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Pain of Salvation is a Swedish progressive metal band founded in Eskilstuna in 1984 and led by Daniel Gildenlöw, who serves as the primary songwriter, lyricist, guitarist, and vocalist. The band's music is characterized by riff-based guitar work, a wide vocal range, dynamic shifts between heavy and subdued passages, complex vocal harmonies, and the use of syncopation and polyrhythms. All of the band's studio albums have been released as concept albums
album · 11
heatmap 3.26–4.42★| Rating | Year | Title | Plays | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | Entropia | 20 | ▶ Play | ||
| 1998 | One Hour by the Concrete Lake | 29 | ▶ Play | ||
| 2000 | The Perfect Element I | ||||
| 2002 | Remedy Lane | 1 | ▶ Play | ||
| 2004 | Be | 21 | ▶ Play | ||
| 2010 | Road Salt One | ▶ Play | |||
| 2011 | Road Salt Two | ▶ Play | |||
| 2017 | In the Passing Light of Day | ▶ Play | |||
| The Perfect Element I (Anniversary Mix 2020) | |||||
| The Perfect Element, Pt. 1 (Anniversary Mix 2020) | ▶ Play | ||||
| The Perfect Element, Pt. I (Anniversary Mix 2020) |
live album · 3
heatmap 3.62–4.09★| Rating | Year | Title | Plays | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 12:5 | 3 | ▶ Play | ||
| 2009 | The Second Death of Pain of Salvation | ||||
| 2016 | Remedy Lane Re:lived | ▶ Play |
ep · 1
| Rating | Year | Title | Plays | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | The Painful Chronicles |
single · 4
heatmap 3.09–3.50★| Rating | Year | Title | Plays | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Scarsick | 10 | ▶ Play | ||
| 2009 | Road Salt | ||||
| 2020 | Ashes (Anniversary Mix 2020) | ||||
| 2020 | Used (Anniversary Mix 2020) |
compilation · 1
| Rating | Year | Title | Plays | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Original Album Collection: Discovering Pain of Salvation |
video · 2
heatmap 4.05–4.12★| Rating | Year | Title | Plays | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Be Live | ||||
| 2009 | Ending Themes: On the Two Deaths of Pain of Salvation |
additional release · 1
| Rating | Year | Title | Plays | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | Hereafter |
appears on · 2
heatmap 3.01–4.04★| Rating | Year | Title | Plays | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Hellfest Open Air 09 | ||||
| 2010 | Melodifestivalen 2010 |
bootleg / unauthorized · 5
heatmap 3.21–3.60★music video · 10
heatmap 2.83–3.74★| Rating | Year | Title | Plays | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Ashes | ||||
| 2002 | Undertow | ||||
| 2009 | Linoleum | ▶ Play | |||
| 2014 | 1979 | ||||
| 2014 | Falling Home | ▶ Play | |||
| 2016 | Meaningless | ||||
| 2016 | Reasons | ||||
| 2020 | Accelerator | ||||
| 2020 | Panther | 6 | ▶ Play | ||
| 2020 | Restless Boy |
v/a compilation · 10
heatmap 2.85–3.91★| Rating | Year | Title | Plays | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | InsideOut Music Sampler 2001 | ||||
| 2001 | N° 2 | ||||
| 2002 | Hard 'n' Heavy Vol. 43 | ||||
| 2005 | InsideOut Music Sampler 2005 No. 1 | ||||
| 2006 | Tenth Anniversary Compilation - A Decade of Prog | ||||
| 2009 | Le sampler Rock Hard N° 87 | ||||
| 2011 | Le sampler Rock Hard N° 114 | ||||
| 2012 | Prog Rocks! - Volume Two | ||||
| 2013 | Prog Rocks! | ||||
| 2014 | Prog Rocks! - Volume Four |
Also in Your Library · not in canon
| Year | Album | Plays | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | The Perfect Element, Part I | 22 | ▶ Play |
| 2000 | The Perfect Element, Part I | ▶ Play |
Top-rated songs · per RYM
| Rating | Title | Album | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A Trace of Blood | 229 | |||
| Beyond the Pale | 218 | |||
| Undertow | 236 | |||
| Ending Theme | 225 | |||
| Rope Ends | 216 | |||
| In the Flesh | The Perfect Element I | 192 | ||
| On a Tuesday | In the Passing Light of Day | |||
| Wait | Panther | |||
| Used | The Perfect Element I | |||
| Idioglossia | The Perfect Element I | |||
| Her Voices | The Perfect Element I | |||
| King of Loss | The Perfect Element I | |||
| Reconciliation | The Perfect Element I | |||
| The Perfect Element | The Perfect Element I | |||
| Fandango | 225 | |||
| Dryad of the Woods | 213 | |||
| Waking Every God | 211 | |||
| Ashes | The Perfect Element I | 192 | ||
| Meaningless | In the Passing Light of Day | |||
| The Passing Light of Day | In the Passing Light of Day | |||
| Accelerator | Panther | |||
| Icon | Panther | |||
| Chain Sling | 220 | |||
| This Heart of Mine (I Pledge) | 217 | |||
| Of Two Beginnings | 210 |