Pain of Salvation
Pain of Salvation is a progressive rock band from Eskilstuna, Sweden. The b… Read Full Bio ↴Pain of Salvation is a progressive rock band from Eskilstuna, Sweden. The band centres on lead vocalist, guitarist, composer, and writer Daniel Gildenlöw.
Trademarks include concept albums focusing on social, environmental, philosophical, and emotional issues as well as songs that incorporate complex rhythms and time changes but retain flowing melodies.
The band was formed by Gildenlöw in 1984 under the name Reality. The band used to participate in many music contests in their homeland of Sweden. The first EP, Hereafter, was recorded in 1996 under the monicker Pain of Salvation, which has been the name of the band since 1991. The Lineup of the band was the same for their first official full length album, Entropia(1997).
After the departure of Daniel Magdic for continuing disagreements with the others over committing to the increasing demands of the band, the band recorded One Hour By The Concrete Lake(1999), a concept album about the issues of nuclear power/waste, disposition of indigenous peoples,industry and human discovery. The band began to receive more attention from critics and magazines all around the world. In 1999 they also played at the famous ProgPower festival in The Netherlands.
Their third and most famous album, The Perfect Element I was released in 2000 and received a great response from the crowd and critics, making them the second most famous Progressive Metal band over the world: a success confirmed by their fourth album, Remedy Lane (2002), a semi-autobiographical album written by Daniel Gildenlöw about loss, love, and life.
2004 saw the release of two different albums, an acoustic live show recorded at Eskilstuna called 12:5 where the band played most of their old famous songs rearranged, and the epic concept album about the origin of humanity and God called BE: It was the first album to divide the fan base in opinion, due to its musically experimental and philosophical nature; and perhaps also its lack of cohesive progressive metal pieces.
BE album was also released in a special DVD edition called BE: The Original Stage Production (2005). With a live CD recorded during the 2003 presentation of the album and a DVD rappresentation from the same dates.
On 21 February 2006, Kristoffer Gildenlöw was asked to leave the band due to him not being able to attend rehearsals, since he lived in Holland and the band lived in Sweden. Kristoffer has a solo album planned for the future, as well as a side project called Dial.
The new album, Scarsick, was released on January 22, 2007. It is more band oriented than BE, with Daniel Gildenlöw playing bass in the studio. Recent interviews with Daniel have revealed that Scarsick is, in fact, the second part of The Perfect Element, confirming the speculation of many fans.
A European tour to support the new album has been announced (it started February 17, 2007). The band will be playing with Simon Andersson, a new replacement bassist on this tour. On the 10th of March, after the Copenhagen show, Simon Andersson was welcomed into Pain of Salvation as a full member. The band issued this message on their website:
He (Simon Andersson) did an outstanding job on the tour and we are looking forward to the coming years with great anticipation. Since his girlfriend is a huge Pain of Salvation fan, we happily expect to see this decision put a little silver lining on their sex life as well, since she can now all of a sudden go to bed with a member of the band :-) Congratulations Simon, and welcome to the family!
In May 2007 it was announced that drummer Johan Langell had decided to leave the band to spend more time with his family.
For Progressive Nation 2009 Tour the band took a new bass guitar player - Per Schelander.
According to their website, there is a new EP "Linoleum" due in November 2009, while a double album "Road Salt", consisting of two parts (Ivory and Ebony) is recorded and to be released in 2010, 2011.
Current lineup:
Daniel Gildenlöw – vocals, guitar
Johan Hallgren – lead guitar, backing vocals
Léo Margarit - drums
Gustaf Hielm - bass guitar, double bass, vocals (1992–1994, 2011–present)
Daniel "D2" Karlsson – keyboards, percussion, backing vocals
Former members:
Daniel Magdic – guitar, backing vocals
Kristoffer Gildenlöw – bass guitar, double bass, backing vocals
Johan Langell – drums, percussion, backing vocals
Magnus Johansson - bass guitar (1990)
Joakim Strandberg - bass guitar (1984–1990)
Mikael Pettersson - drums (1984–1990)
Fredrik Hermansson – keyboards
Simon Andersson - bass guitar, backing vocals (2007-2008)
Per Schelander - bass guitar, backing vocals
Ragnar Zolberg - guitar, vocals, mandolin
Trademarks include concept albums focusing on social, environmental, philosophical, and emotional issues as well as songs that incorporate complex rhythms and time changes but retain flowing melodies.
The band was formed by Gildenlöw in 1984 under the name Reality. The band used to participate in many music contests in their homeland of Sweden. The first EP, Hereafter, was recorded in 1996 under the monicker Pain of Salvation, which has been the name of the band since 1991. The Lineup of the band was the same for their first official full length album, Entropia(1997).
After the departure of Daniel Magdic for continuing disagreements with the others over committing to the increasing demands of the band, the band recorded One Hour By The Concrete Lake(1999), a concept album about the issues of nuclear power/waste, disposition of indigenous peoples,industry and human discovery. The band began to receive more attention from critics and magazines all around the world. In 1999 they also played at the famous ProgPower festival in The Netherlands.
Their third and most famous album, The Perfect Element I was released in 2000 and received a great response from the crowd and critics, making them the second most famous Progressive Metal band over the world: a success confirmed by their fourth album, Remedy Lane (2002), a semi-autobiographical album written by Daniel Gildenlöw about loss, love, and life.
2004 saw the release of two different albums, an acoustic live show recorded at Eskilstuna called 12:5 where the band played most of their old famous songs rearranged, and the epic concept album about the origin of humanity and God called BE: It was the first album to divide the fan base in opinion, due to its musically experimental and philosophical nature; and perhaps also its lack of cohesive progressive metal pieces.
BE album was also released in a special DVD edition called BE: The Original Stage Production (2005). With a live CD recorded during the 2003 presentation of the album and a DVD rappresentation from the same dates.
On 21 February 2006, Kristoffer Gildenlöw was asked to leave the band due to him not being able to attend rehearsals, since he lived in Holland and the band lived in Sweden. Kristoffer has a solo album planned for the future, as well as a side project called Dial.
The new album, Scarsick, was released on January 22, 2007. It is more band oriented than BE, with Daniel Gildenlöw playing bass in the studio. Recent interviews with Daniel have revealed that Scarsick is, in fact, the second part of The Perfect Element, confirming the speculation of many fans.
A European tour to support the new album has been announced (it started February 17, 2007). The band will be playing with Simon Andersson, a new replacement bassist on this tour. On the 10th of March, after the Copenhagen show, Simon Andersson was welcomed into Pain of Salvation as a full member. The band issued this message on their website:
He (Simon Andersson) did an outstanding job on the tour and we are looking forward to the coming years with great anticipation. Since his girlfriend is a huge Pain of Salvation fan, we happily expect to see this decision put a little silver lining on their sex life as well, since she can now all of a sudden go to bed with a member of the band :-) Congratulations Simon, and welcome to the family!
In May 2007 it was announced that drummer Johan Langell had decided to leave the band to spend more time with his family.
For Progressive Nation 2009 Tour the band took a new bass guitar player - Per Schelander.
According to their website, there is a new EP "Linoleum" due in November 2009, while a double album "Road Salt", consisting of two parts (Ivory and Ebony) is recorded and to be released in 2010, 2011.
Current lineup:
Daniel Gildenlöw – vocals, guitar
Johan Hallgren – lead guitar, backing vocals
Léo Margarit - drums
Gustaf Hielm - bass guitar, double bass, vocals (1992–1994, 2011–present)
Daniel "D2" Karlsson – keyboards, percussion, backing vocals
Former members:
Daniel Magdic – guitar, backing vocals
Kristoffer Gildenlöw – bass guitar, double bass, backing vocals
Johan Langell – drums, percussion, backing vocals
Magnus Johansson - bass guitar (1990)
Joakim Strandberg - bass guitar (1984–1990)
Mikael Pettersson - drums (1984–1990)
Fredrik Hermansson – keyboards
Simon Andersson - bass guitar, backing vocals (2007-2008)
Per Schelander - bass guitar, backing vocals
Ragnar Zolberg - guitar, vocals, mandolin
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Pain of Salvation Lyrics
! [music & lyrics: daniel gildenlæw] WALK WITH ME! There are…
! (foreword) Walk with me! There are worlds to see! Listen to me now…
02. In the Flesh She walks these empty streets alone Looking for something th…
02. Welcome to Entropia [music: daniel gildenlæw]…
04 Morning on Earth For as long as I can remember I have wanted…
04. A Trace of Blood Touching ground Going home to those I miss Safe and sound…
04. Morning on Earth For as long as I can remember I have wanted…
05. This Heart of Mine I lie awake watching your shoulders Move so softly as you…
06. Her Voice Looking at you I see her face Through all these years,…
07. Rope Ends She is still young Another day of emptiness This life is we…
08-Void Of Her [music: daniel gildenlow]…
08. Chain Sling Please let me be yours please never leave Please stay here…
08. King Of Loss Mother, at my first breath Every paragraph was set As I inha…
09. Dryad of the Woods Then came a girl A dryad of the woods With a sing…
10 Nihil Morari See me Hear me Need me Some things will never change Touch…
10. Song For The Innocent This world is what we can give Scarred from the way…
12 Iter Impius I woke up today Expecting to find all that I sought And…
12-Plains Of Dawn "I'm here now, by your side" Sheltered from the cold,…
12. Second Love Day after day Nothing's changed you're far away But I need…
12. The Perfect Element Yesterday found him today Caught him at his last breath Thes…
12. Waking Every God Ticking Ticking Wishing Wishing Standing here in Buda…
13 Iter Impius I woke up today Expecting to find all that I sought And…
13. Leaving Entropia [music & lyrics: daniel gildenlow] walk with me And see the…
14 Martius/Nauticus II Music, lyrics and arrangements by Daniel Gildenlöw Marti…
1979 It was '79 and the world seemed more kind And it…
A Trace Of Blood Touching ground Going home to those I miss Safe and sound…
America You brought us the a-bomb In so many ways endorsed by…
Angels of Broken Things Sheets are spotless white Voices fading out Thoughts are gro…
Animae Partus I am!…
Ashes You claim I don't know you, but I know you…
Beginnings She is twelve I'm only ten buried in this soft mountain…
Beyond the Mirror Through a dusty window I watch the clouds draw near A…
Beyond the Pale And sex was always there from when I was only…
Black Hills 'They tell all the people of Europe, it's a good,…
Bonus Track B I dream my dreams all alone at night, my life's…
Brickwork I Walk with me And see the world I see It is our…
Brickwork II [Hermansson] I lie awake watching your shoulders Move so so…
Brickwork III This world is what we can give Scarred from the way…
Brickwork IX You claim I don't know you, but I know you…
Brickwork VIII Day after day, nothing's changed you're far away But I want…
Chain Sling Please let me be yours please never leave Please stay here…
Chapter I. "As These Two Desolate Worlds Collide": Morning on Earth For as long as I can remember I have wanted…
Chapter I: Winning a War Once there was a world out on these fields, that…
Chapter II: To the End (Sorrow turned into hate. Anger became a thread, to climb…
Circles ...now he's counting time in beggings and bottles fading awa…
Conditioned Never thought that you were conditioned Never thought that …
Cribcaged The only cribs that we should care for Are the ones…
Curiosity Your love is beautiful Your love is sensual My love will p…
Darkness of Mine We always were too close One day I will overdose The cross…
Dea Pecuniae Miss Mediocrity: ”Hey there sweetie. Don't I know y…
Dedication I watched you die Though you had always been there Since I…
Deus Nova 10,000 BC, 1 Million people 9,500 BC, 2 Million people 9,000…
Deusnova 10,000 BC, 1 Million people 9,500 BC, 2 Million people 9,0…
Diffidentia Imago: (I will never submit to all the things you've said…
Disco Queen ONE: TONIGHT I'LL FALL Tonight I'll fall, looking for someth…
Dryad of the Woods Then came a girl A dryad of the woods With a sing…
Ehter Rain "Running" In just a year, another storm will come To wash …
Eleven I run my calm on fumes I run my calm on…
Ending Theme And so I find myself here once again First step down…
Enter Rain "Running" In just a year another storm will come To wash awa…
Falling Once I had a mountain of my own With moss and walls…
Fandango Watch them dance She is intimacy, a wonder of closeness Fig…
Fandango !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Watch them dance She is intimacy, a wonder of closeness …
Flame to the Moth I long for the summer I long for the sun, gently…
Gone You are all defining me Like you know me inside out And…
Hallelujah I've heard there was a secret chord That David played, and…
Handful Of Nothing [Music: D.Gildenlow] 'In time of war the first casualty is …
Healing Now Heal me now Remove these old scars from my soul Here, heal…
Her Voices Looking at you I see her face Through all these years,…
Home 'The white man, he comes and goes. He can go.…
Idiocracy Silence Cold skin Black mind Blue light Broken Shut down Knu…
Idioglossia It all comes back to me Face to the floor Heart in…
If You Wait IF YOU WAIT if I could ask you to wait I'd get…
II. Machinassiah: Dea Pecuniae: I. Mister Money [I. Mr. Money] [Miss Mediocraty:] "Hey there sweetie. Don′t…
III. Machinageddon: Vocari Dei I just want you to speak to me." I′m still waiting…
Imago Spring came with awakening, came with innocence and joy. Spr…
In The Flesh She walks these empty streets alone Looking for something th…
Innocence Once there was a me who always knew the way Who…
Inside 'What is a war criminal? Was not war itself a…
Inside Out '30 years ago, society believed that no price was to…
Iter Impius I woke up today Expecting to find all that I sought And…
Karachay: Black hills 'They tell all the people of Europe, it's a good,…
Karachay: Inside out '30 years ago, society believed that no price was to…
Karachay: Shore serenity This lake in Kyshtym has swallowed nuclear waste for almost…
King Of Loss Mother, at my first breath Every paragraph was set As I inha…
Kingdom of Loss Someone sells us Toys in a cheap cartoon Someone sells us…
Latericius Valete 2,060 AD: 1.2 Million people...…
Leaving Entropia [music & lyrics: daniel gildenlow] walk with me And see the…
Lilium Cruentus A scene in brown and yellow: At first I don't know…
Linoleum She keeps the world at bay With walls built to stand…
Martius / Nauticus II Music, lyrics and arrangements by Daniel Gildenlöw Martius…
Martius/Nauticus II Music, lyrics and arrangements by Daniel Gildenlöw Marti…
Meaningless I still smell of sweat Still the scent of my giving…
Morning On Earth For as long as I can remember I have wanted…
Mortar Grind Emelie is sad Emelie is sad Emelie is sad She used to be…
Mrs. Modern Mother Mary We'll cut you down to size There is a woman burning…
Nauticus Music, lyric and arrangements by Daniel Gildenlöw Oh Lord …
Never Learn to Fly [Japanese bonustrack] [music & lyrics: daniel gildenlow] Wh…
New Year's Eve [Music: D.Gildenlow] 'Only the tame birds have a longing. T…
Nightmist Cold winter winds blow away autumn leaves now. Misty world…
Nihil Morari See me Hear me Need me Some things will never change Touch…
No Way There is no way that you can love her like…
Oblivion Ocean Sleep is too quiet Dreams are too painful Truth is…
Oblivion Ocean T5 Sleep is too quiet Dreams are too painful Truth is…
Of Dust Come break my bones, come spread my ashes Come wear me…
Of Two Beginnings She is twelve I'm only ten buried in this soft mountain…
Omni I see us in you Nauticus Came so late but I…
Pain_Of_Salvation_-_11_-_Waking_Every_God Ticking, ticking Wishing, wishing Standing here in Buda …
Part of the Machine: The Big Machine 'And he actually held up the weapon before our eyes,…
People Passing By [Daybreak:] A September sun emerges through clouds, chasing …
Pilgrim [Music: D.Gildenlow] 'In fire, we can see our past and our…
Plains Of Dawn "I'm here now, by your side" Sheltered from the cold,…
Prologue: Animae Partus I am!…
Reconciliation I thought I'd seen hell Thought I knew it all Now I…
Reconciliation T5 [Music & lyrics by D. Gildenlow] I thought I'd seen hell …
Remedy Lane "Yes I am in love I wanted to Find out Right? But, In love W…
Revival An eye for an eye. A tear for a tear.…
Road Salt This time I'll try not to get hurt This time I'll…
Road Salt Theme This time I've tried not to get hurt This time I'll…
Rope Ends She is still young Another day of emptiness This life is we…
ropeends She is still young Another day of emptiness This life is…
Scarsick Sick It's all sick I feel sick, I'll be sick then it's…
Second Love Day after day Nothing's changed you're far away But I need y…
She Likes to Hide She likes to hide She likes to hide She likes to hide,…
Shore Serenity This lake in Kyshtym has swallowed nuclear waste for almost…
Silent Gold Push me over, make me shiver You′re my cover Let your river…
Sisters When all are dizzy and happy from too much wine I…
Sleeping Under the Stars Wait darling wait, for that sound of electric guitars Wait …
Softly She Cries She pours herself another glass of wine Tells herself yet a…
Song For The Innocent This world is what we can give Scarred from the way…
Spirit of the Land Sit for a while, why rush? The beauty is all around. The…
Spitfall We saw you every day with your hands on your…
Stress (watching corners and crossing watching all the red lights w…
Tell Me You Don't Know There's a me who always found his way But I can't…
The Big Machine 'And he actually held up the weapon before our eyes,…
The Deeper Cut All my life I have been afraid All my life scared…
The Perfect Element Yesterday found him today Caught him at his last breath Thes…
The Physics of Gridlock I: Gridlock (All Is Mine) Silently I sit on this r…
This Heart of Mine I lie awake watching your shoulders Move so softly as you…
Through the Distance When I was a child I saw her every day I…
Timeweaver's Tale [Japanese bonus track] [Music and Lyrics by D.Gildenlow] …
To The End She is still young Another day of emptiness This life is we…
To the Shoreline I'm far from sober And she's far from sane When she takes…
Undertow Let me go Let me go Let me seek the answer that…
Undertow T5 [Music & lyrics by D. Gildenlow] Let me go Let me go Le…
Used I am the unclean The black drop at the bottom of…
Vocari Dei With overlaid spoken recordings My wish is jus…
Void Of Her [music: daniel gildenlow]…
Waking Every God Ticking Ticking Wishing Wishing Standing here in Buda try…
Water Ground water moves very slowly. While water at surface can…
Welcome To Entropia [music: daniel gildenlæw]…
What She Means to Me I don't know what she means to me. I don't know…
Where It Hurts Tell me where it hurts So I can reach the pain Tell…
Winning A War Once there was a world out on these fields, that…
Yellow Raven Yellow raven sipped the air Of thunder and of rain Yellow …