{"id":66204,"date":"2018-02-15T00:00:32","date_gmt":"2018-02-15T00:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/?p=66204"},"modified":"2018-02-16T04:04:21","modified_gmt":"2018-02-16T04:04:21","slug":"news-helmet-and-prong-co-headline-may-2018-us-tour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/news-helmet-and-prong-co-headline-may-2018-us-tour\/","title":{"rendered":"HELMET And PRONG To Co-Headline May US Tour (February 15th, 2018) | News @ Metal Forces Magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"

HELMET And PRONG To Co-Headline May US Tour<\/strong><\/span>
\nFebruary 15th, 2018<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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New York City-based alternative metal group Helmet and New York-based metal band Prong co-headline a tour of the United States during May 2018.<\/p>\n

Prong vocalist \/ guitarist Tommy Victor commented: \u201cFinally! Helmet and Prong on tour together at last. The circle is now complete. From the years of crafting groundbreaking riffage and rhythmical carnage on New York\u2019s Lower East Side, to now, the entities still standing that drafted a generation of sonic assault are about to collide. And getting to share a stage with (Helmet) Page Hamilton, one of the most influential masters in existence, is an honour for me personally. Absolutely perfect.\u201d <\/p>\n

Victor as well as then-Prong bassist Mike Kirkland curated Helmet\u2019s residence at New York City\u2019s CBGB during 1989.<\/p>\n

Helmet vocalist \/ guitarist Page Hamilton added the following, discussing the outfit\u2019s history with Prong: \u201cHelmet really got off the ground after playing audition night at CBGB in 1989 (I think those were Mondays?). Tommy was the (front-of-house) engineer and door guy was Mike Kirkland. There were many great bands in New York \/ East Village at the time (Sonic Youth, Rat At Rat R, Live Skull) but most were more in the noise \/ new wave vein. Prong had an indie vibe but with a heavy dose of metal. We were basically cut from the same musical cloth though Helmet leaned a little more toward noise and feedback and while remaining inspired by AC\/DC\u2019s funkiness. We played, Hilly said nothin\u2019, Louise told me later we were like ice picks to her forehead but Tommy and Mike said, \u2018Book these guys now!\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

The dates are as follows;<\/p>\n

May 03 – Atlanta, GA, Masq Heaven
\nMay 04 – Pensacola, FL, VMH
\nMay 05 – Baton Rouge, LA, Varsity
\nMay 07 – Corpus Christi, TX, House of Rock
\nMay 09 – Houston, TX, Warehouse Studio
\nMay 10 – Austin, TX, Mohawk
\nMay 11 – San Antonio, TX, Paper Tiger
\nMay 12 – Tulsa, OK, The Shrine
\nMay 13 – Kansas City, MO, Truman
\nMay 15 – Omaha, NE, The Waiting Room
\nMay 16 – Minneapolis, MN, Varsity
\nMay 17 – Chicago, IL, Bottom Lounge
\nMay 18 – Madison, WI, The Majestic
\nMay 19 – Detroit, MI, St. Andrews
\nMay 20 – Cleveland, OH, Beachland Ballroom
\nMay 22 – Boston, MA, Brighton Music Hall
\nMay 23 – New York, NY, Highline Ballroom
\nMay 24 – Philadelphia, PA, Trocadero
\nMay 26 – Baltimore, MD, Maryland Deathfest<\/p>\n

Prong\u2019s 11th studio record Zero Days<\/em> was released<\/a> in July 2017 via Steamhammer \/ SPV, while eighth Helmet full-length Dead To The World<\/em> was issued<\/a> in October 2016 through earMUSIC.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

HELMET And PRONG To Co-Headline May US Tour February 15th, 2018 New York City-based alternative metal group Helmet and New York-based metal band Prong co-headline a tour of the United States during May 2018. Prong vocalist \/ guitarist Tommy Victor commented: \u201cFinally! Helmet and Prong on tour together at last. The circle is now complete. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3151,1761],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-66204","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-helmet-news","category-prong-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66204","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=66204"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66204\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":66217,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66204\/revisions\/66217"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=66204"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=66204"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=66204"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}