Prong
Power of the Damager
13th Planet/Megaforce Records

Prong is still in effect, which is nice to see. Even though the only real, um, overground hit they ever had was “Snap Your Fingers, Snap Your Neck,” they’ve been around since 1986 with a tight trademark sound, a clean blend of straight punk, NYHC and metal. If you listen to this disc, you can see like, where a lot of bands took this sound and ran with it (some of them straight into walls if you knowhutImean).

Tommy Victor did a stint playing guitar for Danzig up until 2005, and that influence sneaks into this disc sometimes. His voice sounds cooler when he doesn’t try to scream loud and deep from his throat though, because he usually has this subtle intent kind of vocal thing going for him.

Think like, NYHC fury and groove with old school Metallica technical fortitude and Monster Magnet vibe. And then go listen to it and you’ll see what I mean.