22nd of February 2007.
20.00.
A 38 ship
At the Buda side of the Petőfi bridge.
Ticket: 5800 HUF
The greatest cult of the Scandinavian prog-metal aboard. This time on the promotion-tour of their latest album titled Scarsick.
Pain of Salvation is a Swedish progressive metal band featuring 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, intense syncopation, 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.
“I wanted a name that meant something, a name that was more than a cool expression. For me, Pain of Salvation has the meaning of balance. Taking the good with the bad. It is also a good expression in everyday use, when something does not go the way you planned; “well, that’s just the pain of salvation,” to indicate that this is just a slight setback on an otherwise painless journey towards your goal.” 07 August 1999
“The idea with the name is that everything has two sides, everything is in balance.”
“Imagine yourself exhausted in the middle of a desert… Sitting down will take away your pain, but it will kill you. The walk for water will hurt, but it may save your life.”
Line up
Daniel Gildenlöw – vocals, guitar
Johan Hallgren – lead guitar, backing vocals
Fredrik Hermansson – keyboards
Johan Langell – drums, percussion, backing vocals (from