Pain of Salvation is a Swedish progressive metal band featuring Daniel Gildenlöw, who is the lyricist, chief composer, guitarist, and lead vocalist. Their sound is characterised by powerful, accentuated guitar work, broad vocal range, abrupt switching between heavy and calm passages, intense syncopation, and polyrhythmic experimentation. Another trademark of the band is that each album is a concept album. Some examples of the topics addressed in the band's albums are: war and its effect on family and humanity, environmental issues (e.g., nuclear power), the forming of the individual, and the nature of God, humankind, and existence.
The name "Pain of Salvation" was devised by Daniel Gildenlöw, whose intention was to incorporate the notion of balance, which he believed to be of vital significance, e.g. good and bad, light and dark, life and death; pain and salvation.
In 1984, Daniel Gildenlöw (at the age of eleven) founded the band "Reality" in Eskilstuna, Sweden. One of the early...
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Track listing: Prologue: Animae Partus ("I Am")I. Animae Partus: Deus NovaI. Animae Partus: Imago (Homines Partus)I. Animae Partus: Pluvius AestivusII. Machinassiah: Lilium Cruentus (Deus Nova)II. Machinassiah: Nauticus (Drifting)II. Machinassiah: Dea Pecuniae: I. Mister Money - II. Permanere - III. I Raise My GlassIII. Machinageddon: Vocari DeiIII. Machinageddon: Diffidentia (Breaching the Core)III. Machinageddon: Nihil MorariIV. Machinauticus: Latericius ValeteIV. Machinauticus: OmniIV. Machinauticus: Iter ImpiusIV. Machinauticus: Martius/Nauticus IIV. Deus Nova Mobile: Animae Partus II
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Track listing: Prologue: Animae Partus ("I Am")I. Animae Partus: Deus NovaI. Animae Partus: Imago (Homines Partus)I. Animae Partus: Pluvius AestivusII. Machinassiah: Lilium Cruentus (Deus Nova)II. Machinassiah: Nauticus (Drifting)II. Machinassiah: Dea Pecuniae: I. Mister Money - II. Permanere - III. I Raise My GlassIII. Machinageddon: Vocari DeiIII. Machinageddon: Diffidentia (Breaching the Core)III. Machinageddon: Nihil MorariIV. Machinauticus: Latericius ValeteIV. Machinauticus: OmniIV. Machinauticus: Iter ImpiusIV. Machinauticus: Martius/Nauticus IIV. Deus Nova Mobile: Animae Partus II
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Track listing: Book I: Genesis: Brickwork, Part 1: I (Leaving Entropia T5 A)Book I: Genesis: Brickwork, Part 1: II (This Heart of Mine T5)Book I: Genesis: Brickwork, Part 1: III (Song for the Innocent T5)Book I: Genesis: Brickwork, Part 1: IV (Brickwork Descend 1)Book I: Genesis: Brickwork, Part 1: V (Leaving Entropia T5 B)Book II: Genesister: Winning a War T5Book II: Genesister: Reconciliation T5Book II: Genesister: Dryad of the WoodsBook II: Genesister: Oblivion Ocean T5Book II: Genesister: Undertow T5Book II: Genesister: ChainslingBook III: Genesinister: Brickwork, Part 2: VI (Brickwork Ascend 1)Book III: Genesinister: Brickwork, Part 2: VII (Brickwork Ascend 2)Book III: Genesinister: Brickwork, Part 2: VIII (Second Love)Book III: Genesinister: Brickwork, Part 2: IX (Ashes T5)Book III: Genesinister: Brickwork, Part 2: X (Brickwork Descend 2)
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Track listing: Of Two BeginningsChapter I: Ending ThemeChapter I: FandangoChapter I: A Trace of BloodChapter I: This Heart of Mine (I Pledge)Chapter I: Thorn ClownChapter II: UndertowChapter II: Rope EndsChapter II: Chain SlingChapter II: Dryad of the WoodsChapter III: Remedy LaneChapter III: Waking Every GodChapter III: Second LoveChapter III: Beyond the Pale
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Track listing: !Oblivion OceanRevivalThe Big MachineInside OutBlack Hills
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Track listing: [data track]Beyond the MirrorNever Learn to FlyTimeweaver's Tale
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Track listing: Ashes (radio edit)UsedThe Big MachineAshes
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Track listing: Chapter I. "As These Two Desolate Worlds Collide": In the FleshChapter II. "It All Catches Up on You When You Slow Down": IdioglossiaChapter III. "Far Beyond the Point of No Return": ReconciliationChapter III. "Far Beyond the Point of No Return": FallingChapter III. "Far Beyond the Point of No Return": Song for the InnocentChapter III. "Far Beyond the Point of No Return": The Perfect ElementChapter I. "As These Two Desolate Worlds Collide": AshesChapter II. "It All Catches Up on You When You Slow Down": King of LossChapter I. "As These Two Desolate Worlds Collide": Morning on EarthChapter I. "As These Two Desolate Worlds Collide": UsedChapter II. "It All Catches Up on You When You Slow Down": Her VoicesChapter II. "It All Catches Up on You When You Slow Down": Dedication
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Track listing: Spirit of the LandPart of the Machine: The Big MachinePart of the Machine: New Year's EveSpirit of Man: Handful of NothingKarachay: Black HillsKarachay: PilgrimKarachay: Shore SerenityKarachay: Inside OutBeyond the MirrorTimeweaver's TalePart of the Machine: InsideSpirit of Man: HomeSpirit of Man: Water
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Track listing: ! (Foreword)Chapter I: Winning a WarChapter I: People Passing ByChapter I: Oblivion OceanChapter II: StressChapter II: Void of HerChapter II: To the EndChapter III: CirclesChapter III: Leaving Entropia (Epilogue)Chapter I: Welcome to EntropiaChapter III: NightmistChapter II: RevivalChapter III: Plains of Dawn
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Track listing: !RevivalNightmistNever Learn to FlyTo the EndBeyond the MirrorPeople Passing ByTimeweaver's TalePlains of Dawn
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