Sweden's Peter Tägtgren was born on June 3, 1970 in Grangärde in central Sweden.
He is singer and guitarist with Hypocrisy, producer for Children of Bodom and
Celtic Frost, and Pain's mastermind since 1996. For this band, he drew
inspiration from Fear Factory-style industrial metal, and what began as a simple
project became a mainstay of the genre. After Pain in 1996, Rebirth (1999),
Nothing Remains the Same (2002), Dancing with the Dead (2005), Psalms of
Extinction (2007) and Cynic Paradise (2008) followed with varying degrees of
success. Although Peter Tägtgren is the only real...