The Agony Scene Albums Ranked

The Agony Scene is an American heavy metal band from Tulsa, Oklahoma. Formed in 2000, the group currently consists of lead guitarist Chris Emmons, vocalist Mike Williams, and rhythm guitarist Brian Hodges. The band has released four albums, one on Solid State Records, one on Roadrunner Records, one on Century Media Records, and one on Outerloop Records. They had been signed to Abacus Records for a while until it folded. In 2000, three Tulsa musicians—Johnny Lloyd, Rod Burguiere, and Daniel Hickman— started a band named The Agony Scene. Originally looking to form a Christian metal band in the same vein as Zao and Overcome, Lloyd and Hickman took guitar duties with Burguiere on vocals. The arduous search for a rhythm section eventually exasperated Hickman, who left to join Tulsa metalcore outfit Enlow. Burguiere then looked to his former bandmates Mike Williams and Brent Masters and things began to mesh. The four piece, with Williams on bass and Masters on drums, eventually came across Chris Emmons as a second guitar and the lineup was solidified. Here are all of The Agony Scene albums ranked.

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3. Get Damned

“This album hits hard. Love the vocals, the music, and the production. The more I listen to it, the more I like it. I much prefer this album over the other Agony Scene albums I sampled. More my style of music. The last song is a favorite, the cleaner vocals actually work on that track. Normally I can’t stand clean vocals on metal songs”

2. The Agony Scene

“The Agony Scene transformed into a polished, full-on Gothenburg-style Melodic Death Metal influenced Melodic Metalcore band for their debut album, albeit with more flair and fashioncore sense than your typical As I Lay Dying release. It’s not a bad album with songs like “We Bury Our Dead at Dawn” and “Habeas Corpus” providing a furious start to the album and their well executed melodeath interpretation of the The Rolling Stones song “Paint It Black,” but like most metalcore albums of this style, there isn’t quite enough variation to keep this listener interested throughout the whole album on every listen.”

1. The Darkest Red

“This is a good album, so for me very listenable. Main features of the album, Mike William’s almost black metal shrieks, mixed in with the traditional metalcore chugging riffs and occasional clean vocals. These make for a solid listen albeit a very short listen with the album being only 37 minutes long. I am not a fan of metalcore but this album for me stands out above the rest in a very crowded scene. Best track for me is “Prey”.