A PALE HORSE NAMED DEATH founder Sal Abruscato (LIFE OF AGONY / ex-TYPE O NEGATIVE) is featured in a new interview with MetalExiles.com. An excerpt is available below.

Metal Exiles: When were the seeds for A Pale Horse first planted?

Sal Abruscato: "It was planted back in January 2009. I was frustrated with a lot of things musically and I wanted to make an album on my terms, my way, what I heard in my head. We started then and within four months I was going through a divorce so that fueled a bit of the darkness and angst on the record and it just propelled from that. We did some preproduction and began recording in November 2009 with Matt Brown and we finished in June of 2010. We were not in a rush, there were no labels breathing down our neck, nobody bothering us nor were we contrived that we were going to make a record that was going to blow up or make it. I did not care about anything except getting across what I heard, what I felt and the composure that I wanted to put together. It turned out to be a dark record because I am a dark person by nature but one thing led to another, we put some songs up, people started liking them, labels started wanting to negotiate with us and we settled with SPV. It is nice to be with a label that is excited about the record and loves the darkness of it, that there is nothing else like it out right now. Unfortunately it coincides with the timing of when Peter passed away last year; I was starting to lay down the vocals. His passing also fueled some of the dark moments that are happening on the record. It seems like a lot of the fans of Peter and Type O Negative have grasped onto this because it is a record in mourning and they seemed to gravitate to this, but it seems to be a stepping stone from what Type O was doing and now there is this whole new thing going on and they can feel like there is some kind of continuation."

Metal Exiles: Is this the first time you have wanted to play guitar and front a band or have you wanted to do this in the past?

Sal: "I have always pondered this idea, for over 10 years and I finally got balls to do it. It takes a lot of guts to do it and I give mad respect to any frontman that gets up there and does it. There is always that fear of rejection, not singing 100% on point the whole time. People are so quick to criticize someone on stage because they are not the ones wearing their heart on their sleeve and when you do that on stage you are exposing yourself. For me it was a culmination of me getting fed up musically because Life Of Agony is not very active and I said I have to do something so either I make a move and create something and rejuvenate my career or just get a day job. With this band I had no idea what to expect, I felt like I was on to something because in my heart I loved what I was doing but I did not know if the rest of the world was going to perceive it that and I did not know if the rest of the world was ready for more depressing music. am pretty fortunate it is going the way it is going and that people are vibing out to the tunes."

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A Pale Horse Named Death recently signed a worldwide recording contract with Steamhammer/SPV. Their debut album, entitled And Hell Will Follow Me, is currently scheduled for release on June 14th.

Sal Abruscato was born in Brooklyn, NY Started playing drums at age 10. He is the co-founder of Type O Negative with Peter Steele and performed on Slow, Deep & Hard, Origin Of The Feces, Bloody Kisses and various best of and soundtracks. Sal is the drummer for Life Of Agony and performed on River Runs Red, Ugly, River Runs Again, Broken Valley. Additional projects include SUPERMASSIV and MY MORTALITY. He is now the singer, songwriter and guitarist for A Pale Horse Named Death.

Abruscato had the following to say about signing with SPV/Steamhammer: "I am so stoked about joining SPV, I'm looking forward to a fruitful and successful relationship with such a reputable label as SPV."

A Pale Horse Named Death's live lineup includes Sal Abruscato on guitars and vocals, drummer Johnny Kelly (Type O Negative, SEVENTH VOID), Bobby Hambel (BIOHAZARD) on guitar, Matt Brown (Supermassiv, Seventh Void) also on guitars and Eric Morgan on bass.

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