Agnostic Front Albums Ranked

Agnostic Front is an American hardcore punk band from New York City. Founded in 1980, the band is considered an important influence on the New York hardcore scene, as well as a pioneer of the crossover thrash genre. Formed in 1980 with Vincent “Vinnie Stigma” Capuccio (formerly of the Eliminators) on lead guitar, with Diego on bass, Rob Krekus on drums and John Watson on vocals. Despite being billed at their first concert as the Zoo Crew, Stigma introduced them as Agnostic Front, saying that the poster had been made prior to deciding on the name. They soon added Ray Barbieri, aka Raybeez, on drums and Adam Mucci on bass. After Watson was arrested, the band hired James Kontra as their vocalist, who eventually quit before a performance at Great Gildersleeves after a disagreement with Capuccio about how to hand out stickers. Although never having spoken to him before, Stigma told some of his friends to ask Roger Miret (former bass player of the Psychos) if he wanted to be the vocalist of Agnostic Front, because he liked his style of slam dancing. In 1983, this lineup recorded their debut EP United Blood. The EP was officially released later that year, however by that point Mucci had departed from the band, and been replaced by Todd Youth. Here are all of Agnostic Front albums ranked.

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10. Live At CBGB 

“Pretty much their best album (then again, pretty much all of AF’s albums fucking slay), their best live album, their best era and also possibly the best live album EVER – next to Destruction’s Live Without Sense. Miret is a yelling, barking, howling dog here and the riffs come at ya like one fucking freight train after another.”

9. Liberty And Justice For… 

“This is kind of a forgotten album by AF. This is their second album where they flirt with a more crossover-thrash sound rather than the straight up hardcore of their debut album. It’s a pretty good spin, but the songs do get a little samey at times. The playing is tight as hell and Steve Martin’s leads give the tunes some texture. Roger’s voice is over the top on this one.”

8. Last Warning 

“A damn smokin’ collection of Agnostic Front’s farewell show from 12/20/92 with all the old favs. Plus as a bonus you get the United Blood 7 inch is all it’s raw glory. A must.”

7. Dead Yuppies 

“I’m actually pretty surprised with this release. Who would have thought that in 2001 Agnostic Front could produce an album of this quality. It’s actually pretty good! Tough-as-nails New York Hardcore. As tradition of any NY Hardcore band they display their pride in ink and song.If you like Agnostic Front this is an album you should check out. The only thing that seems silly is the album title. All I can say is hahhahahaha, thats pretty stupid.”

6. Another Voice 

“Not as bad as everybody says; this record is labeled as Metalcore, but I don’t hear that, when I think in metalcore, Trivium. Shadows Fall and Killswitch Engage is what comes to my mind, but this record has nothing to do with those bands, this album is just Metallic hardcore. Even songs like Take me Back or Casualty Of The Times are almost thrash with hardcore vocals.”

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5. Get Loud! 

“The sound here is along the same lines as most of their Nuclear Blast catalog, which is to say high energy NY hardcore with a healthy dose of metal crunch. The OI/Street Punk influences that came to the surface on the bands trio of albums on Epitaph are gone ( relegated to Roger’s work with Roger Miret and the Disasters), leaving only the tough as nails aesthetic we have come to expect from Roger and Stigma.”

4. Something’s Gotta Give 

“Agnostic Front are back….again. This is however the strongest of their Epitaph albums so far. Smack it out hardcore with some great tunes. However it seems to lack any inteligence the group used to have, but hell inteligence isn’t everthing and this still kicks some ass.”

3. Riot, Riot, Upstart 

“One of my favorite AF cd’s. This album tends to move back and forth from Hardcore to Street Punk, but really doesn’t have any metal influence to it though. I can see where this might have planted the seeds for the singer’s side project, Roger Miret and the Disasters.”

2. Cause For Alarm 

“The title was absolutely perfect. Hard to believe now, but back in ‘ardcore kid era of the early eighties, AF’s change in style was exactly that for punk purists – cause for alarm. After the filth-bleeding clapper-clawed ugliness of the 1984 debut “Victim in Pain”, these NYC lowlives made a conscious paradigm-trashing decision to metalize their sound. Second guitarist Alex Kinon, a heavy dose of Peter Steele-penned lyrics and particularly the beast of the skins Louie Beatto made this record a crucial nugget in the burgeoning crossover thrash scene as epitomized by bands like Carnivore, Nuclear Assault, and the Accüsed.”

1. Victim In Pain 

“Long before becoming the punk/metal provocateurs we would come to know, young guttersnipes Roger Miret and Vinnie Stigma crawl from the New York sewers to capture eleven iconic quick-strikes borne of alienation, frustration and several other tions I am likely forgetting. Guitars slash and ooze feedback. Dave Jones pounds tribal marches and circle-pit-bolstering speedbursts as Miret unleashes one venomous lyric after another aimed at rejecting authority, despising society and detesting false pretense.”