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Velvetclown ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: February 13 2004 Status: Offline Points: 8548 |
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One of the few things that makes me proud to be Swedish is Pain Of Salvation. They don´t care for mass approval, this year they´ve released 12:5 an acoustic cd with old favourites, not a wise move for a metal act. Then they release another cd called BE and this must be the least commercial cd of their career. I´m proud of POS for being brave enough to release these cds, when the "Fans" just wants Perfect Element 2. Now we will see who the real fans are, the ones who love POS music , metal or no metal. |
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gdub411 ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: August 24 2004 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 3484 |
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Yeah...and maybe if you're really lucky POS will dabble with disco,techno, broadway musicals and rap
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Velvetclown ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: February 13 2004 Status: Offline Points: 8548 |
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gdub411 ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: August 24 2004 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 3484 |
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I was actually gently trying to make a point of be careful what you wish for. I used to like the Violent Femmes and the Cult when they 1st started but didn't like the route they took later....same goes for Genesis. It is not a measure of how good of fans one is or not. Pink Floyd managed to make many different sounding albums without changing what they're essentially about. Indeed I would not want to hear the Dark Side of the Moon done over and over again...but I think a band can stay in the same genre and still release a totally fresh album.
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Velvetclown ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: February 13 2004 Status: Offline Points: 8548 |
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Point taken, but very few bands have made 6 good albums in a row, POS have.
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Eljakim ![]() Forum Newbie ![]() ![]() Joined: October 03 2004 Location: Finland Status: Offline Points: 15 |
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Pain of Salvation is brilliant band. I have all their cd´s, and I can´t
find even one weak track of these albums. In Finland, we don´t
have anything like Pain of Salvation. Sure we got great metal bands,
but prog-metal genre is... well, quiet.
When I listen to this band, there is very beatiful, and harmonic moments, then it turns very heavy, and dark... it makes nice contrast. I like that! ![]() |
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Velvetclown ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: February 13 2004 Status: Offline Points: 8548 |
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diddy ![]() Prog Reviewer ![]() Joined: March 02 2004 Location: Germany Status: Offline Points: 1117 |
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Oh yeah...
I don't like Prog Metal this much, mainly because all bands try to sound like Dream Theater. I like Dream Theater but the best prog metal band for sure is Pain of Salvation. They're so different, they do what they want t do, I love their sound, Gildenlöw's voice (
![]() I really loved the acoustic album and I also like the new one. Even though I think that "Entropia" is still their best one...
If you don't know them, check them out immediately...even if you don't like it, Gildelöw's vocals are worth the money alone
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gdub411 ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: August 24 2004 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 3484 |
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dammit guys...I spend enough bleepin money on cds on any given week and now you got me interested in this one........
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Eljakim ![]() Forum Newbie ![]() ![]() Joined: October 03 2004 Location: Finland Status: Offline Points: 15 |
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Thanks for the link, Velvetclown!
I sure like progressive metal like Dream Theater, Pain Of Salvation, Vanden Plas, Spiral Architect, Pagan´s Mind, Symphony X, Dead Soul Tribe...you name it! and also "softer" stuff like Spock´s Beard, Rush, Jadis, Ozric Tentacles, Steve Hackett, Chroma Key and Paatos ...and of course The Flower Kings. What a great swedish band too. It was intresting what I read about Pain Of Salvation at progarchives.com, that this band was called REALITY when these guys started at 1984. The singer/guitarist Daniel Gildenlow was 11 years old! Only the name of the band has changed since those days. My stupid Metallica-wannabe bands lasted one year at max ![]() |
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will ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: March 13 2004 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 223 |
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I think POS are a good quality prog/metal band although not my favourite. I only have one of their albums, Remedy Lane. Its a really good album which i have listened too many times. I particually like their acoustic work. Some of POS songs are very random and rubbish in my opinion and others are master pieces. Good band but lacking the (dare i say it) X-factor
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Long live progression.
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Dan Bobrowski ![]() Special Collaborator ![]() Honorary Collaborator Joined: February 02 2004 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 5243 |
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Personally, I don't care for Prog Metal. POS "12.5" is incredible (Thanks diddy, I still in MP3 purgatory) and I really enjoy Dead Soul Tribe's acoustic and flute based tunes (Time, Black Smoke and Mirrors) as well as Opeth's "Damnation." I would like to find more heavy acoustic prog. That would be the Shizznits for this bald old cat. That underlying power vibe that cuts, yet maintains an acceptable volume to my mature ears. Give me more of that. |
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Velvetclown ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: February 13 2004 Status: Offline Points: 8548 |
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Mature Ears great name for a band
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Velvetclown ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: February 13 2004 Status: Offline Points: 8548 |
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Well, some people say that POS is a Pain In The Donkey, but I do not agree. There´s no better band in Sweden.
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goose ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: June 20 2004 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 4097 |
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to danbo, a few metal bands, some less progressive than others that have done acoustic albums: Empyrium's "Weiland" album, it's neo folk, no electric guitars at all although it does have about two or three minutes of screamed vocals; One of Ulver's mid period albums, but I can't remember its name; Agalloch may be a bit extreme in the vocal department, but very tuneful and folky in their instruments, at least on the tracks I can remember; finally anything on the "Prophecy" label is very atmospheric and very tuneful, but ranging all over the spectrum from metal to folk, so I don't know how much of it you'll enjoy. http://www.prophecyproductions.de/prophecy_en/index.php is the link, anyway, Elend being a band I like a lot but who sometimes have screaming vocals. |
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Idioglossia ![]() Forum Groupie ![]() Joined: April 21 2005 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 44 |
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BE is a conceptual masterpiece and will remain one of my favorite albums forever. Although I'm only 14 so I'm still going through it getting what the meaning of the album is, heh. |
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The weak dress in hatred to hide their fear..
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AngelRat ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() Joined: July 14 2004 Location: Netherlands Status: Offline Points: 1014 |
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Can't get enough of 'em.
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Spanky ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() Joined: April 07 2004 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 389 |
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I use to have a copy of 'Remedy Lane' but I thought it was
terrible. Daniel kept doing this really bad mouth percussion
thing through the songs, which were already uninteresting and annoying
enough. The best one was an instumental, but even that was a
little dry. I really don't see how people think they're so good.
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Coalinga knows how to party.
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Idioglossia ![]() Forum Groupie ![]() Joined: April 21 2005 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 44 |
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Haha, every man to their own. I personally enjoy Daniel's "mouth percussion", reminds me of Brandon Boyd from Incubus's "mouth percussion". And by the way, Remedy Lane is a masterpiece!
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The weak dress in hatred to hide their fear..
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Spanky ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() Joined: April 07 2004 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 389 |
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A masterpiece of crap.
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Coalinga knows how to party.
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