Pain (musical project)

Pain
Myötätuulirock 2011
Background information
Origin	Sweden
Genres	Industrial metal, Symphonic metal, Heavy metal
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".^[1] 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.^[2]

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.

They are due to release their next studio album in Summer 2016, according to Peter's Official Facebook page.

Discography

Studio albums

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions						Certifications
		SWE [3]	FIN [4]	FRA [5]	AUT [6]	SWI [7]	GER [8]
Pain	Released: February 11, 1997[9] Label: Nuclear Blast Formats: CD, CS	—	—	—	—	—	—
Rebirth	Released: 1999 Label: Stockholm Records Formats: CD, CS	21	—	—	—	—	—
Nothing Remains the Same	Released: July 15, 2002 Label: Stockholm Records Formats: CD, CS	6	—	—	75	—	—	SWE: Gold[10]
Dancing with the Dead	Released: March 21, 2005[11] Label: Stockholm Records Formats: CD, CD+DVD	3	16	—	—	—	—
Psalms of Extinction	Released: April 23, 2007[12] Label: Roadrunner Records Formats: CD	21	21	165	—	—	93
Cynic Paradise	Released: October 31, 2008 Label: Nuclear Blast Formats: CD, LP, DL	30	28	165	—	—	78
You Only Live Twice	Released: June 3, 2011 Label: Nuclear Blast Formats: CD, LP, DL	38	26	—	75	64	40
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Singles

Year	Title	Peak chart positions		Certifications	Album
		SWE [13]	FIN [14]
1999	"End of the Line"	15	—	SWE: Gold[15]	Rebirth
	"On and On"	30	—
2000	"Suicide Machine"	—	—
2001	"Shut Your Mouth"	14	—		Nothing Remains the Same
2002	"Eleanor Rigby"	—	—
	"Just Hate Me"	47	—
	"Eleanor Rigby 2"	—	—
2004	"Same Old Song"	18	5		Dancing with the Dead
2005	"Bye/Die"	—	—
	"Nothing"	—	—
2008	"I'm Going In"	—	—		Cynic Paradise
2009	"Follow Me" (feat. Anette Olzon)	—	—
2011	"Dirty Woman"[16]	—	—		You Only Live Twice
	"My Angel" (feat. Cécile Siméone) [17]	—	—
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Video albums

Title	Video details	Peak chart positions
		SWE [18]
Live Is Overrated	Released: November 7, 2006 Label: Metal Mind Productions Formats: DVD	—
We Come in Peace	Released: November 16, 2012 Label: Nuclear Blast Formats: DVD	14
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Music videos

Year	Title	Directed	Album
1999	"End of the Line"	—	Rebirth
	"On and On"	—
	"Suicide Machine"	—
2002	"Shut Your Mouth"	—	Nothing Remains the Same
	"Just Hate Me"	—
2005	"Same Old Song"[19]	—	Dancing with the Dead
	"Bye/Die"[20]	Jerker Josefsson
	"Nothing"	—
2007	"Zombie Slam"	Ralf Strathmann[21]	Psalms of Extinction
2008	"Follow Me"[22]	—	Cynic Paradise
2009	"Monkey Business"[23]	Denis Goria
	"Have a Drink on Me"
2011	"Dirty Woman"[24]	—	You Only Live Twice
	"The Great Pretender"[25]	—

Members

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)

Equipment

Pain leader and founder Peter Tägtgren generally plays ESP Eclipse guitars, and tour guitarist Michael Bohlin usually favors Jackson Axes and Rhodes models. Bassist Johan Husgafvel plays ESP basses. The band also uses Marshall Amplifiers and Dunlop strings. Drummer David Wallin plays Premier drums, generally playing two bass and snare setup, but will alter the amount of toms he uses periodically. He also plays Aquarian drumheads, Balbex drumsticks, and Zildjian cymbals:

• 18" fx oriental china "trash"
• 10" ZHT mini hi-hats
• 14" A custom hi-hats
• 10" A custom splash
• 17" K custom hybrid crash
• 18" A custom rezo crash
• 18" Z3 medium crash
• 18" K custom hybrid crash
• 18" A custom EFX crash
• 19" K dark crash thin
• 20" K custom ride
• 20" fx oriental china "trash"

References

1. Pain in Swedish Charts, swedishcharts.com.
2. Svenska Stjärnor Brutalt Nerslagna from aftonbladet.se, accessed on 23 February 2008.
3. http://swedishcharts.com/search.asp?search=Pain&cat=a
4. http://finnishcharts.com/search.asp?search=Pain&cat=a
5. http://lescharts.com/search.asp?search=Pain&cat=a
6. http://austriancharts.at/search.asp?search=pain&cat=a
7. http://hitparade.ch/search.asp?search=pain&cat=a
8. "Die ganze Musik im Internet: Charts, Neuerscheinungen, Tickets, Genres, Genresuche, Genrelexikon, Künstler-Suche, Musik-Suche, Track-Suche, Ticket-Suche - musicline.de". musicline.de. Retrieved 21 June 2015.
9. "Pain - Pain - Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards - AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 21 June 2015.
10. "Pain's 'Nothing Remains The Same' Certified Gold In Sweden - Blabbermouth.net". BLABBERMOUTH.NET. Retrieved 21 June 2015.
11. "Dancing with the Dead - Pain - Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards - AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 21 June 2015.
12. Eduardo Rivadavia. "Psalms of Extinction - Pain - Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards - AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 21 June 2015.
13. http://swedishcharts.com/search.asp?search=Pain&cat=s
14. http://finnishcharts.com/search.asp?search=Pain&cat=s
15. http://www.ifpi.se/wp/wp-content/uploads/ar-20002.pdf
16. "iTunes - Music - Dirty Woman - Single by Pain". iTunes. Retrieved 21 June 2015.
17. "iTunes - Music - My Angel (feat. Cécile Siméone) - Single by Pain". iTunes. Retrieved 21 June 2015.
18. "Sverigetopplistan - Sveriges Officiella Topplista". Retrieved 21 June 2015.
19. "Pain: 'Same Old Song' Video Posted Online - Blabbermouth.net". BLABBERMOUTH.NET. Retrieved 21 June 2015.
20. "Pain: 'Bye/Die' Video Posted Online - Blabbermouth.net". BLABBERMOUTH.NET. Retrieved 21 June 2015.
21. "Pain: 'Zombie Slam' Video Posted Online - Blabbermouth.net". BLABBERMOUTH.NET. Retrieved 21 June 2015.
22. "Pain: 'Follow Me' Video Featuring Nightwish Singer Posted Online - Blabbermouth.net". BLABBERMOUTH.NET. Retrieved 21 June 2015.
23. "Pain: 'Monkey Business' Video Released - Blabbermouth.net". BLABBERMOUTH.NET. Retrieved 21 June 2015.
24. "Pain: 'Dirty Woman' Video Released - Blabbermouth.net". BLABBERMOUTH.NET. Retrieved 21 June 2015.
25. "Pain: 'The Great Pretender' Video Released - Blabbermouth.net". BLABBERMOUTH.NET. Retrieved 21 June 2015.

External links

• Official Pain on Facebook on Facebook
• Official Pain website
• Pain MySpace page