Following the announcement of their forthcoming self-titled Napalm Records debut, out November 6, New York alternative metal veterans PRONG return to give fans their first taste of blood off the new record with ‘The Banner’.
The incendiary album opener takes off at full throttle, with machine tight riffage propping up frontman Tommy Victor‘s vicious barks with commanding stature.
Honoring the band’s legacy, ‘Prong’ packs 11 galvanizing haymakers, encompassing elements of industrial, thrash, alternative rock, and, of course, New York hardcore.
With Andy Sneap at Backstage Studios for mixing and mastering, the album sounds crisp and punchy, Victor‘s biting lyrics confrontational and infiltrating, driving listeners to contemplate complex matters like the validity of truth, self inhibitors, and altruism. Dynamically bold, ideologically driven, and melodically infectious, ‘Prong’ honors their legacy, reminding us why the band has had such a successful longevity.
PRONG‘s new partnership with Napalm Records was announced in June 2025. It came on the heels of the band’s European headline tour celebrating 31 years of their aforementioned 1994 album ‘Cleansing’.
PRONG‘s latest album, ‘State Of Emergency’, came out in October 2023 via Steamhammer/SPV.
PRONG is:
Tommy Victor – Guitars, Vocals
Tyler Joseph – Drums
Christopher Dean – Bass
Photo credit: Rudy DeDonker
‘Prong’ track listing:
01. The Banner
02. New Commission
03. The Uprising
04. Uncertain Truth
05. Fear The Sun
06. Commonsense Resolution
07. Doomed World
08. Proportionate Response
09. Transgression
10. Simulated Drowning
11. Our Continuance
12. Out Of Body (bonus track)
13. Cruel Summer (bonus track)