Tulsa, OK has never been what one might consider a petri dish for talent.
      Besides being the hometown of now-fading stardom of the Hanson brothers,
      Tulsa is little more than a restroom break when you re going across country. All of that is about to change with the birth of Tulsa natives The Agony Scene and their debut self-titled release that drops on June 10, 2003.
     
      With viper like subtlety the Agony Scene s debut starts with a ferocious
      bite. There s little build up except for a short swell of distortion and
      what soon transpires happens with such utter abandon that it can only be
      compared to some vulgar stigmata-like appearance. The band has transformed over the years from a spastic math / hardcore band to a legitimate technical metal beast, frothing at the mouth to be let loose on the world.
     
      Produced by Adam Dutkiewicz, guitarist and mastermind of Killswitch Engage and man behind the knobs for label-mates Norma Jean as well as others, the band s self-titled release combines American metal, ala Far Beyond Driven era Pantera, wit... (More AGONY SCENE Biography)