On November 28th, at 5 PM, Sweden's PAIN will take part in a signing session at Media Markt in Bäckebol, Gothenburg, Sweden. Further details to follow.

If you want to experience supreme Swedish studio madness courtesy of Mr. Peter Tägtgren (HYPOCRISY) and his industrial metal baby Pain, you should visit YouTube this instant: part two of the studio report for the upcoming album Cynic Paradise (release date: October 31st via Nuclear Blast in Germany) is now waiting for you. Check out Peter's mad guitar skills, see guest singer Anette Olzon of NIGHTWISH fame record her pain-ful parts below:

Pain recently announced their Cynic Campaign 2009 tour dates. The schedule is as follows:

January

31 - Leipzig, Germany - Hellraiser

February

1 - Berlin, Germany - Knaack
2 - Hamburg, Germany - Markthalle
3 - Bochum, Germany - Riff
5 - Köln, Germany - Underground
6 - Breda, Holland - Mezz
8 - Vosselaar, Belgium - Biebop
9 - Frankfurt, Germany - Nachtleben
10 - Stuttgart, Germany - Röhre
11 - Wien, Austria - Szene
12 - München, Germany - Backstage Club
13 - Zürich, Switzerland - Sounddock 14
14 - Milano, Italy - Alcatrazz
16 - Lyon, France - Ninkasi Kao
17 - Strasbourg, France - Laiterie Club
18 - Paris, France - La Locomotive
19 - Toulouse, France - Havana Cafe
21 - Barcelona, Spain - Salamandra 1

As previously reported, BW&BK; scribe Carl Begai recently spoke with Tägtgren about Cynic Paradise. The following is an excerpt from the interview:

“It was the easiest album to come out of my ass, ever; I didn’t have to squeeze anything," laughs Tägtgren. "On the Nightwish tour I had eight songs completed, four with vocals and four without. We had a 10 day break in the middle of the tour, so I went home a put vocals on two more songs. At the end of the Nightwish tour everyone was screaming at me, telling me I had to put out an album NOW, so I needed more material. When I was writing I didn’t think about how it sounded, which is something I always do. I just thought, ‘Okay, this is a cool song, I’ll keep it,’ and then moved on to the next one. Suddently the album was done."

“The people I’ve talked to have all said the new album is a million times better than the last one (Psalms Of Extinction). They say the last one sounds like I was on Valium (laughs). I think it had a little more atmosphere on it, but I was also producing it as I went along. Instead of making a straight line I tried to make curves everywhere. On Cynic Paradise I was more concerned about writing good songs and I didn’t worry about whether the sound was crappy. I think has the best production of all the Pain albums."

Watch for the full story in BW&BK; #113.