The new Prong album, Ruining Lives, entered the US Billboard Charts at #16 Heatseeker, #16 Top New Artists, #28 Hard Rock, #28 Current Hard Music, #58 Top Hard Music and #74 Indie, while Ruining Lives also continues to be #1 at CMJ Loud Rock Radio. In Germany the album entered the album charts at #77 which is the first chart entry in this country since Rude Awakening in 1996.

Ruining Lives is out now on Steamhammer/SPV as a limited digipak version that includes one bonus track and a poster, as a double gatefold colored vinyl version including one bonus track and the CD in cardboard sleeve, as a standard CD version and download.

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The band have added more tour dates in Europe and North America as special guest to Overkill, and additional headline appearances.

Tour dates:

July

22 - Milano, Italy - Lo-Fi
24 - Tolmin, Slovenia - Metaldays
26 - Viersen, Germany - Eier mit Speck Festival
27 - Eindhoven, Netherlands - Dynamo
29 - Rotterdam, Netherlands - Baroeg
30 - Weinheim, Germany - Cafe Central
31 - Wiesbaden, Germany - Schlachthof

August

2 - Wacken, Germany - Wacken Open Air
6 - Belfast, Ireland - Limelight 2
7 - Dublin, Ireland - Voodoo Lounge
8 - Derbyshire, UK - Bloodstock Open Air
9 - Kortrijk, Belgium - Alcatraz Festival
19 - Düsseldorf, Germany - Stahlwerk Club
20 - Aachen, Germany - Musikbunker
21 - Stuttgart, Germany - Universum
22 - Würzburg, Germany - Posthalle
23 - Bad Wünnenberg, Germany - Wünnstock Open Air

September

10. - Los Angeles, CA - Viper Room

11 - Las Vegas, ND - LVCS
12 - Anaheim, CA - The Grove
13 - Tempe, AZ - Club Red
14 - Albuquerque, NM - Launch Pad
15 - Oklahoma City, OK - The Chameleon (with Overkill)
16 - San Antonio, TX - Backstage Live
17 - Houston, TX - Scout Bar
18 - Dallas, TX - Trees (with Overkill)
19 - Merriam, KS - Aftershock
20 - Milwaukee, WI - Rave (with Overkill)
21 - Joliet, IL - Mojoes (with Overkill)
22 - Cleveland, OH - Agora Ballroom (with Overkill)
23 - Toronto, ON - Opera House (with Overkill)
24 - Quebec Ciry, QC - Imperial de Quebec (with Overkill)
25 - Philadelphia, PA - The Trocadero (with Overkill)
26 - Hartford, CT - Webster Theater (with Overkill)
27 - Sayreville, NJ - Starland Ballroom (with Overkill)
28 - Worcester, MA - The Palladium
29 - Albany, NY - Bogie`s
30 - New York, NY - The Gramercy Theatre

October

1 - West Springfield, VA - Empire
2 - Pittsburgh, PA - Smiling Moose
3 - Westland, MI - Token Lounge
4 - Kokomo, IN - Centerstage
5 - Louisville, KY - Diamond Pub and Billiards
7 - Denver, CO - Bluebird Theater
9 - Seatlle, WA - El Corazon
10 - Vancouver, BC - Rickshaw Theater
11 - Portland, OR - Hawthorne Theatre
12 - Boise, ID - The Shredder
14 - San Francisco, CA - Thee Parkside

European Dates with Overkill:

October

30 - Barcelona, Spain - Razzmatazz 2
31 - Madrid, Spain - Shoko

November

1 - Lisbon, Portugal - Paradise Garage
2 - Bilbao, Spain - Kafe Antzokia
4 - Milano, Italy - Live Club
5 - Pratteln, Switzerland - Z7
6 - Karlsruhe, Germany - Substage
7 - Osnabrück, Germany - Rosenhof
8 - Bremen, Germany - Tivoli
9 - Nürnberg, Germany - Hirsch
11 - Aschaffenburg, Germany - Colos-Saal
12 - Hamburg, Germany - Markthalle
13 - Berlin, Germany - Postbahnhof
14 - Cologne, Germany - Essigfabrik
15 - Uden, Netherlands - De Pul

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