Pain of Salvation

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Pain of Salvation is a progressive metal band from Sweden. The band is centered around lead vocalist / guitarist / composer / 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 Daniel Gildenlöw in 1984 under the nick name Reality. The band used to participate in many music contests over in Sweden. The first Ep, Hereafter, was recorded in 1996 under the monicker Pain of Salvation, which has been the new 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 begins 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.

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Track	Time	Listeners	Download
Add this track to your playlist Undertow	0:30	18,159	Buy mp3
Add this track to your playlist Second Love	0:30	17,988	Buy mp3
Add this track to your playlist Scarsick	0:30	16,600	Buy mp3
Add this track to your playlist America	0:30	15,359	Buy mp3

Scarsick

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–	1	Add this track to your playlist Undertow	818
–	2	Add this track to your playlist Second Love	729
1	3	Add this track to your playlist Scarsick	627
1	4	Add this track to your playlist Ashes	612
–	5	Add this track to your playlist America	595
1	6	Add this track to your playlist Fandango	534
2	7	Add this track to your playlist Beyond the Pale	515
2	8	Add this track to your playlist Vocari Dei	504
4	9	Add this track to your playlist Iter Impius	484
2	10	Add this track to your playlist Rope Ends	477
5	11	Add this track to your playlist Used	474
13	12	Add this track to your playlist Disco Queen	472
5	13	Add this track to your playlist Ending Theme	466
7	14	Add this track to your playlist Cribcaged	460
1	15	Add this track to your playlist Deus Nova	456
–	16	Add this track to your playlist Dryad of the Woods	453
6	17	Add this track to your playlist Oblivion Ocean	452
2	18	Add this track to your playlist Chain Sling	442
8	19	Add this track to your playlist Remedy Lane	438
5	20	Add this track to your playlist In the Flesh	433

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Top Tracks, Last Six Months

–	1	Add this track to your playlist Undertow	7,744
–	2	Add this track to your playlist Second Love	7,464
–	3	Add this track to your playlist Scarsick	7,230
–	4	Add this track to your playlist America	6,886
–	5	Add this track to your playlist Used	6,200
–	6	Add this track to your playlist Fandango	5,974
–	7	Add this track to your playlist Ashes	5,808
–	8	Add this track to your playlist Deus Nova	5,699
–	9	Add this track to your playlist Beyond the Pale	5,578
–	10	Add this track to your playlist Remedy Lane	5,481
2	11	Add this track to your playlist Iter Impius	5,286
–	12	Add this track to your playlist Ending Theme	5,156
2	13	Add this track to your playlist Pluvius Aestivus	5,115
3	14	Add this track to your playlist Disco Queen	5,113
1	15	Add this track to your playlist Cribcaged	5,009
1	16	Add this track to your playlist Oblivion Ocean	4,930
1	17	Add this track to your playlist Spitfall	4,870
–	18	Add this track to your playlist Dryad of the Woods	4,823
1	19	Add this track to your playlist Winning a War	4,739
1	20	Add this track to your playlist Rope Ends	4,720
5	21	Add this track to your playlist Vocari Dei	4,718
–	22	Add this track to your playlist Imago (Homines Partus)	4,699
–	23	Add this track to your playlist Chain Sling	4,584
3	24	Add this track to your playlist A Trace of Blood	4,556
–	25	Add this track to your playlist In the Flesh	4,504
1	26	Add this track to your playlist Morning on Earth	4,450
3	27	Add this track to your playlist Kingdom of Loss	4,437
–	28	Add this track to your playlist Reconciliation	4,301
1	29	Add this track to your playlist Nihil Morari	4,257
6	30	Add this track to your playlist Spirit of the Land	4,157
3	31	Add this track to your playlist People Passing By	4,111
1	32	Add this track to your playlist Idioglossia	4,098
4	33	Add this track to your playlist Nauticus (Drifting)	4,080
2	34	Add this track to your playlist Waking Every God	4,054
3	35	Add this track to your playlist Inside	4,046
1	36	Add this track to your playlist Latericius Valete	4,044
8	37	Add this track to your playlist Idiocracy	4,011
7	38	Add this track to your playlist Flame to the Moth	4,007
2	39	Add this track to your playlist Welcome to Entropia	3,924
1	40	Add this track to your playlist Stress	3,894
3	41	Add this track to your playlist The Big Machine	3,878
3	42	Add this track to your playlist Omni	3,860
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