Ancienne Belgique

About this concert

Life of Agony, the American alternative-metal band around singer Keith Caputo and guitarist Joey Z., recently did a number of shows in which they played their debut album ‘River Runs Red’ from 1993. They liked the idea so much that they're undertaking a European tour with it, and of course the line-up will be completed by bassist Alan Robert and Type-O Negative drummer Sal Abruscato. That tour will be making a stop in the AB on Saturday 3 April 2010.

I Scream Records is very excited and proud to welcome Life Of Agony to the family.
On Saturday April 3rd 2010 I Scream Records will be recording & filming Life Of Agony's performance at the Ancienne Belgique in Brussels, Belgium, the second show of their exclusive European "20 Years Strong" tour. In late 2009 the band performed their debut album "River Runs Red" in its entirety during a few exclusive, sold out, US shows and now, after popular demand, they're also heading over to Europe to perform a set built around this amazing, legendary album.
The release of this "20 Years Strong" live album, which will also include a free bonus DVD of the complete show at the Ancienne Belgique, exclusive footage and much more, is set for early this Summer.
Crossover-metal kings, Life of Agony, formed in the summer of '89 and quickly built a cult-following upon the release their now classic, debut album, "River Runs Red" released through Roadrunner Records. The band's unique sound and honest lyrics have captivated audiences for two decades now. In celebration of this huge milestone, the group has been performing the record that started it all!!
"We're really excited to capture this moment in time.  Twenty years, man, that's no joke! If you would've asked us when we were kids growin' up in Brooklyn, if we thought that we'd ever make something this important to people around the world, we probably would've laughed in your face. But, here we are, still selling out shows after all this time and turning people's tragedy into hope. Somehow, through the music, we've helped a lot of folks out there. And that's what's always been most important to us." - LOA Bassist, Alan Robert

AqME (with a lower-case q) is currently the reference point in French metal. They've been operating from capital Paris since 1999 and, following an EP ‘University Of Nowhere’ , their debut ‘Sombres Efforts’ was released in 2002 - produced by Swede Daniel Bergstrand (Meshuggah, In Flames). Following the albums ‘Polaroids & Pornographie’ and ‘La Fin Des Temps’ there came a live CD/DVD that was partly recorded during their ABconcert of 2006. Afterwards the band returned to its love for Bergstrand’s work and with him they recorded ‘Heresie’ (2008) and the brand-new ‘En l’Honneur de Jupiter’. During the last 2 albums the band has enriched their sound with typical classic rock elements (think Led Zeppelin, Nirvana, Black Sabbath and QOTSA) and they even wrote a duet with Indochine, which they've also regularly played live.

Panic Cell from Britain will be opening the evening. This metal band has toured previously with bands like Mudvayne and Disturbed and will be releasing a new album in April.