Prong Premieres New Video on Loudwire + Heads Out on Tour
North American Tour Begins in September – New Single Out Soon
Fresh off their European festival summer, New York metal mainstays Prong are gearing up to hit the road this September in North America in support of Ruining Lives, their latest offering released earlier this year by SPV/Steamhammer. The tour begins September 10th and many of the dates will see Prong playing alongside thrash masters Overkill. Following a quick break, the band will be taking part in Slipknot’s “Knotfest” on October 25th in San Bernardino, CA.
The band recently completed filming on a new video for the song “Remove, Separate Self” (taken from Ruining Lives). Brian Cox and Marcelo Palomino directed the video, and it received it exclusive premiere on Loudwire. Check it out HERE.
Tommy Victor shared that “Prong has made a video for the song ‘Remove, Separate Self,’ the new single from our recent LP Ruining Lives. The song and the video are distinctively Prong, with a soul-searching and apocalyptic vibe. As a follow up to “Turnover,” we will release it on 7″ vinyl as well. The single and video will correspond with our U.S. /Canada tour starting Sept 10th through Oct. 14th [see prongmusic.com for the dates]. Enjoy the video and we’ll see you out on the road!”
Photo by Tim Tronckoe
SPV/Steamhammer will be releasing a new digital and 7″ single of “Remove, Separate Self.” There will be two versions of the digital single which will be released September 12th. The 7″ will be released on October 24th. The standard version of the single will include the following tracks:
1. “Remove, Separate Self,” (album version)
2. “Separate Self, Remove.” ( inspired by and created from “Remove, Separate Self” by Prong ~ Matt Heafy de-mix)
Matt talked about the “de-mix” he created, saying, “With ‘Remove, Separate Self’ ~ I was initially engulfed by hints of images and characteristics of a futuristic, dystopian world. Whether that was the initial intent of the piece or it was meant to be something entirely different, that became the feeling I kept coming back to. Perhaps with the main line – the title itself – the idea of ‘separating yourself’ made me think of unplugging oneself from something larger; whether metaphorically from an old way of life or literally in some sort of mecha-future. The idea was to take it one step further, to take the song itself, components of it, and a few secret ingredients, and create that world a little further that I imagined in the first place. Sometimes ‘remixes’ do it right, but I wanted to take a completely different approach to what people think a ‘remix’ is in the first place, even one’s idea of what a song should sound like.”
The exclusive iTunes edition of the single features a bonus track, which is a version of “Snap Your Fingers, Snap Your Neck.” This song was taken from Prong‘s Unleashed in the West – Official Bootleg.
Ruining Lives is the follow-up to the acclaimed 2012 release Carved Into Stone and continues to show the band on an upward trajectory, proving that despite having a long, illustrious career, Prong can still make records that matter and can still re-invent themselves without negating their roots. If you have not picked up a copy yet, be sure to get one on Amazon or iTunes.
Prong North American Tour:
9/10: Los Angeles, CA @ Viper Room
9/11: Las Vegas, NV @ LVCS
9/12: Anaheim, CA @ The Grove
9/13: Tempe, AZ @ Club Red
9/14: Albuquerque, NM @ Launch Pad
9/15: Oklahoma City, OK @ The Chameleon*
9/16: San Antonio, TX @ Backstage Live
9/17: Houston, TX @ Scout Bar
9/18: Dallas, TX @ Trees*
9/19: Merriam, KS @ Aftershock
9/20: Milwaukee, WI @ The Rave*
9/21: Joliet, IL @ Mojoes*
9/22: Cleveland, OH @ Agora Ballroom*
9/23: Toronto, ON @ Opera House*
9/24: Quebec City, QC @ Imperial de Quebec*
9/25: Philadelphia, PA @ The Trocadero*
Special guests on select dates Overkill, photo by L. Dean for FW
9/26: Hartford, CT @ Webster Theater*
9/27: Sayreville, NJ @ Starland Ballroom*
9/28: Worcester, MA @ The Palladium
9/29: Albany, NY @ Bogie’s
9/30: New York, NY @ Gramercy Theater
10/1: West Springfield, VA @ Empire
10/2: Pittsburgh, PA @ Smiling Moose
10/3: Westland, MI @ Token Lounge
10/4: Kokomo, IN @ Centerstage
10/5: Louisville, KY @ Diamond Pub and Billiards
10/7: Denver, CO @ Bluebird Theater
10/9: Seattle, WA @ El Corazon
10/10: Vancouver, BC @ Rickshaw Theater
10/11: Portland, OR @ Hawthorne Theatre
10/12: Boise, ID @ The Shredder
10/14: San Francisco, CA @ Thee Parkside
*With Overkill
10/25: San Bernardino, CA @ San Manuel Amphitheatre
Check out this cool Prong mixtape and an excellent review of Ruining Lives by CrypticRock.com.
Prong at the Alcatraz Metal Festival 2014, photo by Art Cruz