New Album Carved Into Stone Out Now on
Long Branch Records
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PRONG is currently in the midst of a short UK
and European tour celebrating the 20th anniversary of their landmark Beg
To Differ album. Decibel magazine has lauded that album for
"Breaking sacred ground and directing where heavy music would inevitably
head for the rest of the 90's." In addition, they are playing classics
from their catalog as well as material from their recent Carved
Into Stone album. Joining mainman Tommy Victor and drummer
Alexei Rodriguez are bass players Matt Brunson of Crowbar and former Cradle
of Filth bassist Dave Pybus.
Tommy explained the presence of not one but two well know
bassists.
"Since Tony Campos (who has been touring with the
band and played on Carved Into Stone) is touring with
Soulfly, we've had to tour with other bass players. Everyone who has toured
with us so far has been fantastic and brought their own personal style to
Prong. Phil Zeller from Toxic Holocaust did the Crowbar tour. Jason Rapesi
who has played with Stone Sour did a few shows with us before that. We were
heading to Europe and the guy we had couldn't do it in the eleventh hour.
Rather than cancel, our friend Matt Brunson from Crowbar stepped in and
learned the entire Beg To Differ album in a day and a
half! Then we found out that Dave Pybus who has played with Cradle of
Filth, was going to be the tech on the tour. As it turned out, Dave is a
massive PRONG fan! He learned some of the other songs and
has been joining Alexei and I onstage every night. Now we have two great bass
players each night! This tour has been a blast!"
PRONG will resume tearing up the road in the
US this July for a string of shows with the legendary Maryland Rockers
Clutch. Carved Into Stone, PRONG's latest album is
being embraced by fans and is receiving rave reviews worldwide including this
one from Metal Hammer UK:
"PRONG take no prisoners when it comes to
their attack but at the same time they've got their songwriting dynamics
down."
In its first week of release, Carved Into Stone landed
spots on three of Billboard's Charts. The album placed at #13 on the
Heatseekers Chart, #44 on the Hard Rock Albums Chart and #56 on the
Independent Albums Chart.
Carved Into Stone can be ordered from
Amazon HERE. Be sure to check out the deluxe iTunesedition which
features an exclusive bonus track which is a cover of the Rammstein track
"Feuer Frei".
Carved into Stone is quintessentially PRONG.
It stretches into the band's earliest and dirtiest foundations on which the
band was founded on New York's Lower East Side to the present as a staple of
today's post-metal and rock scenes.
Prong Live With Clutch and Lionize
7/11: Fayetteville, AR @ George's Majestic Lounge
7/12: Lawrence, KS @ The Granada
7/13: Indianapolis, IN @ The Vogue
7/14: Vienna, WV @ Fishbone Gill & Grill
7/17: New Orleans, LA @ House of Blues
7/18: Pensacola, FL @ Vinyl Music Hall
7/19: Athens, GA @ 40 Watt Club
7/20: Charlotte, NC @ Amos' Southend
7/22: Richmond, VA @ The National
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