PAIN Falls Victim To 'Pyro' Practical Joke; Video Available

Swedish metallers PAIN, who are currently on the road in Europe as the support act for NIGHTWISH, have issued the following update:

"We did five shows in France which all were awesome!

"A huge thanks to all PAIN and NIGHTWISH fans for your fantastic suport. I guess France is our friend.

"The last show in France was also the last show on the tour for Markku and Teemu, NIGHTWISH pyrotechnicians. They decided to have some fun on their last day of the tour so first they blow up our bus. They put some radio-controlled stageflashes under the engine and then asked our driver to move the bus. It's impossible to describe his surprised face when the pyro was detonated with a loud bang on shitloads of smoke while the whole NIGHTWISH crew laughed their asses off. Second, they decided to make a practical joke with us as well. It was accomplished when we played our last song during the evening and they trigged lots of pyro and propane flames during the begining and the end of the song. [See fan-filmed video footage below.] Guess there was some surprised faces both on stage and in the audience that evening.

"Thank you, Markku and Teemu, for adding splendour to the tour!"

PAIN recently recruited Ren Sebastian (photo) from ICONDEMN to play guitar on the second leg of the NIGHTWISH tour.

IN FLAMES bassist Peter Iwers makes a guest appearance on two songs on PAIN's latest album, "Psalms of Extinction".

PAIN's video for the track "Zombie Slam" is available for viewing at this location. The clip was shot in February 2007 in Los Angeles by Ralf Strathmann. Ralf previously worked as a director for artists like CHILDREN OF BODOM, APOCALYPTICA and SOILWORK. He is also a photographer for such bands as H.I.M., AEROSMITH and BLINK 182, to name but a few.