Psalms Of Extinction is the fifth studio album by Swedish Metal band Pain

Pain (Swedish band)

Pain is a musical project from Sweden that mix Metal with influences from Electronic metal and Techno. The project started out as a hobby project for front man Peter Tägtgren, whose idea was to fuse metal with 1980's-inspired electro-industrial and techno influences...

, released on April 16, 2007 in Europe's

Europe

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 Nordic Territories and May 7, 2007 in the rest of Europe

Europe

Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...

. The first Pain album since their debut to lack a charting single, it hit #21 on the Swedish charts but dropped off after only two weeks. "Zombie Slam" is the first song from the album to receive a video.

Musicians featured on the album include Mikkey Dee

Mikkey Dee

Micael Kiriakos Delaoglou , better known as Mikkey Dee is a drummer/songwriter in the Heavy metal band Motörhead. A Swede of Greek descent, he has been known for his speed and precision since his mid-80s stint with King Diamond.- Early life :Delaoglou began his musical career with local bands...

 (Motörhead, ex-Don Dokken, King Diamond

King Diamond

Kim Bendix Petersen , better known by his stage name King Diamond, is a Grammy Award nominated Danish heavy metal musician. As a vocalist, he is known for his extensive vocal range, in particular his usage of falsetto. He is the lead vocalist for both Mercyful Fate and the eponymous King Diamond...

) on "Zombie Slam" recording drums, Children of Bodom

Children of Bodom

Children of Bodom is a Finnish heavy metal band from Espoo. Formed in 1993, the group currently consists of Alexi Laiho , Roope Latvala , Janne Wirman , Henkka Seppälä , and Jaska Raatikainen...

 frontman Alexi Laiho

Alexi Laiho

Alexi "Wildchild" Laiho is a Finnish singer, composer, and guitarist. He is best known for being the lead guitarist as well as lead vocalist for melodic death metal band Children of Bodom, and he is also the guitarist for Sinergy and Kylähullut...

 on "Just Think Again" (guitar solo), and Peter Iwers

Peter Iwers

Peter Iwers is the current bass player of the Swedish band In Flames. He has played in In Flames along with Daniel Svensson since their 1999 album Colony, replacing Johan Larsson....

 of In Flames

In Flames

In Flames is a Swedish heavy metal band from Gothenburg, formed in 1990. Since the band's inception in 1993, they have released ten studio albums and one live DVD...

 on the first two songs (bass guitar).

Track listing

All songs written by Peter Tägtgren except where noted.

1. "Save Your Prayers" – 3:43
2. "Nailed to the Ground" – 4:11
3. "Zombie Slam" – 3:32
4. "Psalms of Extinction" – 4:09
5. "Clouds of Ecstasy" – 3:16
6. "Play Dead" (Arnold, Björk
   Björk
   Björk Guðmundsdóttir , known as Björk , is an Icelandic singer-songwriter. Her eclectic musical style has achieved popular acknowledgement and popularity within many musical genres, such as rock, jazz, electronic dance music, classical and folk...
   
   , Wobble) – 4:03
7. "Does It Really Matter" – 4:06
8. "Computer God" – 3:25
9. "Just Think Again" – 6:15
10. "Walking On Glass" – 3:51
11. "Bottle's Nest" – 3:36
12. "Bitch" – 3:47

Russian & United Kingdom [tour] Edition Bonus Tracks

13. "Behind the Wheel" (Depeche Mode
    Depeche Mode
    Depeche Mode are an English electronic music band formed in 1980 in Basildon, Essex. The group's original line-up consisted of Dave Gahan , Martin Gore , Andy Fletcher and Vince Clarke...
    
     Cover) – 4:10


14. "Here is the News" (Electric Light Orchestra
    Electric Light Orchestra
    Electric Light Orchestra were a British rock group from Birmingham who released eleven studio albums between 1971 and 1986 and another album in 2001. ELO were formed to accommodate Roy Wood and Jeff Lynne's desire to create modern rock and pop songs with classical overtones...
    
     Cover) – 3:54

• "Behind the Wheel" also appears as a bonus track on the Japanese version.

Reception

Allmusic praised the album for being both more exciting and more genuinely metal than Pain's previous albums, and also complimented its frequent stylistic shifts. However, they concluded "All in all, this clearly makes for a varied set... But while it may intrigue his metal-focused following as a nice stylistic departure, Psalms of Extinction is unlikely to wow serious industrial music freaks as anything remotely groundbreaking."

External links

• Official Pain MySpace