Author Topic: Pain of Salvation thread, v.2 (merged) (Read 453544 times)

carl320 · « **Reply #2100 on:** September 17, 2014, 10:23:24 PM »

Just wanted to say that King of Loss is probably my favorite song on TPE1.

wolfking · « **Reply #2101 on:** September 17, 2014, 10:25:49 PM »

Quote from: carl320 on September 17, 2014, 10:23:24 PM

Just wanted to say that King of Loss is probably my favorite song on TPE1.

This is probably one of my fav POS songs period. Don't understand why people don't rate it that high.

carl320 · « **Reply #2102 on:** September 17, 2014, 10:31:55 PM »

It's always seemed like one of those "love it or hate it" kind of songs. I think it is a perfect way to end the second chapter, with the main character of the album going all the way back to the beginning. Plus that guitar solo

bout to crash · « **Reply #2103 on:** September 17, 2014, 11:47:42 PM »

I've always liked it, but I can see why people don't. It does feel a bit long/draggy after a while.

Kwyjibo · « **Reply #2104 on:** September 17, 2014, 11:55:22 PM »

My problem with King of Loss ist, that it builds up an incredible tension in the verses, and I think "whoa great, where is this thing going?" and when the chorus kicks in, it is a huge letdown. No good release of the tension, no real flow of the lyrics, no great melodies. Overall it's still a very good song but with a better chorus it could have been stellar.

Zantera · « **Reply #2105 on:** September 18, 2014, 01:51:12 AM »

I love King of Loss, but my favorite on TPE is hands down Her Voices. The first half and the beautiful melodies there are just amazing, and the second half with the instrumental section (maybe the best instrumental section by PoS) is also really special.

seasonsinthesky · « **Reply #2106 on:** September 18, 2014, 07:24:56 AM »

big love for "King of Loss" and "Her Voices" but nothing beats "Falling/TPE1" for me. POS haven't hit a higher songwriting peak, imo (which isn't to speak ill of Remedy Lane!).

NecessaryPain · « **Reply #2107 on:** September 20, 2014, 02:30:17 PM »

King of Loss is brilliant. In fact, that sweet spot between 5:58 and 7:30 is the most beautiful piece of music I have ever heard.

The rest of the song might pale in comparison, but who cares. It's still fucking epic.

Cyclopssss · « **Reply #2108 on:** October 15, 2014, 05:57:09 AM »

This is what Daniel looks like nowadays....

Xenon · « **Reply #2109 on:** October 15, 2014, 07:46:20 AM »

Quote from: Cyclopssss on October 15, 2014, 05:57:09 AM

This is what Daniel looks like nowadays....

He's still handsome as fuck.

bout to crash · « **Reply #2110 on:** October 15, 2014, 08:34:41 AM »

A bit skinny and hairy, but I'd still hit it.

Elite · « **Reply #2111 on:** October 15, 2014, 08:39:34 AM »

King of Loss is fucking brilliant and it's a shame they don't really perform it live. That said, seeing Remedy Lane in full at this year's ProgPower Europe was quite awesome.

senecadawg2 · « **Reply #2112 on:** October 15, 2014, 08:49:28 AM »

My face was really sore by the end. I don't think I've ever smiled so intensely before

Elite · « **Reply #2113 on:** October 15, 2014, 08:49:59 AM »

YOU WERE AT PROGPOWER EUROPE?

Lynxo · « **Reply #2114 on:** October 15, 2014, 09:03:36 AM »

Even though I think it's beyond awesome that they are performing my favorite album of theirs (and quite possibly, my favorite album in general), I'm a bit torned by the YouTube videos I've seen.

Beyond the Pale - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWFQX7WvzAw
Undertow - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZ5dUe2_FN0

While it's superobvious they've find themselves a real gem in Ragnar Solberg, it's a bit sad that Daniel seems to hand over all the tough vocal parts to him. And in retrospect, it's not surprising giving that neither of the Road Salt albums had any super difficult parts.

So I have mixed feelings about this. But ultimately, I'm really glad that Daniel hasn't forgotten his prog metal roots, whether he wants to call them that or not.

senecadawg2 · « **Reply #2115 on:** October 15, 2014, 09:04:47 AM »

Quote from: Elite on October 15, 2014, 08:49:59 AM

YOU WERE AT PROGPOWER EUROPE?

No

USA

abydos · « **Reply #2116 on:** October 15, 2014, 09:36:06 AM »

Quote from: Lynxo on October 15, 2014, 09:03:36 AM

Even though I think it's beyond awesome that they are performing my favorite album of theirs (and quite possibly, my favorite album in general), I'm a bit torned by the YouTube videos I've seen.

Beyond the Pale - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWFQX7WvzAw
Undertow - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZ5dUe2_FN0

While it's superobvious they've find themselves a real gem in Ragnar Solberg, it's a bit sad that Daniel seems to hand over all the tough vocal parts to him. And in retrospect, it's not surprising giving that neither of the Road Salt albums had any super difficult parts.

So I have mixed feelings about this. But ultimately, I'm really glad that Daniel hasn't forgotten his prog metal roots, whether he wants to call them that or not.

what the fuck? i mean, the guy is doing a great job but still, i'd rather hear a technically worse performance by DG than that.

ariich · « **Reply #2117 on:** October 15, 2014, 12:36:36 PM »

Be fair, he's only recently recovered from a serious illness and operations.

Lynxo · « **Reply #2118 on:** October 16, 2014, 01:36:52 PM »

So we now have a track from the upcoming acoustic album to listen to.

https://www.facebook.com/Painofsalvation/posts/10153425112144657

Tracklist and cover:

1. Stress
2. Linoleum
3. To The Shoreline
4. Holy Diver
5. 1979
6. Chain Sling
7. Perfect Day
8. Mrs. Modern Mother Mary
9. Flame To The Moth
10. Spitfall
11. Falling Home

While it sounds cool, I'm not terribly excited for a repeat of what they already made masterfully with 12:9, but with much worse songs. However, it looks like it's going to be a couple of entirely new songs.

Elite · « **Reply #2119 on:** October 16, 2014, 02:32:24 PM »

I'm going to get the Ltd. Edition, just because it has King of Loss on it. The rest I'm not really interested in to be honest, since I wasn't overly impressed with that wacky acoustic tour they did a year ago - the one wher they basically played all of this 'album'.

Zantera · « **Reply #2120 on:** October 16, 2014, 02:57:17 PM »

I can't say I'm too excited for this really. It will be interesting, but I really want a new studio album. And a metal one. Not a 70's one.

Lynxo · « **Reply #2121 on:** October 16, 2014, 04:00:45 PM »

Quote from: Zantera on October 16, 2014, 02:57:17 PM

I can't say I'm too excited for this really. It will be interesting, but I really want a new studio album. And a metal one. Not a 70's one.

This. But I really doubt we'll ever get it.

bout to crash · « **Reply #2122 on:** October 16, 2014, 07:51:42 PM »

This version of Linoleum is pretty... but that ending, really?

I'm also not crazy about the overall track list (except maybe Chain Sling), so not sure I'll be buying this.

wolfking · « **Reply #2123 on:** October 16, 2014, 11:48:43 PM »

I didn't mind that track actually.

Nefarius · « **Reply #2124 on:** October 17, 2014, 03:32:12 AM »

Great to see Daniel with his trusty blue Fly in those recent videos, always nice to see fellow Parker players! Hope he'll be back at 100% soon.
Not sure about "Falling Home" though. We'll see.

Greetings...
Nef

Lynxo · « **Reply #2125 on:** October 17, 2014, 05:04:00 AM »

Nobody commenting on the fact that they're doing an acoustic cover of Holy Diver and and apparantly an acoustic version of Spitfall?

wolfking · « **Reply #2126 on:** October 17, 2014, 05:37:51 AM »

Quote from: Lynxo on October 17, 2014, 05:04:00 AM

Nobody commenting on the fact that they're doing an acoustic cover of Holy Diver and and apparantly an acoustic version of Spitfall?

That's actually one of the tracks I'm most interested in hearing.

MirzekDT · « **Reply #2127 on:** October 17, 2014, 07:04:23 AM »

Quote from: wolfking on October 17, 2014, 05:37:51 AM

Quote from: Lynxo on October 17, 2014, 05:04:00 AM
Nobody commenting on the fact that they're doing an acoustic cover of Holy Diver and and apparantly an acoustic version of Spitfall?

That's actually one of the tracks I'm most interested in hearing.

At the show I was on the acoustic version of Spitfall was amazing, much better than studio version and I like that one too.

Mindflux · « **Reply #2128 on:** October 30, 2014, 12:39:02 PM »

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QiZh2fh_1Rk&feature=youtu.be - 1979 from their new album

NecessaryPain · « **Reply #2129 on:** October 30, 2014, 03:09:30 PM »

Pretty good. Sounds almost exactly the same as the original, though.

I wish they'd just get on with making new music, though. No more 70's shite. (although I do enjoy RS)

Elite · « **Reply #2130 on:** October 30, 2014, 03:35:43 PM »

And... Gildenlöw cut off his hair once again..

YtseJamittaja · « **Reply #2131 on:** November 08, 2014, 02:23:40 PM »

So, have anybody else listened to Falling Home? It's on spotify already.

Mrs. Modern Mother Mary is maybe the best version and works a lot better in acustic IMO. Holy Diver with 50's twist and reggae, that was nice too.

But overall, I don't really see what's the point of this release. Why they can't just compose few new songs? That's nice album but I had the feeling all the listening time that they have done this already. Maybe few of these tracks could have been on bonus features of new full length album...

Elite · « **Reply #2132 on:** November 08, 2014, 05:18:45 PM »

It's cool. Listened to it once today, as I got my copy in the mail. I liked it. Will report back when I've listened to it some more.

Elite · « **Reply #2133 on:** November 10, 2014, 04:47:10 AM »

Update on the new PoS album: holy shit, this thing is awesome. It feels like every song they've re-recorded is much more groovy and the album is very easy to listen to. Highlights include Mrs. Modern Mother Mary (which is strange, for it's one of my least favourite PoS songs in its original form), the cover of Lou Reed's 'Perfect Day', Flame to the Moth, To The Shoreline and King of Loss, which works surprisingly well in a stripped-down version. The only song I think sounds remarkably 'worse' is Chain Sling, but the original is hard to top.

Although it's all acoustic, it sounds pretty huge and Daniel's voice is in great shape on the whole album. This is a great follow-up to both Road Salts as far as I'm concerned and, while the album contains mostly 're-makes', it definitely does sound very different from their previous stuff. I'm biased, because PoS is one of favourite bands, but I'm very, very impressed with this album.

Zantera · « **Reply #2134 on:** November 10, 2014, 05:01:08 AM »

I have only listened to maybe half of the tracks on Youtube, my opinion is pretty mixed. Some songs, like Stress for example, doesn't come off well acoustically at all, and I don't see why they even tried with that song. They have others from Entropia that would probably have worked much better for an acoustic/re-arranged version. I think the Scarsick songs are probably the biggest surprises, and Flame to the Moth and Mrs. Modern Mother Mary are the two most positive tracks.

News: Fall Into the Light, official video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JFxH4kky6z4

Author Topic: Pain of Salvation thread, v.2 (merged) (Read 453544 times)