Artist: prong

In short: Yes, yes it is. We're not entirely sure why Dez Fafara (DevilDriver, Coal Chamber), Doug Aldrich (Whitesnake, Dio), Rob "Blasko" Nicholson (Prong, Rob Zombie, Danzig, Ozzy Osbourne), and John Tempesta (White Zombie, Testament, The Cult) decided it would be a good idea to team up and cover 'Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer' (for the Metal Christmas album, We Wish You A Merry Xmas and a Headbanging New Year ). Neither are we quite sure whether or not the beyond OTT nature of the result in any way justifies the idea's inherent stupidity. [...]

Fresh from inking a deal with SPV/Long Branch Records, Prong has entered the studio with producer Steve Evetts. "He understands Prong in a way no other producer we've ever worked with has," says Prong guitarist, vocalist and mainstay Tommy Victor on the choice of producer. Evetts' recent work includes the likes of Dillinger Escape Plan and Suicide ... Read More/Discuss on Metal Underground.com

Before there were blogs there were these things called magazines, and the only metal magazine we still get excited about reading every month is Decibel. Here's managing editor Andrew Bonazelli… We've done three special one-off Decibels now, and have pimped them in this very spot like Jodie Foster in Taxi Driver (you can do anything you want [...]

. . . With some things, you just know. Not long after I got Prove You Wrong (Epic, 1991), which turns 20 today, I knew it was for me. I bought the longbox at a tiny record store by train tracks where kids smoked and did bad things. No doubt that store is gone now. But the mystique of the album's artwork - a subtly deadly combination of metal and jellyfish - and its perfect fit for me burn as brightly as ever. Musically, Prove You Wrong is a paradox. It's Prong [...]

Blazing trails in music these days isn't just about coming up with something catchy or original. Right now, in the world of sonic words, it's all about how many responsibilities an artist can take on at once. If you're a great musician who can manage and produce all at the same time, even better! The industry has a job for you! Most of the time, though, artists who can pull off that kind of juggling act don't want to have anything to do with the tumor that is the corporate music world. Most want to be independent of [...]

I really can't get enough Harry Potter ! Lately all I have done is re-watch all the films in preparation for November 19th. Then it's on to the books… I'll probably been done all of it before Halloween. Earlier today, eight new TV spots – YES EIGHT! – were released for Deathly Hallows . I have all of them right here for you to watch! Check 'em out! [...]

To say that Max Cavalera put metal on the map isn't exactly accurate; metal's formative years dealt with pond-crossing pollination between Europe and the U.S. But Sepultura helped bring the idea that metal was a global entity into being, from their early death metal albums, proving them more than competen,t to their later thrash/groove metal [...]

First things first: screamo is literally worse than the Holocaust in my book. With a few notable exceptions, I absolutely cannot stand this shit. That said, with bands like The Devil Wears Prada and Underoath selling out huge venues, putting out platinum-selling albums, and selling truckloads of cookie-cutter merch to [...]

First things first: screamo is literally worse than the Holocaust in my book. With a few notable exceptions, I absolutely cannot stand this shit. That said, with bands like The Devil Wears Prada and Underoath selling out huge venues, putting out platinum-selling albums, and selling truckloads of cookie-cutter merch to [...]

There have been a lot of names thrown around at certain members of Fear Factory. But one thing you cannot call the band is lazy. They have been on the road constantly and don't look to be stopping anytime soon. The band is keeping themselves busy all through June and July with stints featuring bands ...

Hi, welcome to DANZIG WATCH 2010. Somebody has to keep up with every mention of Glenn Danzig on the web, right? Any tips or help you might want to offer would be greatly appreciated ( danzigwatch@buzzgrinder.com ). After all, DANZIG WATCH 2010 more than one blog can handle. It's bigger than us all. Because Danzig's belt buckle is bigger than Fellini. Former Born Against frontman Sam McPheeters not only got the honor of being picked from the media pool to interview Glenn Danzig for Vice, but he got to do it at the dark [...]

There was a time when Glenn Danzig was evil, the very definition of enraged gothic punk and the master of the villainous The Misfits (whose current incarnation recently went on tour ). But bands dissolve and people get beaten up , leaving the once sinister Danzig with not a lot of a demonic credibility. But with a new deal with The End Records, Danzig hopes to change all that with his first album for the band named after him since 2004's blues/doom metal affair Circle of Snakes . The new album, [...]

Is there really not already a metal song called "Lethal Injection?" I know there's an Ice Cube album by that title, but I can't think of any metal tunes by that name. That seems weird, 'cause it's such an obvious title. Am I forgetting something really obvious? While I search through my CD collection ('cause I [...]

...and that omen said it will come out May 4 on Roadrunner. And that it will feature guest appearances from The Dillinger Escape Plan's Greg Puciato, Prong's Tommy Victor, and (on b-side covers) Igor Cavalera and Zyon Cavalera. And, oh yeah, that it will be called Omen. I've never liked Soulfly as much as I love [...]

Rob "Blasko" Nicholson has quite the impressive metal resume. He's played with Prong, Danzig and Rob Zombie, he's played (and still plays) with Ozzy mothafuckin' Osbourne, and he's got his own roster of management clients. I first met Blasko at the CD release party for In This Moment in the Summer of 2008 (he was [...]

Rob "Blasko" Nicholson has quite the impressive metal resume. He's played with Prong, Danzig and Rob Zombie, he's played (and still plays) with Ozzy mothafuckin' Osbourne, and he's got his own roster of management clients. I first met Blasko at the CD release party for In This Moment in the Summer of 2008 (he was [...]

Max Cavalara and crew have been really kind to let us into their studio, submitting some studio reports and the latest one is the best yet. We hear Max recording the chorus to one of the tracks, "Bloodbath and Beyond", as well as previews of contributions from Tommy Victor (PRONG) and Greg Puciato (DILLINGER ESCAPE [...]

Prong have always been kind of a weird band to me, just barely a blip on my musical radar. Should they be considered a metal band? I'm not really sure. Prong eventually secured their own place in the '90s pseudo-industrial canon (see also: Killing Joke, Gravity Kills) but the band had firm roots in thrash [...]

Metal Legacies is an ongoing memorial to extreme music pioneers who kicked the proverbial bucket way too soon. [MetalSucks contributor Corey Mitchell managed Eric Powell's band, 16volt, from 1996-1998. He asked Powell to write about his friend and bandmate, Raul Raven, for the Metal Legacies series.] by Eric Powell Life. It goes by too fast and comes at [...]

Photo coverage of Soulfly, Prong, Cattle Decapitation & Mutiny Within at The Rock.