Carved into Stone

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Carved into Stone
Carved Into Stone Prong Album Cover.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedApril 24, 2012 (2012-04-24)
Genre Groove metal, [1] thrash metal
Length42:22
Label Long Branch/SPV
Producer Steve Evetts
Prong chronology
Power of the Damn Mixxxer
(2009)
Carved into Stone
(2012)
Ruining Lives
(2014)

Carved into Stone is the eighth studio album by American metal band Prong. It reached No. 13 at the Top Heatseekers chart. [2] Released on April 24, 2012, via Long Branch Records/SPV, the work was produced by Steve Evetts with cover artwork by Vance Kelly. [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9]

Contents

Reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 84/100 [10]
Review scores
SourceRating
Metal Hammer (UK)80/100 [10]
Exclaim! (mixed) [11]
Record Collector Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [12]
Metal.de 8/10 [13]

Carved into Stone received positive reviews from critics. On Metacritic, the album holds a score of 84/100 based on four reviews. [10]

Track listing

All lyrics by Tommy Victor, except "Ammunition" by Franky DeSmet-VanDamme, Mikey Doling and Victor; "Revenge...Best Served Cold" by Mike Longworth and Tommy Victor; and "Feuer frei!" by Rammstein.

  1. "Eternal Heat" (Tommy Victor, Tony Campos, Alexei Rodriguez)
  2. "Keep On Living in Pain" (Victor, Campos, Rodrigues)
  3. "Ammunition" (Phil Baheux, Tino De Martino, Franky DeSmet-VanDamme, Mikey Doling, Victor)
  4. "Revenge...Best Served Cold" (Mike Longworth, Victor)
  5. "State of Rebellion" (Victor, Campos, Rodrigues)
  6. "Put Myself to Sleep" (Victor, Campos, Rodrigues)
  7. "List of Grievances" (Victor, Campos, Rodrigues)
  8. "Carved into Stone" (Victor, Campos, Rodrigues)
  9. "Subtract" (Victor, Campos, Rodrigues)
  10. "Path of Least Resistance" (Victor, Campos, Rodrigues)
  11. "Reinvestigate" (Victor, Campos, Rodrigues)
  12. "Feuer frei!" (Rammstein cover; bonus track) [14]

Personnel

Chart performance

YearChartPosition
2012US Top Heatseekers [2] 13

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