Pain (musical project)

For the American band formerly called Pain, see Salvo (band).

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.

Pain
Pain at Rockharz in 2024
Background information
Origin	Ludvika, Sweden
Genres	Industrial metal,[1] alternative metal[2]
Years active	1996–present
Labels	Nuclear Blast Stockholm Metal Mind Roadrunner
Members	Peter Tägtgren
Website	painworldwide.com

History

Peter Tägtgren in Selestat, France, 2017

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".^[3] 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.^[4]

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 released their eighth studio album entitled Coming Home on 9 September 2016. The ninth album called I Am was released on 17 May 2024.

Discography

Studio albums

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions						Certifications
		SWE [5]	FIN [6]	FRA [7]	AUT [8]	SWI [9]	GER [10]
Pain	Released: 11 February 1997[11] Label: Nuclear Blast Formats: CD, CS	—	—	—	—	—	—
Rebirth	Released: 1999 Label: Stockholm Records Formats: CD, CS	21	—	—	—	—	—
Nothing Remains the Same	Released: 15 July 2002 Label: Stockholm Records Formats: CD, CS	6	—	—	75	—	—	SWE: Gold[12]
Dancing with the Dead	Released: 21 March 2005[13] Label: Stockholm Records Formats: CD, CD+DVD	3	16	—	—	—	—
Psalms of Extinction	Released: 23 April 2007[14] Label: Roadrunner Records Formats: CD	21	21	165	—	—	93
Cynic Paradise	Released: 31 October 2008 Label: Nuclear Blast Formats: CD, LP, DL	30	28	165	—	—	78
You Only Live Twice	Released: 3 June 2011 Label: Nuclear Blast Formats: CD, LP, DL	36	26	—	75	64	40
Coming Home	Released: 9 September 2016 Label: Nuclear Blast Formats: CD, LP, DL	40 [15]	14 [16]	117 [17]	29 [18]	23	25
I Am	Released: 17 May 2024 Label: Nuclear Blast Formats: CD, LP, DL	—	—	—	—	20	33
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Singles

Year	Title	Peak chart positions		Certifications	Album
		SWE [19]	FIN [20]
1999	"End of the Line"	15	—	SWE: Gold[21]	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" (featuring Anette Olzon)	—	—
2011	"Dirty Woman"[22]	—	—		You Only Live Twice
	"My Angel" (featuring Cécile Siméone [fr]) [23]	—	—
2016	"Black Knight Satellite" [24]	—	—		Coming Home
2021	"Gimme Shelter"	—	—
2021	"Party in My Head"	—	—
2023	"Revolution"	—	—
2023	"Go With The Flow"	—	—
2023	"Push The Pusher"	—	—
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Video albums

Title	Video details	Peak chart positions
		SWE [25]
Live Is Overrated	Released: 7 November 2006 Label: Metal Mind Productions Formats: DVD	—
We Come in Peace	Released: 16 November 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"	Mikeadelica (Mikael Gustafsson)	Rebirth
	"On and On"	—
	"Suicide Machine"	Mikeadelica (Mikael Gustafsson)
2002	"Shut Your Mouth"	Mikeadelica (Mikael Gustafsson)	Nothing Remains the Same
	"Just Hate Me"	Mikeadelica (Mikael Gustafsson)
2005	"Same Old Song"[26]	Mikeadelica (Mikael Gustafsson)	Dancing with the Dead
	"Bye/Die"[27]	Jerker Josefsson
	"Nothing"	Daniel Kong
2007	"Zombie Slam"	Ralf Strathmann[28]	Psalms of Extinction
2008	"Follow Me"[29]	Ville Lipiäinen & Denis Goria	Cynic Paradise
2009	"Monkey Business"[30]	Denis Goria
	"Have a Drink on Me"
2011	"Dirty Woman"[31]	—	You Only Live Twice
	"The Great Pretender"[32]	—
2016	"Call Me"	Ville Lipiäinen [33]	Coming Home
2021	"Gimme Shelter"	—
	"Party in My Head"	Andrey Kezzyn
2023	"Revolution"
2024	"Go With The Flow"

Members

Current members Peter Tägtgren – vocals, all instruments on CD (1996–present) Current touring musicians Sebastian Tägtgren – drums (2016–present) Jonathan Olsson – bass (2016–present) Sebastian Svalland – guitars (2019–present)

Former touring musicians Yngve "Saroth" Liljebäck – bass (1999-2005) Mathias Kamijo – guitars (1999-2003) Reidar "Horgh" Horghagen – drums (1999-2003) Andrea Odendahl – guitars (2003-2007) Alla Fedynitch – bass (2005-2007) Marcus Jidell – guitars (2007) André Skaug – bass (2007/2011) René Sebastian – guitars (2007) Michael Bohlin – guitars (2007–2016) Johan Husgafvel – bass (2007–2016) Greger Andersson – guitars (2016–2019) David Wallin – drums (2003–2016)