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Pain of Salvation

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Pain of Salvation

Pain of Salvation is a progressive metal band from Sweden, active 1991 to present. 13 releases and 14 musicians in the catalog.
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Facts

Genre
Progressive Metal
Parent genre
Metal
Origin
Eskilstuna, Sweden
Formed
1991
Releases
13

Biography

Pain of Salvation is a Swedish progressive metal band led by Daniel Gildenlöw, who is the band's main songwriter, lyricist, guitarist, and vocalist. Pain of Salvation's sound is characterised by riff-oriented guitar work, a broad vocal range, oscillation between heavy and calm passages, complex vocal harmonies and the structures of their albums, syncopation, and polyrhythms. Thus far, every album released by the band has been a concept album. Lyrically, the band tends to address contemporary issues, such as sexuality, war, the environment, and the nature of God, humanity, and existence.

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Genres

Current line-up

MusicianInstrumentsYears
Daniel GildenlöwGuitar, Lead vocals1984 to present
Gustaf HielmBass guitar1992 to present
Johan HallgrenGuitar1998 to present
Daniel KarlssonKeyboard2011 to present
Léo MargaritDrums (drum set)2007 to present

Former members

MusicianInstrumentsYears
Kristoffer GildenlöwBass guitar1994 to 2006
Daniel MagdicGuitar1986 to 1997
Fredrik HermanssonKeyboard1996 to 2011
Joakim StrandbergBass guitar1984 to 1990
Johan LangellDrums (drum set)1989 to 2007
Magnus JohanssonBass guitar1990 to 1992
Mikael PetterssonDrums (drum set)1984 to 1989
Ragnar Zolberg2011 to 2017
Simon AnderssonBass guitar2007 to 2008

Albums

Other releases

EPs, demos, live records and compilations.

Related bands

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