UPSURGE & NEW CROSS LIVE PRESENTS

Life of Agony emerged from the New York music scene in the early '90s with one of the most distinctive sounds in its genre. Best known for its 1993metal/crossover debut "River Runs Red" (RoadrunnerRecords), named byRolling Stoneas being one of the "100 Greatest Metal Albums of All Time" the bandinstantly built a die-hard, cult following. Fornearly threedecades, the group toured relentlessly all overthe world, sharing stages withthe biggest names in rock, including Metallica, Black Sabbath, OzzyOsbourne, Foo Fighters, and The Red Hot Chili Peppers. Life of Agony has sold over one million albumsto date.With six studio albums under its belt, including"Ugly" ('95)and"Soul Searching Sun" ('97)forRoadrunner Records,"Broken Valley" forSony/Epic Records in 2005(produced by Greg Fidelman–ofSlipknot, Metallica fame),and 2017’s“A Place Where There’s No More Pain” via Napalm Records,LIFEOF AGONY released thehard-hitting, emotional concept album“The Sound of Scars”in October, 2019(Napalm).The recordreceived critical acclaim and wasnamedAlbum Of The Year by TheAquarianandthe#1 Album on Metal Hammer’s (DE) ‘Best of 2019’: Alternative-Rock/Punk List.The album wasproduced by Sylvia Massy (Tool, System of a Down) along with LOA's very own Joey Z (mixing dutieshelmed by Massy), and mastered by Howie Weinberg (Nirvana, Metallica, Soundgarden).“The Sound ofScars”continues the haunting narrative from the band’s groundbreaking 1993 debut“River Runs Red”