Age of Agony was formed in the mid '90s, and debuted a decade later as an old school death metal band attracted mostly to war and history related topics. During the years after they've become one of the most determining Hungarian death metal bands, and they took an active role in the small local underground scene.
Their second album "Follow the Way of Hate" showed a great progress in sound quality compared to their debut. That was kind of an advantageous step, cause it increased the effectiveness and heaviness of their songs. In themes there's some small noticeable step too, but the band didn't keep in secret that they prefer basic and primitive themes, that are mostly reminding to the old school Swedish scene. They also often involve a frequently repeating simple melody, that's quite usual in Finnish death, but at Age of Agony it's never gaining any leading role, only completing the riffs. The songs doesn't sound so raw and experimenting like on "War, Hate, Blasphemy", and are more unified too, but the sound quality upgrade is also responsible for this main impression. Their mosh pit rampage compatible music is recommended mostly the for fans of old school death metal.
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