DLG
not guthrie govan
sounds like it's finally going to happen
Pain of Salvation about to bring back the metal?
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The first Pain of Salvation song I ever heard is People Passing By, and I've listened to it probably a hundred times, but it's so much better than every single other song by the band that it accidentally makes them all disappointing.
DLG
not guthrie govan
It's a great song, but far from a true statement 
wankerness
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Repner
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Yeah. Daniel said a while ago the next album was going to go back to the metal stuff. I like the Road Salt albums, but I'm really excited for this.
wankerness
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I hated Road Salt 1 and Scarsick, but Road Salt 2 had a couple good songs on it. I am looking forward to this. The new band members aren't nearly as proficient as the ones from the old days, but they're obviously still talented.
AdamMaz
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Been awhile since I've followed this band, sounds promising 
Vletrmx
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I recently rediscovered this band after not having listened to them for maybe 5-6 years after I listened to One Hour by the Concrete Lake again. I look forward to see what comes out of this, especially if they can tap into that sound again.
vividox
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Very exciting. Road Salt and Scarsick weren't terrible, but their first five albums were masterpieces.
Aside from the terrible production, I dig both Road Salt's and the Linoleum EP. Then again, production has never been PoS's forte anyway.
I can't wait to hear the new lineup in action. I'm particularly excited by the fact that they have a true bassist this time. Kristoffer Gildenlöw really made a difference.
Herrick
Hello Mangs
I really hope "they" go back to that style. The Road Salts don't do it for me.
wankerness
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It's called Meaningless, for anyone else wondering.
Meaningless is basically one of Ragnar's songs from his old band Sign that he and Daniel decided to slightly rework and include on the album because Daniel really enjoyed the track. I don't think it will be too indicative of the rest of the album since that song wasn't written by Daniel, and the rest was written more collaboratively by both Daniel and Ragnar, from what I heard Daniel say in a radio interview recently.
A guy on reddit who got journalistic access to the album early said there are some very intricate rhythms on the album, and Daniel stated in the same interview I listened to that this album is definitely more in line with their first four albums than their more recent work. I'm really optimistic that it's gonna kick ass, and it is definitely one of my most anticipated new albums of 2017, as well as Seventh Wonder's and David Maxim Micic's.
I was listening to 12:5 last night, and damn. I had forgotten what an amazing live performance that was. Daniel was totally on his game, vocally, and the unplugged arrangements were pretty incredible. I highly recommend checking that out, if anyone here hasn't heard it.
A guy on reddit who got journalistic access to the album early said there are some very intricate rhythms on the album, and Daniel stated in the same interview I listened to that this album is definitely more in line with their first four albums than their more recent work. I'm really optimistic that it's gonna kick ass, and it is definitely one of my most anticipated new albums of 2017, as well as Seventh Wonder's and David Maxim Micic's.
I was listening to 12:5 last night, and damn. I had forgotten what an amazing live performance that was. Daniel was totally on his game, vocally, and the unplugged arrangements were pretty incredible. I highly recommend checking that out, if anyone here hasn't heard it.
vividox
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I pretty much hate live albums. Honestly, I feel like most bands just use them to pad their album counts to get out of contracts or fulfill obligations and make a little money on the side doing it. Most aren't nearly as good as the cleaned and polished studio albums and I simply avoid them.
12:5 is a clear exception. That is one of the best live albums I've ever heard. It's creatively arranged, it's technically amazing, it's an awesome take on PoS's best material. Even if you hate live albums, go listen to it right now.
Herrick
Hello Mangs
I am also not a fan of live albums. I haven't heard 12:5 yet but I do have Ending Themes and it's very good.
I'm getting more and more excited about this upcoming album. Hell, I'll even take something like Scarsick. I don't think Scarsick is that bad.
I'm getting more and more excited about this upcoming album. Hell, I'll even take something like Scarsick. I don't think Scarsick is that bad.
DLG
not guthrie govan
Ending Themes is definitely an amazing live album. Most of the songs sound better live than in studio. Handful of Nothing in particular is jaw-dropping.
Live albums only work if they don't just sound like carbon copies of the studio tracks or present new takes on songs. 12:5 is an example of the later. Examples of the former to me are any Overkill does live or or Metallicas Live ....: Binge and Purge, because while the arrangements aren't really different, the intensity (and sometimes speed) on those performances are turned up to 11.
