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Pains

Metal band from Chicago, IL

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Shows on record
28
Rooms played
25
Cities
20
Releases
6
Last show
Jun 7, 2026Kung Fu Necktie

About

Pains is a band from Chicago, IL, tagged black metal, grindcore, hardcore by its sources. Shows on record run from 2018 to 2026, across 25 rooms in 20 cities.

The summary is assembled from the record fields and shows on this page; each fact listed names its source. See Sources & corrections for what each source supplied.

Shows

28 on record · Songkick
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Shows per year

  1. 20182 shows
  2. 20191 show
  3. 20224 shows
  4. 20233 shows
  5. 20243 shows
  6. 202615 shows
Show history
DateVenue
Jun 7, 2026Kung Fu Necktie · PhiladelphiaSupportwith Conjurer, Snooze
Jun 6, 2026Mobtown Ballroom & Café · BaltimoreSupportwith Conjurer, Sadness, Snooze
Jun 5, 2026CHAPEL OF BONES COFFEE: BAR & LOUNGE · RaleighSupportwith Conjurer, Sadness, Snooze
Jun 4, 2026Boggs Social and Supply · AtlantaSupportwith Conjurer, Sadness, Snooze
Jun 3, 2026DRKMTTR · NashvilleSupportwith Conjurer, Sadness, Snooze, +1
Jun 2, 2026Portal · LouisvilleSupportwith Conjurer, Sadness, Snooze
Jun 1, 2026Black Circle · IndianapolisSupportwith Conjurer, Sadness, Snooze
May 31, 2026Sleeping Village · ChicagoSupportwith Conjurer, Snooze
May 30, 2026Donato's Basement · ColumbusSupportwith Conjurer, Snooze
May 28, 2026Dominion Tavern · OttawaSupportwith Conjurer, Snooze
May 27, 2026Cabaret Fouf · MontrealSupportwith Conjurer, Sadness, Snooze
May 26, 2026Alchemy · ProvidenceSupportwith Conjurer, Snooze
May 24, 2026The Rockwell · SomervilleSupportwith Conjurer, Snooze
May 23, 2026Geno's Rock Club · PortlandSupportwith Conjurer, Sadness, Snooze, +1
May 22, 2026The Meadows · BrooklynSupportwith Conjurer, Sadness, Snooze
Jun 21, 2024X-Ray Arcade · CudahySupportwith Hirs, Graysea, I H8 It Here
May 3, 2024X-Ray Arcade · CudahySupportwith Infant Island, Senza, Aseethe, +2
Mar 29, 2024Subterranean · ChicagoSupportwith Frail Body, Knoll, Blackwater Sniper, +3
Feb 25, 2023Damsel Brew Pub · EvansvilleSupportwith Together in Dust, Age of Panic, Your Spirit Dies
Feb 23, 2023Farewell · Kansas CitySupportwith Your Spirit Dies, Primitive Rage
Jan 13, 2023Beat Kitchen · ChicagoSupportwith See You Next Tuesday, Closet Witch, BEKIND, +1
Dec 5, 2022Black Forge Coffee - Allentown · PittsburghHeadlinerwith Meth, Leonardo Decapitated, Constant Hell
Dec 3, 2022The Empty Bottle · ChicagoSupportwith Meth
Sep 23, 2022X-Ray Arcade · CudahySupportwith Wit's End, Bird Law, Permanent Damage, +1
Mar 7, 2022Beat Kitchen · ChicagoSupportwith Car Bomb, Extraordinary Popular Delusions, Disperser, +1
Jan 28, 2019The Drunken Unicorn · AtlantaSupportwith Malevich, Meth, Callous Daoboys
Sep 12, 2018Cobra Lounge · ChicagoSupportwith WVRM, Primordial Black, Frail Body
Sep 8, 2018Thompson House · NewportSupportwith WVRM

Where they play

25 rooms in 20 cities

Rooms played most

Cities played

  • Chicago6 shows
  • Cudahy3 shows
  • Atlanta2 shows
  • Baltimore1 show
  • Brooklyn1 show

and 15 other cities

Live history

28 shows on record
Shows counted
28
First on record
Sep 2018
Latest on record
Jun 2026

Shows per year

  1. 20182
  2. 20191
  3. 20224
  4. 20233
  5. 20243
  6. 202615

Top rooms

  • X-Ray Arcade, Cudahy · 3
  • Beat Kitchen, Chicago · 2
  • Kung Fu Necktie, Philadelphia · 1
  • Mobtown Ballroom & Café, Baltimore · 1
  • CHAPEL OF BONES COFFEE: BAR & LOUNGE, Raleigh · 1

Top cities

  • Chicago, IL · 6
  • Cudahy, WI · 3
  • Atlanta, GA · 2
  • Portland, ME · 1
  • Providence, RI · 1

Often on the bill with: Conjurer, Snooze, Sadness, Bird Law, Frail Body, Malevich, Your Spirit Dies, Age of Panic

Counted from the shows BandSlate holds; missing shows are not counted.

Releases

6 releases, 2016–2025

  • Blistering Wrath

    2025 · Ep

  • Old Blood

    2024

  • Gnashing Among the Carnage

    2021

  • Sadistic Obsessions

    2017

  • YOU LOSE

    2016

  • Drown The Earth

    2016

Lineup

  • Alex Gaspar
  • Nicholas Clemenson

Airplay

No airplay on record.

Lineup history

2 members on record
  • Alex Gaspartenure unknown
  • Nicholas Clemensontenure unknown

Years come from public music databases. Where none says a member left, the end is shown as unknown; it does not mean they are still in the band.

Shares members with: Bleached Cross (via Nicholas Clemenson), Frail Body (via Nicholas Clemenson), Kingmaker (via Nicholas Clemenson)

Photos, art and posters

Pains — Kung Fu Necktie, 2026-06-07
Poster · Kung Fu Necktie, 2026-06-07 — Songkick
Pains — Beat Kitchen, 2023-01-13
Poster · Beat Kitchen, 2023-01-13 — Songkick
Pains — The Drunken Unicorn, 2019-01-28
Poster · The Drunken Unicorn, 2019-01-28 — Songkick
Pains — Cobra Lounge, 2018-09-12
Poster · Cobra Lounge, 2018-09-12 — Songkick

Sources & corrections

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SourceUsed for
MusicBrainzArtist facts
Pains on Last.fmArtist facts
PAINS on DiscogsArtist facts
SongkickShow history, Show posters
DiscogsCredited on the record; no item on this page cites it
Last.fmCredited on the record; no item on this page cites it

This is a partial record of publicly documented activity. Missing shows, releases or members do not mean there are none. It does not confirm availability for booking.