“River Runs Red” by Life of Agony

"River Runs Red" is the title track of Life of Agony's debut album, released by Roadrunner on October 12, 1993: a concept record that follows a teenager from a troubled home all the way to a suicide attempt. Bassist Alan Robert wrote the words and the band shares the music credit. Keith Caputo sings lead with Robert on vocals too, Joey Zampella plays electric guitar and Sal Abruscato drums.

Josh Silver, once Type O Negative's producer and keyboardist, produced the album at Systems Two in Brooklyn, with Joe Marciano and Ed Reed engineering. It's alternative metal at its most bruised, and the album entered the Decibel Hall of Fame in 2005; in 2017 Rolling Stone ranked it 58th among the greatest metal albums of all time.

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