a perfect follow up of X (No Absolutes). Zero Days is catchy, heavy, and with Tommy singing better than ever.
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