One Day In Pain Interview with Nicke Olsson (Drums)

Swedish Death Metal force, One Day In Pain have announced the release of their fourth studio album, Devouring The Gods, set for release via Awakening Records on June 19th, 2026.

Forged from the cold, uncompromising foundations of classic Scandinavian Death Metal and sharpened with a heavier, more technically ambitious edge, Devouring The Gods marks a significant step forward for the Stockholm-based band. The first single from the
album, ‘Let It Bleed’, will be released on June 1st.
Since emerging in 2020 as a studio project founded by drummer and songwriter Nicke Olsson, One Day In Pain have steadily evolved into a fully realised recording and touring outfit, earning attention for their relentless work ethic and dedication to releasing new material with almost machine-like consistency. What began with the independently driven debut Imperial Fires has now developed into a band operating with greater confidence,
identity and purpose than ever before.

Speaking about the new album, the band explain: “Musically on this album Nicke wanted to make a heavier and more massive album than
before, with more technical elements. Drums and bass were recorded live at Studio Fluff in Västerås where we recorded everything in about five
hours.

Nicke and Andreas have played together for many years so they are very tight together. Nicke wanted the songs to be more open and that there would be more focus on the bass playing on this album. You will notice that. When we were going to do the guitar overdubs, it took a while. The album was finished and we had a hard time deciding who would mix it, but in the end we chose Jimmy Lundberg from Studio Catacombs in Stockholm. Jimmy plays guitar in Nicke’s other band Leprosy. We were very pleased with the result of this album, both song-wise and sound-wise. It feels like we have stepped up a little more and found what is the purpose of ODIP. Heavy, massive, bone-breaking music with a bit of
Doom Death Metal spirit.”

I got to sit down with Nicke where we talked about how the band started, the recording process for their new album, 'Devouring The Gods', and Death.

With great stories, chats and banter this is not one to be missed.

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Edited by Richie Duhig of The Metal Cell Podcast.
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