Before anything else, I should mention that Progressive Metal was never my cup of tea.
In my opinion, Heavy Metal music, Progressive or not, should be more direct and
straightforward, and kick the listener’s ear with its power and killer
guitar riffs.
Now that I made myself clear, I can go on.
I have a few Pain of Salvation albums in my
music collection, but they never gained a special place in my heart. Their
releases are usually decent, I listen to their albums from time to time, but
that’s it. (In case you are wondering, the albums I got are: The Perfect
Element (Pt.1), Remedy Lane, Road Salt One, and In the Passing Light of Day).
As
far as I learned, the band’s leader Daniel
Gildenlöw had some very serious health problems, and he was struggling with
them for enough time, and that is something that is reflected in the lyrics and
the whole atmosphere of the album.
The
album begins with the 10+ minute-long On
a Tuesday, which is a powerful epic. A very good song, despite the
uninspired start. As the song evolves, it becomes really impressive. Tongue of God that comes next is also a
very good and powerful song, and one of my favourites, followed by Meaningless, which I didn’t like so
much.
Silent Gold is a very
melancholic song, simple and beautiful.
There is no point writing
about all the songs one by one, because each person will have a different
opinion. The point is that, the album includes some very good and some not so
good moments. There are some songs I really like, some that are just ok, and
some that I don’t like at all.
It is not a bad album, not at all, and I'm sure that the fans of Progressive Metal will appreciate it.
As for me, think I will give 3 out
of 5 stars, which I believe is a fair rating.
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