Pain (musical project)

For other music bands, see Pain (disambiguation).

Pain
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Background information
Origin	Sweden
Genres	Industrial metal, heavy metal, electronic rock
Years active	1996–present
Labels	Nuclear Blast Stockholm Records Metal Mind Roadrunner Records
Associated acts	Hypocrisy, Lock Up, Bloodbath, Anette Olzon, Nightwish
Website	www.painworldwide.com
Members	Peter Tägtgren

Pain (typeset as PAIN) is a musical project from Sweden that mix heavy metal with influences from electronic music and techno. The project started out as a hobby project for front man Peter Tägtgren, whose idea was to fuse heavy metal with 1980s-inspired electro-industrial and techno influences. Tägtgren, who is also the vocalist/guitarist of Hypocrisy and producer of his own The Abyss studios, is the only current member.

Pain's self-titled debut was released in 1997, and since then Pain has released six more albums and a DVD. Starting with their second, all of Pain's albums have made the Swedish charts, thanks in large part to hit singles such as "End of the Line", "Shut Your Mouth", and "Same Old Song". In early February 2006, Blabbermouth.net reported that Pain had signed with Roadrunner Records. Currently, Pain is under the Nuclear Blast Records banner.

In 2008, Pain was on tour as a supporting performer for the Finnish symphonic power metal band Nightwish. During this tour singer Peter Tägtgren, drummer David Wallin, and bassist Johan Husgafvel were assaulted by a gang in Leipzig. Tägtgren received 10 stitches in his face, Wallin suffered a concussion and stitches to his head, and Husgafvel had his nose broken.

Pain supported Nightwish on the second half of their Dark Passion Play World Tour, along with Finnish pop rock band Indica, beginning with the first show in London, UK on 11 March 2009.

Pain released their seventh album, You Only Live Twice, on 3 June 2011 via Nuclear Blast.

Discography

Albums

• Pain - (1996)
• Rebirth - (1999)
• Nothing Remains the Same - (2002)
• Dancing with the Dead - (2005)
• Psalms of Extinction - (2007)
• Cynic Paradise - (2008)
• You Only Live Twice - (2011)

Singles & EPs

• End of the Line - (1999)
• On and On - (2000)
• Suicide Machine - (2000)
• Shut Your Mouth - (2002)
• Just Hate Me - (2002)
• Eleanor Rigby - (2002)
• Same Old Song - (2004)
• Bye / Die - (2004)
• Nothing - (2005)
• I'm Going In - (2008)
• Follow Me - (2008)
• Dirty Woman - (2011)
• The Great Pretender - (2011)
• My Angel featuring Cécile Siméone - (2011)

DVDs

• Live Is Overrated - (2005)
• We Come In Peace - (2012)

Videos

• 1999: End Of The Line
• 2000: On & On
• 2000: Suicide Machine
• 2002: Eleanor Rigby
• 2002: Just Hate Me
• 2002: Shut Your Mouth
• 2004: Bye/Die
• 2004: Same Old Song
• 2005: Nothing
• 2007: Zombie Slam
• 2008: Follow Me directed by Ville Lipiäinen & Denis Goria
• 2008: Monkey Business directed by Denis Goria
• 2011: Dirty Woman directed by Ville Lipiäinen
• 2011: Feed Us
• 2011: The Great Pretender directed by Ville Lipiäinen & Denis Goria

Personnel

Current members

• Peter Tägtgren - Vocals, all instruments on CD (1996–present)

Current touring members

• David Wallin - Drums (2003–present)
• Michael Bohlin - Guitar (2007–present)
• Johan Husgafvel - Bass (2007–present)

Former touring members

• Saroth (Yngve Liljebäck) - Bass (1999-2005)
• Mathias Kamijo - Guitars (1999-2003)
• Horgh (Reidar Horghagen) - Drums (1999-2003)
• Andrea Odendahl - Guitars (2003-2007)
• Alla Fedynitch - Bass (2005-2007)
• Marcus Jidell - Guitar (2007)
• André Skaug - Bass (2007/2011)
• René Sebastian - Guitar (2007)

Session musicians

• Horgh (Reidar Horghagen) - Drums (1999; Rebirth)
• Alexi Laiho - Guitar solo (2007; Just Think Again)
• Peter Iwers - Bass (2007; Save Your Prayers, Nailed to the Ground)
• Mikkey Dee - Drums (2007; Zombie Slam)
• Anette Olzon - Vocals (2008; Follow Me, Feed Us)

External links

• Official Pain on Facebook on Facebook
• Official Pain website
• Pain MySpace page
• Official forum
• Pain at Nuclearblast