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PAINFACE
ORIGIN
Des Moines, Iowa, USA.
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GENRE
Death Metal/Nu Metal/Sludge Metal
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MEMBERS
Line-up (2025):
Anders Colsefni - Vocals
John Hintz - Guitar
Dave Baker - Guitar
John Hatterman - Bass
Jason Handy - Drums
Line-up (2014):
Anders Colsefni - Vocals
Antonio Alaniz - Guitar/Lead Guitar/Backing Vocals
Dave Baker - Bass/Guitar/Backing Vocals
Greg Stravers - Drums/Rhythmic Protolinguilation
Revised line-up (2013):
Anders Colsefni - Vocals
Antonio Alaniz - Guitar/Lead Guitar/Backing Vocals
Dave Baker - Guitar/Backing Vocals
John Hatterman - Bass/Backing Vocals
Greg Stravers - Drums
New line-up (2013):
Anders Colsefni - Vocals
Antonio Alaniz - Guitar/Backing Vocals
Dave Baker - Guitar/Backing Vocals
Kris Anderson - Bass/Backing Vocals
Greg Stravers - Drums
Revised line-up (2011):
Anders Colsefni - Vocals
Antonio Alaniz - Guitar
John Hintz - Guitar
Dave Baker - Bass
Mike Ramsey - Drums
Line-up (2011):
Anders Colsefni - Vocals
Antonio 'Taco' Alaniz - Guitars/Lead Guitar
Dave 'Cornbread' Baker - Guitars
Rick Stuber - Bass
Mike 'Ramrod' Ramsey - Drums
An old line-up:
Anders Colsefni - Lead Vocals
JaS Spargur - Guitars/Backing Vocals
John Hintz - Guitars/Backing Vocals
Jeremy Easley - Bass
Greg Sinning - Drums
Classic line-up:
Anders Colsefni - Lead Vocals
Jerry 'Jas' Spargur - Guitars/Backing Vocals
Tim Flor - Guitars/Backing Vocals
Jeremy Easley - Bass
Chad Valasek - Drums/Backing Vocals
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DISCOGRAPHY
'Painface - Demo 1'
01. On A Pale Horse
02. The New Son
03. Sunflowers
04. Polymer
'Fleshcraft' CD (2000)
01. Cave Dancer
02. The New Son
03. Fallen Silent
04. Umbral Quest
05. Failed
06. Step Into The Dark
07. Dead To Me
08. Last Rites
09. Polymer
10. Outward
'On A Pale Horse' EP (2000)
01. Dominion
02. Ash Wednesday
03. Sunflowers
04. Lust
05. On A Pale Horse
'Skullcrusher' EP (CD/Digital) (2014)
01. GunSlinger
02. SkullCrusher
03. Tlalocan
04. The Dominion
'Mortality' (4-volume box set) (cancelled)
Volume 1: 'Concussion'
Volume 2: ?
Volume 3: ?
Volume 4: ?
Note that 'Mortality' is the name of the entire box set which was meant to have 4 separate 6-song CDs.
Other songs:
Gunslinger [Deus Meus Mix]
Hellgrammite
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COMMENTS
Jas Spargur was the founding member of the original Painface.
Apparently the original bassist was a guy named Paul Grinstead, and the original drummer was a guy called Nick Bullock.
Painface 2011 is a reinstatement of the power and energy that drove fans to frenzy during shows 10 years ago. New musicians/songwriters, new music, new drive, and 10 more years of experience bring together a truly bonecrushing metal experience. Painface is a scream from the working-class.
On 11 July 2015, Anders announced via Painface's Facebook page that he was officially retiring from music. At the time he was the only remaining, and indeed only original, member of the band. Therefore, the band would dissolve also.
One of the last songs the band were working on before splitting up for good, was called 'Hellgrammite'.
On 25 November 2015, the song 'Hellgrammite' was published to the band's YouTube channel. Antonio 'Taco' Alaniz wrote in the video's description: "Through the years Anders has tried to expand upon his vocal toolkit and add more and more singing to his amazing vocal style. In 2014 Anders and myself began work on Hellgrammite. Completely different from all the other painface songs it add more melody than you would typically expect, and at the same time has enough power to sound like.... well, painface. In my opinion the lyrical content of this song is some of his best and shows how Anders has grown as a poet and pushes the listener to want to listen. To often in modern heavy music the lyrics are a necessary evil in order to get to the break down: this is not the case with hellgrammite. So in the spirit of Thanksgiving I am going to release this song as a Thanks to Anders for all his Hard work and being an amazing person that Cornbread, Hintz, Hatterman, Stravers, Stubs, and myself (TACO!) call a friend."
During July 2025 after the band had reformed... again... I asked John Hatterman if any material from the previously scrapped 4-CD boxset would ever be resurrected or make a comeback in any form with the new Painface. He replied: "As far as the box set, that's been scrapped. This new music really has no similarities to that era of Painface and some of the songwriters from then have moved on."
Author's note: Painface has found itself as being a hard band to classify. Over the years it has been labelled everything from death metal, to nu metal, to groove metal, to hardcore. I, personally, like to call it 'tribal metal'. Also, the new 2025 line-up could be considered Painface v3.0, with v1.0 being the original formation around 1998, and v2.0 being the first reformation around 2011.
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LINKS
WEBSITES
Painface - Official
Painface - Facebook
Painface - ReverbNation
Painface - Twitter
Painface - YouTube
VIDEO
Painface - Hellgrammite
Painface - Tlalocan (Official Music Video)
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