Pain of Salvation shrugs off many easy metal clichés, as the Swedish band is so
capable of high-flying compositions. Above all, Pain of Salvation stands out for
the darkness of its climates, born of music that is more obsessive and sickly
than rhythmically violent. Since 1997's Entropia, Daniel Gildenlöw's men have
excelled in industrial-progressive metal. 2002's Remedy Lane is a genuine
success, and 2007's Scarsik is equally talented. The ever-conceptual Pain of
Salvation releasesRoad Salt One in May 2010 and its follow-up Road SaltTwo in
October 2011. The band then underwent va...