# Pain (musical project)

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 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. They released their eighth studio album entitled Coming Home on 9 September 2016. On March 8, Tägtgren announced the ninth album called I Am which will be released on 17 May 2024.

## Discography
### Studio albums

| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Certifications |
| Title | Album details | SWE | FIN | FRA | AUT | SWI | GER | Certifications |
| Pain | Released: 11 February 1997 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 |
| Dancing with the Dead | Released: 21 March 2005 Label: Stockholm Records Formats: CD, CD+DVD | 3 | 16 | — | — | — | — | |
| Psalms of Extinction | Released: 23 April 2007 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 | 14 | 117 | 29 | 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 | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album |
| Year | Title | SWE | FIN | Certifications | Album |
| 1999 | "End of the Line" | 15 | — | SWE: Gold | Rebirth |
| 1999 | "On and On" | 30 | — | | Rebirth |
| 2000 | "Suicide Machine" | — | — | | Rebirth |
| 2001 | "Shut Your Mouth" | 14 | — | | Nothing Remains the Same |
| 2002 | "Eleanor Rigby" | — | — | | Nothing Remains the Same |
| 2002 | "Just Hate Me" | 47 | — | | Nothing Remains the Same |
| 2002 | "Eleanor Rigby 2" | — | — | | Nothing Remains the Same |
| 2004 | "Same Old Song" | 18 | 5 | | Dancing with the Dead |
| 2005 | "Bye/Die" | — | — | | Dancing with the Dead |
| 2005 | "Nothing" | — | — | | Dancing with the Dead |
| 2008 | "I'm Going In" | — | — | | Cynic Paradise |
| 2009 | "Follow Me" (featuring Anette Olzon) | — | — | | Cynic Paradise |
| 2011 | "Dirty Woman" | — | — | | You Only Live Twice |
| 2011 | "My Angel" (featuring Cécile Siméone [fr]) | — | — | | |
| 2016 | "Black Knight Satellite" | — | — | | 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 |
| Title | Video details | SWE |
| 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 |
| 1999 | "On and On" | — | Rebirth |
| 1999 | "Suicide Machine" | Mikeadelica (Mikael Gustafsson) | Rebirth |
| 2002 | "Shut Your Mouth" | Mikeadelica (Mikael Gustafsson) | Nothing Remains the Same |
| 2002 | "Just Hate Me" | Mikeadelica (Mikael Gustafsson) | Nothing Remains the Same |
| 2005 | "Same Old Song" | Mikeadelica (Mikael Gustafsson) | Dancing with the Dead |
| 2005 | "Bye/Die" | Jerker Josefsson | Dancing with the Dead |
| 2005 | "Nothing" | Daniel Kong | Dancing with the Dead |
| 2007 | "Zombie Slam" | Ralf Strathmann | Psalms of Extinction |
| 2008 | "Follow Me" | Ville Lipiäinen & Denis Goria | Cynic Paradise |
| 2009 | "Monkey Business" | Denis Goria | Cynic Paradise |
| 2009 | "Have a Drink on Me" | Denis Goria | Cynic Paradise |
| 2011 | "Dirty Woman" | — | You Only Live Twice |
| 2011 | "The Great Pretender" | — | You Only Live Twice |
| 2016 | "Call Me" | Ville Lipiäinen | Coming Home |
| 2021 | "Gimme Shelter" | — | |
| 2021 | "Party in My Head" | Andrey Kezzyn |
| 2023 | "Revolution" | Andrey Kezzyn | |
| 2024 | "Go With The Flow" | Andrey Kezzyn | |