The Agony Scene - "The Agony Scene" @ Score! Music Magazine

	The Agony Scene - The Agony Scene
	Location	Tulsa, OK (you know, where Hanson comes from)
	Initial Impression	Looking at the album insert, they've got that hot-yet-creepy gothic look going on.
Notable Lyric	"Adorned with prying eyes Beneath a mask made of flesh and thorns Collected from the ones she'd loved before." - "The Lines of Suicide"
Factoid	The words are so hard to understand that even after I found the lyrics online (www.darklyrics.com), I still had to restart a couple of the songs because I lost my place.
Serve With	In light of the season, how about "Bram Stoker's Dracula," "Friday The 13th," and perhaps the new "Texas Chainsaw Massacre" remake.
Comments	I don't...um...really get this kind of music. The music is brutal, lightening speed, and I guess what would be considered "math metal." The lyrics are pretty good, in a dark, poetical way. But the form of their delivery - a high, choked screaming - is just hard to listen to. Brings to mind images of horror movies, blood baths, crucifixion, putrid rotting flesh, and all that kind of fun stuff. Definitely of the Cradle of Filth ilk, so if you're into that, heaven help you, maybe you'll be into The Agony Scene.
URL	www.solidstaterecords.com
Reviewer	Jaimie (10/03)