Pain Confessor is a

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band from

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. It was established in August 2002 and by October 2003 were signed to the Finnish Megamania record label for a three-album deal, a relation that ended in 2008. The band is now signed to

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with whom they released their album ''Incarcerated''. Besides Finland, and being featured in

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, the band is also popular in Japan after its tour in 2006 together with Amoral, another Finnish metal band.

Music history

The band commenced as a musical entity in 2002, with their first release, Promo 2003, a demo, that was released independently in 2003, They signed to Megamania, where they released a studio album, ''Turmoil'', on September 8, 2004. It was followed up by a second album in 2006, ''Fearrage''.

Members

The band members are: *Markku "Make" Kivistö - vocals *Mikko Kivistö - bass, backing vocals *Aki Kuusinen - drums *Tuomas Kuusinen - guitar *Jaakko Kunnas - guitar *Pasi Laihanen - keyboards

Discography

Albums

*2004: ''Turmoil'' *2006: ''Fearrage'' (FIN #26) *2007: ''Purgatory of the Second Sun'' (FIN #15) *2012: ''Incarcerated'' (FIN #28)

Singles

*2004: "Poor Man's Crown" *2006: "Fall is Evil Days" (FIN #6) *2007: "Ne Plus Ultra" (FIN #1) ;Others *2004: "Lake of Regret"

Demos

*2003: ''Promo '03'' *2008: ''Demo 2008'' *2009: ''Demo 2009''

References

External links

Official websiteLast.fm
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