Guest Blog: Prong – Power of the Damager

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Today’s guest blog comes from a friend of mine. Almost a year ago he also did a guest blog on Jesse Sykes and the Sweet Hereafter.

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Long been written off by many. PRONG is back with yet another album. Power Of The Damager ! Somehow Tommy, inbetween his stint with Danzig and Ministry, has found time to write another album. I admire Tommy for sticking it out and trying to keep it alive. He has always been in my top 5 “guitarist that will crush your face” list.

Hell most of you slept on the last album Scorpio Rising, and that album had alot of good tunes on it. I would imagine alot of folks will miss out on the new album also. There just no promotion behind it that Ive seen. I just happen to come across it while looking for shit to download. So let this be a download lesson kiddies. Sometimes it is a good thing.

Now for the songs. Much like the last album there are only a hand-full of what I would consider quality tunes. The rest are kinda just filler to me. And for you old school fans of Prong, gone are any elements of the industrial feel some of the older stuff had. The opener Looking for them gets the ball rolling. Tommy sounds a little angrier than usual and the guitars are still “in your face”. Pure Ether reminds me of some older Prong. Mainly due to Tommys vocal approach. By the time you get to The Banishment you start to remember why you were a Prong fan to begin with. Cant stop the bleeding pretty much is my favorite song on the album. I could see this one being played on the radio.
All in all I dont thing the run of the mill fan will be disappointed. Its just as good as anything else thats been released this year. Im going to include some Scorpio Rising tracks as well for those of you who slept through 2006.

From the new album Power of the Damager:

Cant Stop The Bleeding
Looking for them
The Banishment

From the album Scorpio Rising:

All Knowing Force
Reactive Mind