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Music

BAND MEMBERS

Daniel Gildenlöw

lead vocals, guitar

Ragnar Zolberg
guitar

Léo Margarit

drums

Daniel Karlsson
bass guitar

The Jam Band

Pain of Salvation is a Swedish progressive rock band headed by Daniel Gildenlöw; the band's 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
of the topics addressed in the band's albums include sexuality, war and its effect on family and humanity,
environmental issues (such as 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." [1]
"The idea with the name is that everything has two sides, everything is in balance." [2]

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