Infernal (occasionally stylized with metal umlaut as Infërnal) is a dance-pop group from Denmark, consisting of members Lina Rafn and Paw Lagermann.
They made their Danish debut in 1997 with the release of the track "Sorti de L'enfer", and went on to international chart success in the 2000s.
In addition to the original single, an alternate version was released in the UK titled "From London to Berlin", supporting England in the 2006 Football World Cup.
In recent years they have turned towards more songwriting and their sound have gone from a subgenre club-sound to dance-oriented pop-sound aimed at the charts.
An example of their early musical experiments is their track "Kalinka" which is based on the Russian Drobushki folk melody.
All of them spawned Top 10 hits in Denmark, for example "Sunrise", "Muzaik", "Kiss The Sky", "Kalinka" and "You Receive Me", the latter being the theme song for a Danish season of the TV show Big Brother.
"I Won't Be Crying" served as the third single in Europe but failed to build momentum and gain significant airplay in the UK.
The song became an unexpected hit for the duo, surpassing the peak of "I Won't Be Crying" in Europe and reaching Top 5 in Poland.
[6] The lead single, "Downtown Boys", was premiered at Boogie Prisen, a Danish award show on national TV.
On 26 June 2009 Lina Rafn announced that Infernal had started working on material for their fifth studio album, which was at that time scheduled to be released "sometime in 2010".
[9] On 10 July 2010, the entire Fall from Grace track list was posted by Infernal themselves on their official website.
In early 2017 Infernal released the promotional single "Hurricane", which was intended to be from a forthcoming album that did not materialise.
The band released the single "Fist Up" on 16 March 2018, followed by "Made You Love Me" on 18 May 2018, "Don't U Know That I Care" on 12 October 2018, and "WeToo" on 21 December 2018.
On 12 July 2019 Infernal released the single, "1000 Colours", a track they wrote for the 25th anniversary of Danish brand REMA 1000.
[15] Notes A^ Waiting for Daylight was re-released in 2001 as Muzaik with re-recorded versions and previously unreleased songs.
A version of the Infernal album Electric Cabaret with a commentary track stretching over the entire album done in Danish was released crediting Paw & Lina and was also made available for download[18][19] The duo Paw&Lina also had a comeback in 2012 with the hit single "Stolt af mig selv?"