Agent Steel

       Agent Steel is a Speed Metal band, formed in 1984 by lead vocalist Johnny Cyriis. First appearing under the name ‘Sanctuary,’ Agent Steel’s first incarnation recorded a demo in the studio, titled “144,000 Gone” in the summer of ’84. 144,000 Gone was written by Cyriis when he was a guitarist in Sceptre, an underground metal band formed in Los Angeles in 1983 with his best friends, Antone and Phil, the founders of the band.
      From December 1984 to February 1985, Agent Steel recorded their debut album, titled “Skeptics Apocalypse”, released in June ’85 by Combat Records. Till this day, Skeptics Apocalypse is a world-renowned Speed Metal classic; it’s most popular song, Agents of Steel, has over half a million listens on YouTube as of 2020.