Life of Agony
Formed: 1989
From:
Brooklyn,
NY,
United States
Last Known Status: Regrouped
Latest Life of Agony News
Below is our complete Life of Agony news coverage, including columns and articles pertaining to the band. Some articles listed may be indirectly related, such as side projects of the band members, etc.
Note: We began associating news directly with bands in late 2003. Therefore, earlier band news may not be listed on this page.
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Biohazard & Life Of Agony Bring Brooklyn To London
It's quite amazing how far a reputation can travel. Through music, movies, sportsmen and more, the borough of Brooklyn, New York is known all across the world. From the Beastie Boys to Mike Tyson, so many people have helped give the area the fame, and to an extent notoriety that it maintains today. Of course, there's no shortage of heavy music in Brooklyn, and at long last, two of Brooklyn's most revered names teamed up to bring their punishing sounds to Europe, beginning in the British Isles. On March 4th, Biohazard and Life Of Agony arrived in London, enticing everyone in the British capital with Knicks and Jets merchandise out to the show to hear the concrete audio both groups are known for.
The Kentish Town Forum, a personal favourite when it comes to venues in The Smoke, opened at six in the evening but it would be nearly an hour before attendees would get to witness the opening band of the night, LYLVC (pronounced, "lilac") from North Carolina. I must admit to some hesitation because I can't stand it when bands spell their name in capitals or use Vs and Ys when it's not needed, but it's not fair to judge a band on this kind of thing. The venue was still a long way from being full and when greeted with TV screens, complete with sci-fi intro video, the crowd clearly didn't know what to make of it.
To be honest, this attitude barely changed throughout the set, which was a shame because LYLVC has a ton of energy and was clearly excited to be performing in London. Their mix of rock, rap and electronic music comes together to create an uplifting sound and vocalist Alyse Zavala was a particular highlight, though I did enjoy watching keyboardist Cam Gillette, because I was convinced that at any moment his gear was about to fall over. Ultimately, LYLVC far exceeded my expectations, but the lack of reaction from the audience led me to believe that this was the wrong tour for them. They'd fit in better with modern nu metal bands like Blind Channel or Project Renegade, or even supporting veterans of that sub-genre. An intriguing, if miscast opener. More...
Biohazard And Life Of Agony Announce European Tour
For the first time ever, Biohazard and Life Of Agony will share the stage on a monumental international co-headlining tour.
Two of the heaviest bands to ever call Brooklyn, NY home, the metal titans launch the 24-city tour on February 25 in Nottingham, England, and will hit 10 countries before the tour wraps March 29 in Amsterdam.
Tickets for all shows go on-sale Friday, October 25, at 10 AM, CET/9 AM, GMT. Promoter and venue pre-sales launched Wednesday, October 23rd. Get your tickets at this location
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Mystic Festival Announces More Bands For 2024
German heavy metal legends, Accept, lead the pack of new bands added to Mystic Festival's 2024 line-up. Others include, Life of Agony, Ithica and Sanguisugabogg. The festival will take place in Gdansk, Poland in June 5-8, 2024.
DieHumane (Exodus, Etc.) Premiere New Single
DieHumane (Exodus, A Pale Horse Named Death, ex-Type O Negative/Life Of Agony) premiere their second advance track named “Shell Shock“streaming via YouTube and Spotify for you now below. A May 05th release date has been slated for the supergroup’s debut record “The Grotesque“.
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Graspop Announces A Further 103 Bands
The organisers of Graspop Metal Meeting, one of Europe's premier metal festivals and the biggest in Belgium has announced a further 103 bands added to next year's edition of the festival. The event will take place in the town of Dessel from June 15th - 18th.
The lineup is now as follows:
1914
Agnostic Front
Amon Amarth
Anti-Flag
Antimatter
Any Given Day
Arch Enemy
Architects
As I Lay Dying
Asking Alexandria
At The Gates
Avatar
Beast In Black
Behemoth
Billy Talent
Black Mirrors
Bloodywood
Butcher Babies
Cane Hill
Carpenter Brut
Clutch
Cradle Of Filth
Crowbar
Cyclone
Danko Jones
Dark Angel
Deathstars
Def Leppard
Delain
Dieth
Dirkschneider
Disturbed
Draconian
Eluveitie
End
Enter Shikari
Epica
Escape The Fate
Evergrey
Exodus
Fever 333
Fields of the Nephilim
Finntroll
Ghost
Gojira
Greg Puciato
Halestorm
Hatebreed
Heidevolk
Hippotraktor
Hollywood Undead
Hollywood Vampires
I Prevail
In Flames
Insomnium
Katatonia
Kissin’ Dynamite
Korpiklaani
Kreator
Landmvrks
Legion Of The Damned
Less Than Jake
Life Of Agony
Lionheart
Loathe
Lorna Shore
Marduk
Meshuggah
Molybaron
Monster Magnet
Motionless In White
Motley Crue
Novelists
Oceans
Orange Goblin
Orbit Culture
Pantera
Papa Roach
Parkway Drive
Polaris
Rancid
Russkaja
Seether
Septicflesh
Sick Of It All
Skindred
Sleep Token
Slipknot
Soen
Sólstafir
Spiritbox
Stand Atlantic
Stray From The Path
Testament
The Amity Affliction
The Answer
The Chats
The Ghost Inside
The Halo Effect
The Luka State
The Menzingers
The Raven Age
The Winery Dogs
Three Days Grace
Thundermother
Unearth
Vicious Rumours
Voivod
Watain
Life Of Agony Cancels Remaining Tour Dates
New York alternative metal/hardcore veterans Life Of Agony has announced that they have decided to cancel the remainder of their tour dates across the North East United States, after vocalist Mina Caputo and drummer Veronica Bellino tested positive for the COVID-19 virus. A statement from the band reads as follows:
"We have unfortunate news to share: Both Mina and Veronica have tested positive for COVID and sadly we must cancel the rest of the Northeast run. We are terribly sorry. These are crazy times and we're all doing our best to navigate through it together. To all our fans, we plan to make up the shows as soon as we can.
"We'd especially like to thank Dog Eat Dog, Kings Never Die, the opening bands, the venues, promoters, and all of the crew for everything."
Life Of Agony To Release Documentary Film
While the worldwide pandemic pretty much wiped out the music industry over the past year with its large gathering restrictions, Brooklyn, NY’s Life of Agony have been using their downtime to put the finishing touches on their upcoming full-length documentary "The Sound of Scars." You can watch the trailer below.
The project began two years ago by UK-based director Leigh Brooks and was filmed across several countries while Life of Agony were on and off the road. "This isn't a typical music documentary. It’s as personal as it gets." explains Brooks. "I first saw the band live at the London Astoria in 1996. Since then, LOA has become an absolute go-to when I felt alone and insecure about myself. This film is an intimate portrait that sheds light on the real life stories that makes their music so vital and relevant."
The Sound of Scars utilises personal archive footage, rare photographs and lost interviews, along with new, never-before-seen conversations with the band and their family members that tells the story of how three friends overcame domestic violence, substance abuse and depression to form one of the most influential bands in its genre. Through the success of their groundbreaking 1993 debut River Runs Red, hailed by Rolling Stone as "One of the Greatest Metal Albums of All Time," they channelled their cumulative life stories into a soundtrack for a broken generation. At the time, that newfound fame allowed them to escape the tragedies of their pasts, but in the wake of their accomplishments, unforeseen obstacles arose. "We've completely ripped our deepest selves open for this film," says guitarist Joey Zampella "The audience and our fan base will completely understand the mold we were broken from, and what this journey means to us." More...
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Diamond Oz: My Top Five Albums Of 2019
Another year, another welcome barrage of metal albums. After some absolute belters last year from the likes of Judas Priest, Mantar and Primordial, 2019 had a lot to live up to. Fortunately, there were plenty of legends, established artists and fresh faces with new material on offer this year. OK. Obligatory intro out of the way, let's get on with why you'll tell me how wrong I am on Twitter this year...
Best Live Band
Just like last year, I've been a very lucky boy this year in terms of how many bands I've seen. A great live band, in my opinion, is one which can cut it in a large venue as well as a smaller place. Some notable performances this year came from the Graspop Metal Meeting festival in Belgium, where Candlemass, Slayer, Orange Goblin and Discharge, to name but a few, treated fans to unforgettable shows. In fact, I very nearly gave this year's award to Discharge, since they attracted a big number to see them at Graspop, but I've also seen them perform just as sharply in venues the size of bedrooms. However, this year the award goes to...
King Diamond
Anyone who's familiar with the man won't be surprised by this, but finally seeing King Diamond live was a dream come true. Anyone who can get a crowd to go crazy, without playing a note, without saying a word, without even moving, is a born performer. Currently blowing audiences minds in North America, the Danish metal icon opened his set simply by sitting in a chair, before the lights go up and the audiences can be hold the two floor set promoting his new album, "The Institute." The man is sixty three years old and still in phenomenal voice, treating fans to classics and album cuts, King Diamond puts the likes of Alice Cooper and Kiss to shame with his theatrics too. He's still a bucket list artist for many people and I strongly urge everyone to see the King as soon as they can. More...
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Life Of Agony Airs The Sound Of Scars In London
Alternative metal is a tag that's been given to some of the best bands to arise from the nineties. From Living Colour to Faith No More and everything in between, this loose tag has been placed on groups which may not sound like the archetypal metal band, but bring it just as hard. One such band to be classed as such is Brooklyn's own Life Of Agony, who released three stellar albums in their initial run, before returning with a new album, "Broken Valley" in 2005. Now in their third stage, the new album, "The Sound Of Scars" proves that the band are as good as, if not better than they ever were. Of course, any album release means shows and I was fortunate enough to be in London for the opening night of the trek.
Opening the night was Doyle, the eponymous band of Misfits guitarist Doyle von Frankenstein. If truth be told, I've never been a Misfits fan, but I'm always willing to check out a band in a live setting. I'm glad I did, because Doyle and his crew have put together some really cool songs, bridging the horror punk background with metal to create something interesting. The first thing that catches one's eye when they take to the stage is Doyle himself, who is still in immaculate shape and has his stage get up perfect. The man himself is joined by some top quality musicians too, particularly drummer Wade Murff who was an absolute beast behind the kit, while bassist Brandon Strate kept the ship steady throughout. More...
Judas Priest And Behemoth To Headline Bloodstock
The organisers of Britain's Bloodstock Open Air festival have confirmed that Polish blackened death metal veterans Behemoth and British heavy metal icons Judas Priest will be headlining the 2020 edition of the event on Saturday and Sunday respectively. The festival will take place from August 6th - 9th in Walton On Trent, Derbyshire.
The lineup is now as follows:
Devin Townsend
Behemoth
Judas Priest
Skindred
Philip H. Anselmo & The Illegals
Paradise Lost
Gloryhammer
Vio-Lence
Dark Tranquility
Sacred Reich
The Black Dahlia Murder
Jinjer
Life Of Agony
Diamond Head
Butcher Babies More...
More Bands Confirmed For Bloodstock 2020
The organisers of Britain's Bloodstock Open Air festival have confirmed a further four bands for next year's edition of the festival. Joining the bill in 2020 will be former Pantera frontman Phil Anselmo & The Illegals, who will be performing a full Pantera set, while another band treating fans to a unique performance will be British Gothic metal icons Paradise Lost, who will be playing the "Draconian Times" album in full. Also performing that weekend will be alternative metal veterans Life Of Agony, who have just released their sixth album, "The Sound Of Scars" and New Wave Of British Heavy Metal legends Diamond Head, who also released a new album, "The Coffin Train" this year.
The lineup is now as follows:
Devin Townsend
Skindred
Philip H. Anselmo & The Illegals
Paradise Lost
Gloryhammer
Vio-Lence
Dark Tranquility
Sacred Reich
The Black Dahlia Murder
Jinjer
Life Of Agony
Diamond Head
Butcher Babies
Life Of Agony Premiered New Single “Black Heart”
Life Of Agony‘s new advance track “Black Heart” has recently premiered. It’s off of their new record “The Sound Of Scars“ which will be be released next Friday, October 11th, via Napalm Records.
Life Of Agony Premiere New Song & Music Video
Life Of Agony‘s “Lay Down” new official music video has premiered online and can be streamed via YouTube below.
The track is taken from their new record “The Sound Of Scars“ - a conceptual album follow-up to their 1993 debut release, “Rivers Runs Red“. An October 11th release date has been scheduled for that outing.
Comments Life Of Agony‘s bassist Alan Robert of the track: More...
Life Of Agony Posts New Music Video Online
On October 12th 1993, Life of Agony’s iconic debut "River Runs Red" was released. Hailed by Rolling Stone as “one of the greatest metal records of all time”, "River Runs Red" was an emotional concept album that focused on a troubled teenager’s inability to cope with what seemed to be the worst week of his life. The album connected to a broken generation in a visceral way through its cathartic message and hard-hitting approach, and the band developed a cult-following in the process.
Twenty-six years later, practically to the day, Life of Agony will continue the story of "River Runs Red" with "The Sound Of Scars," acting as a “chapter two” to their groundbreaking album. On October 11th 2019, the band comes full-circle and picks up exactly where their debut left off, revealing just what happened to the troubled boy through intense audio scenes.
"The Sound Of Scars" is available in the following formats:
CD Jewel Case
* Digital Album
* 1LP Gatefold Black
* 1LP Gatefold Gold
* 1LP Gatefold BloodRed
* CD + Shirt Bundle
* 1LP + Shirt Bundle
* Deluxe Box
"By far, this is the best Life of Agony record you’ve heard in years,” explains guitarist Joey Z. "We really went back to our roots on this one and tapped into the mindset we had when we first started the band."
The group recently toured Europe where they filmed a chaotic, high-energy video for lead-off track "Scars" with director Leigh Brooks of Firebelly Films. "We decided to perform right in the middle of the pit to capture what it’s really like to be at a Life Of Agony show,” said bassist Alan Robert. “It was a sweaty whirlwind of raw emotion and non-stop energy... something I’ll never forget. And to drive home the message of the song even further, we decided to include a handful of fan-submitted LOA tattoo images in there, too. Literally hundreds of them have been pouring in from fans all over the world and they looked so incredible, we had to use them. It just goes to show how deeply connected we all are through this music, both on an emotional and on a personal level."
Life of Agony will embark on the S.O.S. World Tour beginning in England this October with Doyle (of the Misfits fame) and Evolution Empire supporting. More...
Life Of Agony Invites Fans To Be In New Video
Hard rock and crossover metal veterans, iconic Life of Agony, will return with their brand new album titled The Sound of Scars, in the Fall of 2019 on Napalm Records. The Sound of Scars is Life of Agony‘s 6th studio album, and is a concept record continuing the story of the band‘s legendary debut River Runs Red. The albums‘ release dates are almost exactly 26 years apart, and the story follows the events in real time that took place after the troubled teenager attempted to take his own life on River Runs Red.
In support of their forthcoming studio record, Life of Agony will embark on an extensive world tour, kicking off this week in Europe! The band fronted by the distinctive voice and charismatic Mina Caputo, have also just invited fans to appear in their upcoming music video, taking place before Life of Agony's show in Munich, on Saturday July 27 at 17pm! Find out more HERE: https://www.facebook.com/lifeofagonyfamiglia/photos/a.1575679745986100/2190873704466698/?type=3&theater More...
Life Of Agony Announces UK Shows
Hard rock and crossover metal veterans Life Of Agony are putting the finishing touches on their hard-hitting, emotional concept album "The Sound of Scars," due out this Fall on Napalm Records! Produced by Sylvia Massy (Tool, System of a Down), whose work has received multiple Grammy Awards and nominations, along wih LOA’s Joey Z (with mixing duties helmed by Massy), have tapped esteemed engineer Howie Weinberg (Nirvana, Soundgarden) to master the record. "The Sound of Scars" continues the haunting narrative from the band’s groundbreaking 1993 debut "River Runs Red," which Rolling Stone hailed as “One of the greatest metal albums of all time.“
In support of their forthcoming studio album "The Sound of Scars," Life Of Agony have just announced that they will kick off the S.O.S. world tour beginning in the UK this October, with very special guests Doyle!
“There is something incredible happening around this Sound Of Scars record and we can absolutely all feel it.“ bassist Alan Robert comments. “To get out there and start playing these new songs for everyone is gonna be a blast... and to do it with our dear friend and musical hero, Doyle of the Misfits fame, is definitely going to be a tour to remember. We’re already plotting some cool collaborations on stage! I’m packing my many, many Misfits shirts! (laughs)” More...
Life Of Agony Reveals New Album Details
Brooklyn, NY’s Life Of Agony is currently tracking their highly anticipated sixth studio album The Sound Of Scars with esteemed producer Sylvia Massy (Tool, System Of A Down) at her recording studio Studio Divine in Ashland, Oregon. Additional recording will take place at various studios in New York. Sylvia Massy will also handle mixing duties for the album. "The Sound of Scars" is expected to drop this fall from Napalm Records.
"Sylvia has a deep understanding of what this band is all about and we’ve wanted to work with her for a very, very long time,” says bassist Alan Robert. “Especially, since this is a concept album continuing the story of River Runs Red, we’re extremely grateful to have her on board to help capture the darkness, raw emotion and heaviness of the new material.
"Life of Agony began boldly over 25 years ago with its hard musical discourse into the human condition, a darkly hued story which continues to evolve today,” explains Sylvia Massy. “This is a unique band with a remarkable history of personal discovery - a phoenix tale of flight, fire and resurrection. This month we begin again to record the latest chapter. I am excited to be the witness to the creation of the new Life of Agony album!" More...
A Pale Horse Named Death Premiere New Single
Below you can stream A Pale Horse Named Death‘s new single titled “Vultures“. The group, who feature ex-members of Life Of Agony and Type O Negative, have a January 18th release date scheduled for their third full-length “When The World Becomes Undone“.
BillyBio (Biohazard, Powerflo) Tour Announced
Billy Graziadei‘s (Biohazard/Powerflo) new solo project BillyBio announce a first run of shows joining All Hail The Yeti, Thy Will Be Done, Life Of Agony and Sick Of It All on several dates. Graziadei will be touring in support of his debut release, “Feed The Fire“, which will hit stores November 30th via AFM Records.
A first single, “Freedom’s Never Free“, from that release can be streamed below:
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Life Of Agony West Coast Tour Announced
Life Of Agony will be touring the West Coast for their first run of club shows out that way in over a decade. Below’s where they will play:
05/16 Los Angeles, CA – Whisky A Go-Go
05/18 Anaheim, CA – Parish at House Of Blues
05/19 Las Vegas, NV – Beauty Bar
05/20 Phoenix, AZ – Club Red
05/22 San Diego, CA – Brick By brick
Other dates the band have booked include: More...