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Pain of Salvation

Pain of Salvation is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Inside Out Music, Eldritch, Virgin Killer and The Flower Kings. Those roots explain a lot about how Pain of Salvation arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Ayreon, Haken, Symphony X, Dream Theater and Soen, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Threshold, Eldritch, Symphony X, Evergrey and Dream Theater, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 24 connections around Pain of Salvation, reaching back through Inside Out Music and forward to Threshold. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

Background

Pain of Salvation is a Swedish progressive metal band led by Daniel Gildenlöw, who is the band's main songwriter, lyricist, guitarist, and vocalist. Pain of Salvation's sound is characterised by riff-oriented guitar work, a broad vocal range, oscillation between heavy and calm passages, complex vocal harmonies and the structures of their albums, syncopation, and polyrhythms. Thus far, every album released by the band has been a concept album. Lyrically, the band tends to address contemporary issues, such as sexuality, war, the environment, and the nature of God, humanity, and existence.

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Pain of SalvationInside Out MusicEldritchVirgin KillerThe Flower KingsThresholdEldritchSymphony XEvergreyDream TheaterTransatlanticAyreonHakenSymphony XDream TheaterSoenOSIEvergreyCaligula's Horse

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Pain of Salvation connections

Pain of Salvation grew out of Inside Out Music, Eldritch, Virgin Killer and The Flower Kings, shares an orbit with Ayreon, Haken, Symphony X and Dream Theater, went on to shape Threshold, Eldritch, Symphony X and Evergrey. 24 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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