Brooklyn Vegan — Way before TV On the Radio, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Vivian Girls, Grizzly Bear, DIIV, Parquet Courts, A Place to Bury Strangers and the So So Glos... before the Lordz of Brooklyn, Type O Negative, Life of Agony and Biohazard... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Against Me! put out six studio albums in the past 12 years, and arguably just keep getting better. Brooklyn's Life of Agony put out classic metalcore album "River Runs Red" in 1993, two more albums before before 1998, and... more info

Metal Injection — I give a lot of credit to Mina Caputo, formerly Keith Caputo of Life Of Agony fame for coming out as transgendered a few years ago. It is a brave move, especially in the overly-macho world of heavy metal. Now, Mina has released a new single, with pla... more info

Metalsucks — Joey Z's Brooklyn recording studio completely gutted by Hurricane Sandy floodwaters. Elsewhere in Brooklyn, Translator Audio Studios -- also destroyed by Sandy -- is now accepting donations. more info

Guardian Music — Tom Gabel's announcement that he is transgender shows how rock music has long offered succour to those trying to define their identityLast year, Keith/Nina Caputo of the New York band Life of Agony came out as transgender. This week, Tom Gabel, lead ... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Following in the footsteps of Life of Agony's Keith Caputo (who now goes by Mina), Against Me! frontman Tom Gabel is coming out as transgender. Rolling Stone reports:Against Me! singer Tom Gabel reveals plans to begin living as a... more info

Metalsucks — By now, many of you have seen photos of Life Of Agony’s Mina (nee Keith) Caputo’s provocative shoot with photographer Jeremy Saffer. LOA’s influence on contemporary metal and hardcore cannot be overstated, and — unless you’re part of the M... more info

Gigwise — Hits out at discrimination... more info

NME — Transgender singer hits out at discrimination more info

Metal Injection — Here is footage from what are the final Life of Agony shows booked, and maybe ever. The band has no future plans as of this moment, but aren't ruling anything out either. These shows come after the news spread of Keith Caputo's transitionin... more info