LifeOfAgony

A Pale Horse Named Death are the brainchild of Life of Agony drummer Sal Abruscato. The band blends the melodic sensibility of Alice In Chains with the crushing guitar tone favored by Black Sabbath. Abruscato's partner in APHND is Matt Brown, sound engineer and guitarist of fellow New York band Seventh Void...

In late April, Noisecreep hooked up with Life of Agony bassist Alan Robert while he was in town promoting his popular 'Wire Hangers' comic book series and attending the Revolver Golden Gods Awards. Noisecreep tagged along with Alan as a photographer from Tattoo Magazine shot him for an upcoming spread outside of the Museum of Contemporary Art in downtown Los Angeles...

If you ever wanted to be transported back to 1995, then Thursday, Dec. 16, 2010 at the Best Buy Theater--nestled in the bustling, Christmas-season heart of New York City's Times Square--was like a time machine for that particular period of metal and hardcore...

Brooklyn's Life of Agony will release '20 Years Strong: Live in Brussels' via I Scream Records on July 27. The audio was recorded on April 3 at the band's gig at the Ancienne Belgique in Brussels, Belgium, which was the second show of their European '20 Years Strong' tour -- where they performed their debut, 'River Runs Red,' lauded by most as a modern classic, in its entirety...

Long Island hard rock fiends Black Water Rising initially released their self-titled debut solely via digital means. Despite that forward-thinking approach, the band, who know their way around a thunderous, '70s rock-inspired riff, has 'regressed' a little, signing with Giddy Up Records to release the same music in physical form...

The status of Ozzfest may be up in the air right now, but the formerly annual tour was a breeding ground and one-stop shop for the best, brightest and oftentimes most fleeting acts in metal. The fest's alumni list reads like a 'Who's Who' of hard rock, with everyone from Black Sabbath to Queens of the Stone Age to System of a Down to Meshuggah to Hatebreed (known for inciting circle pits around

There's no better endorsement for a rising metal band than the support of an established rock star.Strong Island's Misery retain their back up in the form of Life of Agony guitarist Joey Z., who produced the band's debut, '15 Years of Aggression,' as well as their upcoming album, which is due out this summer...

For a few months now, New York '90s alt-metal heroes Life of Agony have been talking about putting out a live CD and DVD, and now they've sealed the deal. On April 3, the band will record and film a concert at the Ancienne Belgique in Brussels, Belgium, the second show of their '20 Years Strong' European tour...

Before he formed Life of Agony in 1989 with vocalist Keith Caputo and guitarist Joey Z, bassist Alan Robert was going to school to be a professional illustrator. Then the band got a record deal and he scrapped his art career for a life of rock 'n' roll...

On the next episode of ''Creep Show,' we've got our weekly dose of all things news, reviews and interviews, and we've also thrown a little art in the mix to hammer some visual culture into your banging heads. Our guest artist is Alan Robert, who is best known as the bassist for the '90s New York band Life of Agony...