The Agony Scene was a Metalcore band from Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA. On October 8 2008, frontman Mike Williams confirmed that the band had broken up in the spring, and that most people had not noticed until now. Although The Agony Scene was known for blending several corrosive elements from genres including thrash metal, black metal and hardcore punk, the band is also generally considered to be a part of the New Wave of American Heavy Metal.
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The Agony Scene was a Metalcore band from Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA. On October 8 2008, frontman Mike Williams confirmed that the band had broken up in the spring, and that most people had not noticed until now. Although The Agony Scene was known for blending several corrosive elements from genres including thrash metal, black metal and hardcore punk, the band is also generally considered to be a part of the New Wave of American Heavy Metal.
The band has released three albums, one on Solid State Records, one on Roadrunner Records, and one on Century Media Records. It had been signed to Abacus Records for a while when it folded.
Formed in early 2001, The Agony Scene was the brainchild of three Tulsa musicians: Johnny Lloyd, Rod Burguiere, and Daniel Hickman. Originally looking to form a spirit-filled hardcore band in vein of Zao and Overcome, Lloyd and Hickman took guitar duties with Burguiere as the frontman. The arduous search for a rhythm section eventually exasperated Hickman, who left...
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