Influential New York metal/hardcore band LIFE OF AGONY will perform a series of East Coast shows in December. So far the following dates have been announced:

Dec. 13 - The Starland Ballroom - Sayreville, NJ
Dec. 14 - The Blender Theater - New York, NY

More shows will be added soon.

Special guests include SPOILER NYC (the New York "street-punk" trio featuring LIFE OF AGONY's Alan Robert on lead vocals and bass) and MY MORTALITY (the new project featuring LIFE OF AGONY/ex-TYPE O NEGATIVE drummer Sal Abruscato). BLACK WATER RISING will appear on the New Jersey bill and MISERY will perfom in New York City.

Hungarian metal magazine "Kettõnégy" conducted an interview with guitarist Joseph Zampella (a.k.a. Joey Z) and bassist Alan Robert of LIFE OF AGONY on July 9, 2008 at A38 in Budapest. The 12-minute clip, which includes performance footage, can be viewed below.

LIFE OF AGONY spent most of 2006 and early 2007 on a break after completing its successful touring cycle for the 2005 Epic Records release, "Broken Valley". The band is currently without a record deal, having parted ways with Epic in 2005. In the meantime, lead singer Keith Caputo released two solo albums, "Heart's Blood on Your Dawn" and "A Fondness for Hometown Scars" (recorded in April 2007), and has been promoting them with European headlining dates. Joey Z has opened a recording studio in Brooklyn, NY called Method of Groove Studio and has successfully produced and mixed BRAND NEW SIN's last release for Century Media. Joey has also teamed up with Peter Steele (TYPE O NEGATIVE) to reform CARNIVORE.