Personnel
Current Members
(1984–present) Daniel Gildenlöw - Vocals, Lead Guitar (1994–present) Kristoffer Gildenlöw - Bass, Backing Vocals (1998–present) Johan Hallgren - Lead Guitar, Backing Vocals (1996–present) Fredrik Hermansson - Keyboards (1990–present) Johan Langell - Drums, Backing Vocals

Former Members
(198?–1998) Daniel Magdic - Guitar, vocals

About the band's name
A title "Pain of Salvation" was devised by Daniel Gildenlöw, whose intention was to incorporate a notion of balance, which he believed to exist as of vital significance, e.g. proficient & bad, weak & dark, life & demise; infliction & salvation.

Biography
(1984–1996): Early days
Within 1984, Daniel Gildenlöw (at a age of Eleven), founded the band "Reality" within Eskilstuna, Sweden. One of a early members was Daniel Magdic, who would remaaround by using a band until when a 1st album was finally recorded in 1997. Within 1987, Reality qualified to participate in the Swedish Annual Music Contest "Rock-SM" (this is the equivalent contest that fellow Swedes Europe won in 1982, earning the children international recognition in the early 80s). It were a immature challenger ever to enter a competition & Daniel Gildenlow besides won a prize for "Best Vocalist".

1990 saw a total of line-higher changes, including a additiin of gifted Johan Langell (so 14 years old) on drums; when a core composers Gildenlöw & Magdic observed it hard to fully implement their musical ideas by using a todays members. Too joining a band was Gustaf Hielm in bass guitar. Somewhat enlightened & bored of the "Reality" nickname, Gildenlöw renamed a band to "Pain of Salvation" in 1991 ^about. For a next Terzetto years, the b& achieved national profits around many contests and competitions. A few of the songs performed in the period of this era may be observed on the sooner albums.

Within 1994, Kristoffer Gildenlöw (Daniel’s younger brother) replaced Gustaf Hielm (world health organizatiin late went on to join fellow Swedish metallic band Meshuggah) on the bass. This resulted around the steadily class action consisting of the Gildenlöws, Daniel Magdic & Johan Langell. To complete the line higher (& transonic requirements) of a band, it began the research for a keyboardist. In the Swedish fall of 1996, Fredrik Hermansson was eventually found & became a fifth member of the band. the band promptly entered the local studio presently fallowing to record a demonstration, Hereafter, by having the combination of old & freshly lesson. When it experienced recorded many tapes prior to, this was the 1st to exist as actually sent to the record company in the hope of procuring a record treat.

(1996–1997): First album recorded and released
2 of the number 1 corporations that the b& sent their demonstration to were Marquee/Belle Antique (the record company withwithin Japan/Asia) and Roasting Home (a agency recording studio in Malmö, Sweden). Around early 1997, they entered a Roasting Home Studio to record their number one album, Entropia, which was released within Asia on the Marquee’s Avalon label in August 1997 to caring local reviews. Following, Marquee decided to fly Daniel terminated to Tokyo, Japan in October for a week of promotional performances & interviews to the metallic click. It was all about this period that purchasing albums across online music stores was commonplace, & fans from either about the world began to run soh by owning Entropia. Following, interest in Hurt of Salvation grew around the world progressive metallic scene, leading to a second licensing treat – this instance for Romania with SC Rocris Discs in late 1997.

A album was one of these days freed inside Europe in 1999, when Irritation of Salvation signed to major progressive music label InsideOut Music following the profits of their 2nd album One Hour by the Concrete Lake. It was as well freed within South America on Hellion Records in 1999.

(1998–1999): Follow-up album and major record label deal
Preparations for a band’s 2nd album, were somewhat disrupted per departure of Daniel Magdic from either the band before recorded. A departure was due to Magdic’s continuing disagreements by having a others above committing to the increasing demands of the band following of their initial profits. He however remains the friend of the band to this day. When a short audition period of time, Johan Hallgren was his initial replacement for the recording run, facing the intimidating tasks of learning all the fresh songs sustaining extreme short notice. Indeed, due to the complexness of the guitar area in the fresh poop, Daniel Gildenlöw was prepared to play all the guitar area himself. Hallgren surprised completely, still, & was take a breath to play on the album as a fully member of the band. This worked out and then swell that he wwhen announced as Magdic’s official replacement inside April 1998.

A sequent album, One Hour by the Concrete Lake, was released inside Asia (againside in Avalon) in July 1998. sustaining an possibly additional caring reception than their debut album. It was immediately hailed as a classic masterpiece, getting extensive attention from either fans & magazines everthing around the world. It wwhen described as heavily & darker than Entropia, & considered a good deal additional matured effort, by having each existent caring astir the b& focussed and improved in. A buzz all about a b& experienced swell & truly spread to Europe by today, and a people of caring responses was a catalyst for the band to become signed to major progressive music label InsideOut Music and later their Western counterpart, InsideOut Music America.

within the period of a South U.s. release (over again in Hellion) in Can 1999, the band start a European tour supporting fellow progressive metallic elastic Threshold (UK) and Eldritch (Italy). It as well played at their foremost ProgPower festival in Tilburg, The Netherlands on November 14, 1999.

(2000–2003): Critical acclaim: "The Perfect Element, part I" and "Remedy Lane"
Fallowing the short break to regroup, Anguish of Salvation recorded their third album, The Perfect Element, part I in March to July of 2000. Discharged around October 2000, the album garnered the immense response from either media & fans completely across the world. Inside trend lines of a album, the b& toured Europe over againside in September and October 2000, this instance using Arena (UK). Within February 2001 the band played their first indicate in the USA – as headliners of the celebrated ProgPower USA festival, with a likes of Symphony X and Evergrey. Late than year, it as well paid the visit to Iceland.

Inside late 2001, Pain of Salvation recorded their 4th album, Remedy Lane. These are remarkable in the fact that it was most totally written when you took the deuce-year cycle from either August to September 2001 by Daniel Gildenlöw. Discharged within January of 2002, it also greeted by having extensive praise from either a progressive metallic community, existence hailed when their finest creation however.

Each albums (& the elastic sooner catalogue) were at present very much additional accessible to music attender currently that it get on a major label. It were hailed when bringing originality & diversity to the genre, which numerous followers got been shopping for quite stagnant. It is typically praised due to their fantabulous conceptual cohesion. A Right Element, a portion We occurs when act examining a cases that form an human as it move from either adolescence across to adulthood. A Right Element, a portion Two, a aforethought sequel is however in a run of existence written, though it might nin exist when the next album (Gildenlöw describes it as sitting on his "mental shelf"). Guide Lane occurs as a portion-autobiographical, a portion-fictional tale of a period of Daniel Gildenlöw’s life treating using the issues of love, lust & life. Two albums were over agawithin recorded at Roasting Home Studio in Sweden.

In March 12, 2003, Pain of Salvation performed an acoustical concert in their hometown of Eskilstuna before a crowd of Eighty favorite guests. A concert wwhen recorded & freed as 12:5 in early 2004. It featured dramatically rearranged versions of the band’s preceding lesson, with to Daniel Gildenlöw’s want does'nt to just produce the “Pain of Salvation: Unplugged� record. Following, the b& & fans assume a album as a have-alone operate, and non good a 'survive album'. A album was widely applauded for its audacity around re-interpreting preceding lesson inside such how else, though others incurred a fresh versions of favorite songs very much less gratifying.

(2004–2005): "BE"
For a better a portiin of 2003 & 2004, the b& worked on their severest undertaking up to now: a construct album all about the nature and severity of being of God and man. Over again, these are a inspiration of Daniel Gildenlöw, world health organization has been working off and on on that since 1996. a recording of a album was preceded by a total of survive shows inside Eskilstuna, inside which the band performed the album in its totally. A shows were fully productions; using costumes, stage props & screen projections. It likewise featured the nine-a portion orchestra, A Orchestra of Eternity, whom Gildenlöw think of when composing a music. Following, a orchestra features conspicuously in the lesson, & is requisite to its healthy. When a guide of a shows, the material was tweaked & refined by Gildenlöw prior to the recording began inside February 2004.

Within September of 2004, the band’s virtually all challenging album, BE, was released. It was a 1st album to divide a fan-base within opinion, due to its musically experimental & philosophic nature & severity; and as well perchance likewise its want of cohesive progressive metallic pieces. It once more featured A Orchestra of Eternity, & involved the memorable song whereby the b& experienced install a subscriber line for fans from either in the world to ring and leave their message in “God’s answering machine�. There was an overwhelming response from either fans world health organization laughed, cried & poured their soul into their message. a messages were collated & presented by owning a peaceful subservient accompaniment, consequent around what the band considers to become one of their virtually all near tracks it keep close at hand ever recorded.

(2005–present): Current events
Hurt of Salvation is presently touching the prevent of their 2nd leg of a globe tour that has therefore far been to several countries of Europe, including Sweden, Hungary, Italy, Germany & France. This leg might besides watch the two play 5 shows inside Brazil. There exists very much speculation among fans when to the construct of the next album. The in all probability candidate is extremely hoped-for guide to The Right Element, section I personally, still, Daniel Gildenlöw has stated that the next album may as a matter of fact exist as a different conceptual album^[1].

Hurt of Salvation might virtually all belike non become swimming inside Usa anytime shortly. Daniel Gildenlow has uttered his refusal to participate in the U.s.a. policy of fingerprinting completely away from united states visitant. He feels it infringes in his popular rights & individual integrity.

Using growing fan bases everthing above the world, an [http://www.machinah.com/ International Fan Club], & official fan clubs around Germany, France, Greece, Italy, Holl&, and a United states; Painful sensation of Salvation can likewise count occasionally of the large creative person in the genre when devoted hearer. One of these is Mike Portnoy of Dream Theater (currently a virtually all commercially successful progressive metallic band), world health organization gave a album his approval.

Discography
Image:PainOfSalvation-Entropia.jpg|1. Entropia
(1997) Image:PainOfSalvation-OHBTCL.jpg|2. One Hour by the Concrete Lake
(1998) Image:PainOfSalvation-ThePerfectElementPart1.jpg|3. The Perfect Element, part I
(2000) Image:PainOfSalvation-RemedyLane.jpg|4. Remedy Lane
(2002) Image:PainOfSalvation-125.jpg|5. 12:5
(2004) Image:PainOfSalvation-Become.jpg|6. BE
(2004) Image:PainOfSalvation-BEOSP.jpg|7. BE (Original Stage Production) (Live CD)
(2005)

Videography
Image:PainOfSalvation-BEOSP.jpg|1. BE (Original Stage Production) (Live DVD)
(2005)

Notes