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Psalms of Extinction

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For a while I considered Pain's 2nd CD 'Rebirth' it's best CD, but then after the release of 2005's 'Dancing with the Dead,' I started to reconsider. But here we are in 2007 & Peter Tagtgren (band creator/mastermind & frontman) delivers once again with the excellent 'Psalms of Extinction.' If you are a fan & you really liked those previous albums that I've mentioned, then you will truly like this CD as it is a combination of those 2 albums rolled into 1 industrial metal masterpiece! If you are new to this genre I would still strongly recommend checking this CD or ANY Pain CD (well the first CD sounds more metal than industrial metal) for some really well made music to get your adrenaline pumping. Also, if you are looking for some HIGH QUALITY & HEAVY extreme metal, then I would also check out Peter Tagtgren's Hypocrisy.

I agree with the first reviewer falzano, sums up what i think too in all honesty. Peter tagtgren really makes an album more industrial than previouse works, its more original to the genre. Not to degrade his other works, every release is awesome, memorable songs, but this one, hits the jackpot, cant wait for his next release!! worth every penny, you love industrial GET THIS ALBUM!!!!!

Pain's 'Psalms Of Extinction' is essentially an apocalyptic metal album that seems quite unhappy about an ending world full of cretins and conservative sociopaths. Peter Tagtgren is the creator, vocalist, and composer of PAIN. This band (Pain) is nothing like Tagtgren's other music projects which include both singing and guitar playing for the bands Hypocrisy, and The Abyss, and producing albums for black metal bands Immortal, Dimmu Borgir, Marduk, and Celtic Frost. There is nothing black Metal about this band, just in case you were seeking such a thing. This album stands out as an original work of music, combining symphonic metal with coldwave industrial electronica, certain to appeal to fans of bands such as Fear Factory, Rammstein, Ministry, and early Marilyn Manson and Nine Inch Nails. The song "Play Dead" is a Bjork cover, "Zombie Slam", "Nailed To The ground", "B**ch", and "Computur God" are potential dance hits for the industrial nightclubs, and the song "Just Think Again" is an emotionally charged anthem to the world's starvation epidemic. The totality of the album is a five star effort and a must have for fans of hard-pounding, guitar-heavy, industrial metal with intelligent lyrics. Below are some of the lyrics, I would have included some other songs here but PAIN uses explicit lyrics so I picked out a few non explicit examples.

Lyrics taken from the song "Computur God":

Computerized technoligy
Wipes Out all your enemies
Digital world controls
A dying analogue blasphemy

Distorted codes in your DNA
Passwords running through your veins
Our brain cells overwon
By the zeroes and the ones

This is the end of huamnity - thrill me, kill me
Computur God is the enemey - decieve me, delete me
There is no lord that will set us free - thrill me, kill me


Lyrics taken from the song "Nailed To The Ground":

Nothing in life is for free, everything has it's price
You start to pay when you're born until the day you die
They turn you into a machine and keep you in the line
If you fall out of their path they will come after you

I don't believe in God or destiny
I always lived my life with one foot into the grave
The world is cruel and filled with enemies
I take my chances cause I know my life won't go anywhere

Lyrics from the song "Psalms Of Extinction":

Why do we have to live in fear?
The Future's looking dark
Noone seems to care

Pete doesn't disappoint yet again. The heaviness of Hypocrisy mixed with a little industrial makes for another good album. It's too bad they don't get the recognition they deserve over here in the States.

The first time I heard of the band pain was through a home made game video, and the song was dancing with the dead. When I went to our local music store there where absolutly no pain CS's what so ever. So I went home and downloaded the discography and was amazed. Nearly every song on this CD, and "dancing with the dead" where by far all amazing songs. Even though Zombie Slam seems to not be sung my Peter, or at least not without effects, all songs are amazing and a recommended buy for anyone looking for a Metal CD. Highly recommend both albums.

I'm still getting a grasp of all of these various incarnations of metal music. The lines start to blur here, as this just simply cannot be categorized correctly without adding some kind of sub-genre into your tag. The one tag that I can assimilate to Pain is metal, but from that point I find myself flipping and flopping all over the metal genre looking for a proper metal placement. Pain is metal, it's some other kind of metal, and it's good metal. Buy this album and remeber the new saying "NEVER SETTLE FOR LESS THAN METAL".

This is such an incredible album! Pain is the new face of industrial metal. This artist gets better and better with each album. Despite the amazing work being done by this artist...it seems that verry few people in Amaerica know about this band. All I can say is that if you like bands like Rammstein, Marilyn Manson, and Gothminister, than your shure to love PAIN. I don't suggest buying this CD as an import...you can the exact same CD for a much cheaper price. PAIN is distributed in the U.S.A.