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Alan Robert is best known for being the bassist and primary-songwriter for the hard rock band Life of Agony. The popular New York-based group has shared stages all over the world with the biggest names in rock for three decades. Artists include Metallica, Black Sabbath, Ozzy Osbourne, The Red Hot Chili Peppers, Foo Fighters, and more. As a result, Life of Agony built a die-hard following and sold over one million albums to date. Life of Agony's debut "River Runs Red" was named "One of the Greatest Metal Albums of All Time" by Rolling Stone. On October 11th, 2019, the band released their 6th studio album, “The Sound of Scars”, produced and mixed by Sylvia Massy (Tool, System of a Down, The Red Hot Chili Peppers), co-produced by LOA’s Joey Z, and mastered by Howie Weinberg (Metallica, Nirvana). The album was praised by critics and fans alike, and was named ALBUM OF THE YEAR by The Aquarian Details >

Outside of music, Robert is a best-selling author and artist. He has written and illustrated several critically acclaimed, creator-owned, IDW Publishing/Penguin Random House comic book series, graphic novels and coloring books. Revolver Magazine dubbed Alan Robert "The King of Horror Coloring Books" after several of his Beauty of Horror coloring books appeared on Amazon's Top Ten Best Sellers List.

In September, 2016, Volume One of his smash hit adult coloring book series The Beauty of Horror was released and caught the attention of GQ, Buzz Feed, The Huffington Post, The Wall Street Journal, CNBC, and Nerdist, who praised it as "The World's Creepiest Adult Coloring Book." The coloring book became IDW Publishing's #2 top selling title of 2016. Volume Two, The Beauty of Horror 2: Ghouliana's Creepatorium - Another GOREgeous Coloring Book immediately shot to #1 on Amazon's New Release Chart in September, 2017. Shortly after, The Beauty of Horror 3: Haunted Playgrounds was announced. It became the #1 Amazon Hot New Release in  July, 2018. The Beauty of Horror: Ghosts of Christmas topped the charts in October, 2018 and a claymation short was released to coincide with the Christmas book launch. See the Beauty of Horror Claymation here > which went viral with over 7 million views!

In addition, all of the following books hit the #1 Hot New Release spot on Amazon, including The Beauty of Horror: Tricks And Treats Coloring Book (Sept. 2019) and The Beauty of Horror 4: Creature Feature Coloring Book (Sept. 2020). More Beauty of Horror products, including The Beauty of Horror Tarot Card sets and The Beauty of Horror: Haunt This Journal is on sale now! The Beauty of Horror 5: Haunt of Fame Coloring Book hits stores in August, 2021.

Robert's other titles include Crawl to MeKillogy and Wire Hangers. In the meantime, check out a 3D Killogy animation here >