Pain of Salvation

Pain of Salvation is a Swedish progressive metal band featuring multi-talented musician Daniel Gildenlöw, who is the lyricist, chief composer, guitarist and lead vocalist. Their sound is characterised by powerful, accentuate

Pain of Salvation is a Swedish progressive metal band featuring multi-talented musician 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; 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.