Life of Agony is an American alternative metal band from Brooklyn, New York City, formed in 1989 by singer Keith Caputo,[a] bassist Alan Robert and guitarist Joey Z.

The band eventually signed to Roadrunner Records, and Palmeri was replaced by Type O Negative drummer Sal Abruscato to solidify the lineup.

The following year, Life of Agony continued to build a following, and toured with the likes of Carcass, Pro-Pain, God Lives Underwater, KMFDM, Korn, and more.

A security guard and, to a lesser extent, the band were implicated in a lawsuit which was eventually dropped with no charges filed.

At subsequent concerts the band were mindful of the potential for fans to injure themselves, often trying to cool down the mosh pit between songs if things were rough.

Caputo was struggling with internalised gender dysphoria and was becoming disillusioned with the masculine image of herself she was faking at the time.

Not to mention the illegal spyware they put on our album without our knowledge to try and prevent piracy, and the class-action lawsuit they lost because of it.

"[9] Life of Agony went on to tour with Megadeth, Dream Theater, and numerous other metal bands during 2005's Gigantour.

Three years after their tour in 2005, Life of Agony released a CD/DVD set for River Runs Red with bonus tracks and videos from their early career.

During a December 2010 appearance on MTV's Headbangers Ball, Life of Agony announced they were writing new material.

In between, Abruscato created A Pale Horse Named Death, Joey Z. was still running his New York-based Method of Groove Studio, Caputo would focus on various solo projects, and Robert was working on his second comic for IDW and a film of his first comic called Wire Hangers.

We're never gonna make another record, because of those kinds of problems I was talking about [earlier in the interview] – we can't agree on writing a song.

And that's pretty much the reason why also I've moved on and I'm doing my own thing...to just keep going; I didn't want my career to stop with Life of Agony.

[13][14][15][16] On January 12, 2016, Life of Agony announced that they were signed to Napalm Records,[17] and released A Place Where There's No More Pain, their first studio album in 12 years, on April 28, 2017.

[18] In December of that same year, drummer Abruscato would leave the band for the second time, and was replaced by Veronica Bellino.

[20] The band announced the release, in October 2019, of its sixth studio album The Sound of Scars on Napalm Records again, which was being billed as "Chapter Two" to their debut River Runs Red.

The concept album, hailed by Loudwire as one of the year's "Most Anticipated Hard Rock & Metal Albums"[21] was produced and mixed by Grammy Award-winning producer Sylvia Massy and co-produced by the band's guitarist Joey Z, while engineer Howie Weinberg handled mastering duties.

[23] A documentary film, also titled The Sound of Scars, is set to be released by Cinedigm in association with Raven Banner Entertainment in 2022.

[24] A portion of ticket sales from the film's Director's Cut Screening were donated to the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline and All Out.

[25] A documentary chronicling the relationships within the band, titled The Sound of Scars, is set to be released by Cinedigm in association with Raven Banner Entertainment in March 2022.

[41] According to the group members themselves, they were influenced by bands such as Radiohead, Metallica, Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, Stone Temple Pilots,[42] Black Sabbath, and Social Distortion.

The group recorded an album called Grease Fire in Hell's Kitchen and filmed videos for the singles "Suicide Hotel" and "Ruined".

He later established himself as a horror comics author and illustrator, releasing several critically acclaimed series for IDW Publishing.