Cleansing

Cleansing
Studio album by Prong
Released	January 1994
Recorded	1993
Genre	Industrial metal
Length	58:02
Label	Epic
Producer	Terry Date Prong
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Prong chronology
Whose Fist Is This Anyway? (1992) Cleansing (1994) Rude Awakening (1996)

Cleansing is the fifth album by American heavy metal band Prong. It was produced by Terry Date, whereas all previous albums were produced by Mark Dodson. It features ex-Killing Joke members Paul Raven on bass and John Bechdel on keyboards/programming. Cleansing was Prong's only taste of moderate commercial success. It was reissued in 2008 as a digipack version.

The song "Snap Your Fingers, Snap Your Neck" is arguably Prong's most well known; its music video was featured on an episode of Beavis and Butt-head. Dry Kill Logic covered it on their Rot EP, which was only available from Roadrunner Records metal radio mail list. Demon Hunter also covered "Snap Your Fingers, Snap Your Neck" on their album, The Triptych. Professional wrestler Justin Credible used the track as his entrance theme in Extreme Championship Wrestling and when performing in the independent promotions.

Especially considering that Cleansing features former Killing Joke members, the song "Not of this Earth" bears a similar riff to "Madness," a track from Killing Joke's What's This For...!.

In promotion of the album, Prong embarked on the Cleansing Tour which featured opening acts Clutch and Drown.

Track listing

All tracks by Prong

1. "Another Worldly Device" – 3:23
2. "Whose Fist is this Anyway?" – 4:42
3. "Snap Your Fingers, Snap Your Neck" – 4:11
4. "Cut-Rate" – 4:52
5. "Broken Peace" – 6:11
6. "One Outnumbered" – 4:58
7. "Out of this Misery" – 4:25
8. "No Question" – 4:17
9. "Not of this Earth" – 6:25
10. "Home Rule" – 3:57
11. "Sublime" – 3:53
12. "Test" – 6:40

Credits

• Tommy Victor - Vocals/Guitar
• Paul Raven - Bass
• Ted Parsons - Drums
• John Bechdel - Keyboards

Chart positions

Album

Billboard (North America)