Sal Abruscato has been in his share of amazing bands. Starting in Type O Negative and then joining Life Of Agony, he was deeply involved in the metal, hardcore and goth scenes in the ‘90s. Later on, Sal went on to form the band Supermassiv. We mostly know Sal…

SAYREVILLE, NJ—River Runs Red from Life Of Agony came out in 1993, when hair metal was on the way out when grunge was slowly infesting the metal scene. However there were some bands that were dominating the underground scene that didn’t fall in either of those categories. White Zombie, Pantera,…

Long since responsible for the majority of his band’s visual artwork (and come to think of it, the songwriting as well), Life Of Agony bassist Alan Robert has just created his first comic book mini-series for publisher IDW. Called Wire Hangers, it’s a complex story of kidnapping, murder, corruption…

I was recently contacted by Deathrash bassist Pat Burns who told me in an email that the band, a thrash metal outfit from the mid-1980s, will be playing their first show in 20 years at Dingbatz in Clifton, NJ, on Friday night, Jan. 16. The show will be recorded and…

Although this vocalist made his mark as a hardcore king in New York’s beloved Life Of Agony, it’s no secret that his pipes have grew wings and flew from the streets straight up into the azure and plentiful horizon that most fast-paced New Yorkers rarely remember to look for. Yes,…

Delirious with fever, Keith Caputo declared to the audience, “I don’t think we’ve played Roseland Ballroom in 10 years!” If you count the time Life Of Agony wasn’t a band, he’s right.

It was a shockwave felt throughout the heavy music community when LOA, then on Roadrunner Records, called it…