Peter Tägtgren

Peter Tägtgren (born June 3, 1970) is a Swedish musician. He is the founder, main composer, lead singer, and guitarist of the death metal band Hypocrisy. Although Hypocrisy is his main band, he has also worked on many other Swedish metal projects. These include Pain (industrial metal), for which he performs all instruments and vocals and composes all songs, Lock Up (grindcore/death metal), in which he was the vocalist, The Abyss (black metal), where he performed drums, bass and vocals, War (black metal), where he performed drums, and most recently Bloodbath (death metal), also with him on vocals. He also appeared as a live guitarist for the bands Marduk and E-Type.

Additionally, Peter Tägtgren is a renowned record producer in his own "The Abyss" studios, mixing and editing bands from all over Scandinavia, including Dimmu Borgir, Immortal, Children of Bodom, Celtic Frost and Skyfire.

Peter Tägtgren started playing drums at the age of 9 and later learned to play guitar, bass and keyboard. In addition to that, he is the singer of his two current bands, Hypocrisy and Pain.

After Tägtgren's first band Conquest disbanded, he decided to emigrate to the United States. There he became part of the death metal scene after some practice sessions with Malevolent Creation's guitarist, Phil Fasciana. Peter promised to show them his own recording contract and band within one year.

He started Hypocrisy(at this time a one-man project) and played all instruments himself. Tägtgren signed a recording contract with the independent record label Nuclear Blast.

During the recording of his album "Dancing with the Dead (Pain)", his heart stopped beating for several seconds. This event inspired him to write the song "Dancing with the Dead.“

Additionally, Tägtgren "owns" a village in Sweden, called Pärlby. The village has about 120 residents and is about three hours northwest of Stockholm. [ [http://www.decibelmagazine.com/features/jan2006/hypocrisy.aspx Decibel Magazine ] ]

Discography

* Algaion - "Vox Clamentis" (drums)
* Bloodbath - "Nightmares Made Flesh" (vocals)
* Edge of Sanity - "Infernal" (lead guitar on one track)
* Hypocrisy - "Penetralia" (guitar, keyboards)
* Hypocrisy - "Osculum Obscenum" (guitar, keyboards)
* Hypocrisy - "The Fourth Dimension" (guitar, vocals, keyboards)
* Hypocrisy - "Abducted" (guitar, vocals, keyboards)
* Hypocrisy - "The Final Chapter" (guitar, vocals, keyboards)
* Hypocrisy - "Hypocrisy" (guitar, vocals, keyboards)
* Hypocrisy - "Into the Abyss" (guitar, vocals, keyboards)
* Hypocrisy - "Catch 22" (guitar, vocals, keyboards)
* Hypocrisy - "The Arrival" (guitar, vocals, keyboards)
* Hypocrisy - "Virus" (guitar, vocals, keyboards)
* Lock Up - "Pleasures Pave Sewers" (vocals)
* Marduk - "Live in Germania" (live guitar)
* Pain - "Pain" (vocals, all instruments)
* Pain - "Rebirth" (vocals, all instruments)
* Pain - "Dancing with the Dead" (vocals, all instruments)
* Pain - "Live Is Overrated" (DVD)
* Pain - "Nothing Remains the Same" (vocals, all instruments)

* Pain - "Psalms of Extinction" (vocals, all instruments)

* The Abyss - "Summon the Beast" (vocals, drums, bass)
* The Abyss - "The Other Side" (vocals, drums, bass)
* Therion - "A'arab Zaraq - Lucid Dreaming" (producer, guitar, grand piano)
* War - "Total War" (drums)

Production credits

* Death Organ - "9 to 5 (Death Organ album)" (1995)
* Dark Funeral - "The Secrets of the Black Arts" (1996)
* Fleshcrawl - "Bloodsoul" (1996)
* Dimmu Borgir - "Enthrone Darkness Triumphant" (1997)
* Fleshcrawl - "Bloodred Massacre" (1997)
* Therion - "A'arab Zaraq - Lucid Dreaming" (1997)
* Dark Funeral - "Vobiscum Satanas" (1998)
* Amon Amarth - "Once Sent from the Golden Hall" (1998)
* Dimmu Borgir - "Godless Savage Garden" (1998)
* Love Like Blood - "Snakekiller" (1998)
* Enslaved - "Blodhemn" (1998)
* Immortal - "At the Heart of Winter" (1999)
* Dimmu Borgir - "Spiritual Black Dimensions" (1999)
* Borknagar - "Quintessence" (2000)
* Children of Bodom - "Follow the Reaper" (2000)
* Dark Funeral - "Teach Children to Worship Satan" (2000)
* Dark Funeral - "In the Sign..." (2000)
* Gardenian - "Sindustries" (2000)
* Immortal - "Damned in Black" (2000)
* Old Man's Child - "Revelation 666 - The Curse of Damnation" (2000)
* Rotting Christ - "Khronos" (2000)
* Susperia - "Predominance" (2000)
* Sabaton - "The Art of War" (2008)
* Dark Funeral - "Diabolis Interium" (2001)
* Immortal - "Sons of Northern Darkness" (2002)
* Susperia - "Vindication" (2002)
* Dimmu Borgir - "Stormblåst MMV" (2005)
* Celtic Frost - "Monotheist" (2006)
* Children of Bodom - "Blooddrunk" (2008)

He has also produced every Hypocrisy release from 1994 to the present and every Pain release.

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