Pain

Biography

Pain (typeset as PAIN) is a musical project from Sweden that mixes heavy metal with influences from electronic music and techno. The project started out as a hobby project for frontman 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.

History

Pain's self-titled debut was released in 1997, and since then Pain has released eight 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×End of the Line1999 · SingleSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 4 tracks1End of the Line (radio version)3:572End of the Line (Pinocchio short vocoder remix)3:293Hate Me5:244End of the Line (Pinocchio long vocoder remix)5:23", "Shut Your Mouth×Shut Your Mouth2001 · SingleSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 2 tracks1Shut Your Mouth3:152Give It Up3:58", and "Same Old Song×Same Old Song28 December 2004 · SingleSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 3 tracks1Same Old Song4:052Trapped3:423Not Afraid to Die4:17". 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×You Only Live Twice3 June 2011 · Studio albumSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 9 tracks1Let Me Out4:352Fear the Demons3:553The Great Pretender4:054You Only Live Twice4:055Dirty Woman4:186We Want More4:467Leave Me Alone4:118Monster4:069Season of the Reaper6:38, on 3 June 2011 via Nuclear Blast. They released their eighth studio album entitled Coming Home×Coming Home9 September 2016 · Studio albumSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 10 tracks1Designed to Piss You Off3:542Call Me4:123A Wannabe4:154Pain in the Ass4:055Black Knight Satellite3:416Coming Home4:397Absinthe‐Phoenix Rising3:428Final Crusade3:549Natural Born Idiot4:1610Starseed4:43 on 9 September 2016.
The ninth album called I Am was released on 17 May 2024.