Cleansing is the fourth album by American heavy metal

Heavy metal music

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 band Prong. It was produced by Terry Date

Terry Date

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, whereas all previous albums were produced by Mark Dodson. It features ex-Killing Joke

Killing Joke

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 members Paul Raven on bass and John Bechdel

John Bechdel

John Bechdel is a keyboardist, and has been a part of many bands over the years including Ministry, Fear Factory, Abstinence, Prong, Killing Joke, Murder, Inc. and Brian Brain to name a few...

 on keyboards/programming. Cleansing was Prong's only moderate commercial success. It was reissued in 2008 as a digipack version.

The music video to "Snap Your Fingers, Snap Your Neck" was featured on an episode of Beavis and Butt-head

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. Dry Kill Logic

Dry Kill Logic

Dry Kill Logic is a four-piece metal band from Westchester County, New York, USA. They formed in 1993 and are still active...

 covered

Cover version

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 it on their Rot EP

Rot EP

The Dry Kill Logic ROT metal radio sampler...only place to get it is if you were the Roadrunner metal radio mail list. This 'EP' pans out as follows:-Track listing:# "Rot "# "Snap Your Fingers, Snap Your Neck" Prong cover...

, which was only available from Roadrunner Records

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 metal radio mail list. Demon Hunter

Demon Hunter

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 also covered "Snap Your Fingers, Snap Your Neck" on their album, The Triptych. Six Feet Under

Six Feet Under (band)

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 covered this song on their third cover album Graveyard Classics 3

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. Professional wrestler Justin Credible used the track as his entrance theme

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 in Extreme Championship Wrestling

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 and when performing in the independent promotions.

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

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 and Drown. They also toured with Sepultura

Sepultura

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 and Pantera

Pantera

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 as an opener for their Chaos A.D. and Far Beyond Driven

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tours.

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
  Tommy Victor
  Tommy Victor is the lead singer and guitarist for the crossover thrash/industrial metal band Prong that he founded in New York in 1986. In the late 1980s Victor worked as a soundman at CBGB's. After the release of Rude Awakening in 1996, Prong disbanded and Victor moved to Los Angeles. Since then...
  
   - Vocals/Guitar
• Paul Raven - Bass
• Ted Parsons
  Ted Parsons
  Ted Parsons is an American drummer most notable for his membership in bands such as Swans, Prong, Godflesh, Killing Joke and Jesu.-Biography:...
  
   - Drums
• John Bechdel
  John Bechdel
  John Bechdel is a keyboardist, and has been a part of many bands over the years including Ministry, Fear Factory, Abstinence, Prong, Killing Joke, Murder, Inc. and Brian Brain to name a few...
  
   - Keyboards

Album

Billboard (North America)

Year	Chart	Position
1994	The Billboard 200	126