Tuesday, June 5, 2012

PRONG's Tommy Victor Talks About "Knotfest"; NEW Video For "Revenge... Best Served Cold" Revealed!

PRONG has been selected as one of the bands to play on this year's inaugural "Knotfest" hosted by Slipknot. The two date festival will take place August 17th in Pacific Junction, IA and August 18th in Somerset, WI.

Frontman Tommy Victor commented on being selected to play on the first "Knotfest":

"PRONG is unbelievably honored and flattered to be a part of the first ever "Knotfest"! We want to thank our friends in Slipknot and the organizers for giving us the opportunity to be on this bill with all these incredible bands. All the festivities included are going to make this very special for everyone involved. It's amazing!"

Scheduled performers for "Knotfest":

SLIPKNOT
DEFTONES
LAMB OF GOD
DETHKLOK
SERJ TANKIAN
THE URGE
PRONG
CANNIBAL CORPSE

Tickets go on sale on Friday, June 8 at 10:00 a.m. CDT. Click here for more information about "Knotfest"
PRONG will also be on the road supporting their NEW album 'Carved Into Stone' this July with a string of shows with the legendary Maryland Rockers Clutch. This run kicks off July 11th in Fayetteville, AR and runs through July 22nd in Richmond, VA. A complete list of dates can be found below.

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.

PRONG's video for "Revenge...Best Served Cold" can be viewed below.



'Carved Into Stone' can be ordered from Amazon HERE. Be sure to check out the deluxe iTunes edition which features an exclusive bonus track which is a cover of the Rammstein track "Feuer Frei". Purchase the deluxe iTunes edition HERE.
'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

KNOTFEST:

8/17: Pacific Junction, IA @ Mid-America Motorplex
8/18: Somerset, WI @ Float-Rite Amphitheater 

Related links:
Prong's Official Site

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