PRONG mainman Tommy Victor has announced that the long-running metal band will release a new, self-titled studio album on November 6, 2026 via Napalm Records, calling it possibly "the best PRONG album to date."
The self-titled record was recorded with Victor's current lineup of drummer Tyler Joseph and bassist Christopher Dean, and was mixed and mastered by Andy Sneap at his Backstage Studios in the U.K. — the same producer known for his work with acts including MEGADETH and ARCH ENEMY. Victor pointed to Sneap's involvement as central to the album's sound, describing it as "definitely the best-sounding PRONG album ever."
"This record represents a new lease on life for PRONG with a new label, a fresh attitude with faster and heavier songs, bigger hooks and top-notch sound quality," Victor said.
The album spans eleven core tracks — "The Banner," "New Commission," "The Uprising," "Uncertain Truth," "Fear The Sun," "Commonsense Resolution," "Doomed World," "Proportionate Response," "Transgression," "Simulated Drowning" and "Our Continuance" — along with two bonus cuts on the CD edition: the original song "Out Of Body" and a cover of BANANARAMA's 1983 pop hit "Cruel Summer," an unexpected addition that continues PRONG's long-standing habit of reworking unlikely songs into industrial-metal form.
The album will be released across multiple formats, including black vinyl, a "Inkspot Cristallo" red vinyl variant, a white label vinyl pressing, digital streaming and a CD edition carrying the two bonus tracks.
Formed by Victor in New York City in 1986, PRONG helped pioneer the fusion of thrash metal with industrial and groove elements across landmark albums like "Beg To Differ" and "Cleansing," and the band has continued releasing new material steadily even as its lineup has shifted around Victor over the decades. A self-titled album, arriving nearly 40 years into the band's history, carries symbolic weight as a statement release — the kind of title choice bands often reserve for a record meant to sum up or reset their identity.
With Sneap's production polish and a tracklist Victor describes in unusually confident terms, PRONG's self-titled outing arrives positioned as a potential high point in the band's catalog when it lands on shelves and streaming services this November.