PRONG Signs With MINISTRY Mainman's 13TH PLANET RECORDS
May 30, 2007PRONG has inked a deal with MINISTRY mainman Al Jourgenson's 13th Planet Records label for the release of the group's new album, tentatively due later in the year. The group — whose lineup consists of Tommy Victor (vocals, guitar),Monte Pittman (bass) and Aaron Rossi (drums) — is currenty recording the new CD at Sonic Ranch studios in Tornillo, Texas.
According to James Francis of the Montesano, Washington-based band THE PATHS OF GLORY, who is attending the sessions, "Things are going great so far. The fellas are in the next room listening to a playback of the seventh song they've laid down so far. Yesterday Aaron ripped through five songs worth of drums, and two so far today. Stuff is sounding really killer. Not only is this batch of PRONG songs unbelievably heavy (it is),riffy (it is) but the production they've got going on in totally, crushingly appropriate. Guitar sounds like classic Tommy but somehow heavier. Drums are brutal. I mean BRUTAL. This is some vicious stuff; PRONG hasn't been this aggressive in awhile. The stuff Monte is laying down on bass is really great and definitely compliments the riff and song structure. THICK. I mean, I love PRONG and I figured the stuff would be good — but who knew it'd be THIS good?! Crazy..."
Check out pictures from the recording studio at this location.
PRONG's last CD, 2004's "Scorpio Rising", was released after a long hiatus from the rock scene. "I had to do something, no matter what it was," stated Tommy Victor. "Looking back, I don't feel like it was an appropriate release under the PRONG moniker. I still feel like the best is yet to come."
MINISTRY's latest CD, "Rio Grande Blood", featured the reunion of Victor with "Cleansing" and "Rude Awakening" bassist Paul Raven (KILLING JOKE). This spawned discussion of a new PRONG release involving these two rock veterans. Victor previously explained. "Raven will be involved, at the very least, in collaborating for the material. He's the best bassist in the biz so I think he can cover that as well!"
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