Pain (musical project)
Pain is a Swedish Metal Group and is a project by Peter Tägtgren, who was mainly known in addition to his production work for his role as frontman and composer of the death metal band Hypocrisy.
Stylistically Tägtgren's side project and his main band, however, distinguish the music of Pain can be described as alternative metal and electronica and techno - bonds, while the debut of 1996 still tended towards Dark Metal with influences from the industrial rock.
Band History
Tägtgren in 1996 signed his first contract with the German label Nuclear Blast and yet published in the same year the self-titled debut Pain, on which he had written for years alone and experimenting. As with the following albums the project Tägtgren is solely responsible for all pieces and arrangements, with few exceptions, he plays all the instruments himself a.
The 2000 Stockholm Records released their second album Rebirth marked the commercial breakthrough of the project. In Tägtgren's native Sweden, the single release End of the Line was awarded a gold disc.
The next album Nothing Remains the Same (2002) was the hitherto massenkompatibelste. For great attention made a cover version of The Beatles song Eleanor Rigby, with a 16- piece orchestra in the world-famous Polar Studios (including ABBA, Led Zeppelin, The Rolling Stones and Genesis) was added.
The album Dancing with the Dead was released in April of 2005; it was dedicated to thematic of near-death experience Tägtgren. In keeping with the gloomy mood of the lyrics almost all pop influences were gone, in contrast to previous works, and alternative rock and metal elements has been given more space.
Two years later appeared with Psalms of Extinction 's fifth studio album. It was released by Roadrunner Records and went into the German album charts. A video clip was filmed on Zombie Slam. According to festival appearances and a club tour of Europe followed a big European tour as the opening act for Nightwish.
In October 2008 was released on Nuclear Blast the sixth studio album Cynic Paradise. Anette Olzon, at that time still a singer in Nightwish, contributing the songs Follow Me, and Feed Us at vocals. 2011 was followed by the album You Only Live Twice and 2012 a double live album called " We Come In Peace ".
Discography
Albums
Singles & EPs
DVD
- 2006: Live Is Overrated
- 2012: We Come In Peace