Yeah I ' m on board . He ' s on pace for 53 points in his third year , with Bae and Burrows who are basically third line guys . Everything in his game has been steadily improving and he seems like a great team guy . Horvat is life . <| sep |> Pain of Salvation artist picimg 2 . akamaized . netiu 25249 f 0643 a 681243 c 8 bffa 79 cf 295267 eb . png Pain of Salvation is a progressive rock band from Eskilstuna , Sweden . The band centres on lead vocalist , guitarist , composer , and writer Daniel Gildenlw . Trademarks include concept albums focusing on social , environmental , philosophical , and emotional issues as well as songs that incorporate complex rhythms and time changes but retain flowing melodies . The band was formed by Gildenlw in 1984 under the name Reality . The band used to participate in many music contests in their homeland of Sweden . The first EP , Hereafter , was recorded in 1996 under the monicker Pain of Salvation , which has been the name of the band since 1991 . The Lineup of the band was the same for their first official full length album , Entropia 1997 . After the departure of Daniel Magdic for continuing disagreements with the others over committing to the increasing demands of the band , the band recorded One Hour By The Concrete Lake 1999 , a concept album about the issues of nuclear powerwaste , disposition of indigenous peoples , industry and human discovery . The band began to receive more attention from critics and magazines all around the world . In 1999 they also played at the famous ProgPower festival in The Netherlands . Their third and most famous album , The Perfect Element I was released in 2000 and received a great response from the crowd and critics , making them the second most famous Progressive Metal band over the world a success confirmed by their fourth album , Remedy Lane 2002 , a semiautobiographical album written by Daniel Gildenlw about loss , love , and life . 2004 saw the release of two different albums , an acoustic live show recorded at Eskilstuna called 125 where the band played most of their old famous songs rearranged , and the epic concept album about the origin of humanity and God called BE It was the first album to divide the fan base in opinion , due to its musically experimental and philosophical nature and perhaps also its lack of cohesive progressive metal pieces . BE album was also released in a special DVD edition called BE The Original Stage Production 2005 . With a live CD recorded during the 2003 presentation of the album and a DVD rappresentation from the same dates . On 21 February 2006 , Kristoffer Gildenlw was asked to leave the band due to him not being able to attend rehearsals , since he lived in Holland and the band lived in Sweden . Kristoffer has a solo album planned for the future , as well as a side project called Dial . The new album , Scarsick , was released on January 22 , 2007 . It is more band oriented than BE , with Daniel Gildenlw playing bass in the studio . Recent interviews with Daniel have revealed that Scarsick is , in fact , the second part of The Perfect Element , confirming the speculation of many fans . A European tour to support the new album has been announced it started February 17 , 2007 . The band will be playing with Simon Andersson , a new replacement bassist on this tour . On the 10 th of March , after the Copenhagen show , Simon Andersson was welcomed into Pain of Salvation as a full member . The band issued this message on their website He Simon Andersson did an outstanding job on the tour and we are looking forward to the coming years with great anticipation . Since his girlfriend is a huge Pain of Salvation fan , we happily expect to see this decision put a little silver lining on their sex life as well , since she can now all of a sudden go to bed with a member of the band Congratulations Simon , and welcome to the family ! In May 2007 it was announced that drummer Johan Langell had decided to leave the band to spend more time with his family . For Progressive Nation 2009 Tour the band took a new bass guitar player Per Schelander . According to their website , there is a new EP Linoleum due in November 2009 , while a double album Road Salt , consisting of two parts Ivory and Ebony is recorded and to be released in 2010 , 2011 . Current lineupDaniel Gildenlw vocals , guitarJohan Hallgren lead guitar , backing vocalsFredrik Hermansson keyboardsPer Schelander bass guitar , backing vocalsLo Margarit drums Former membersDaniel Magdic guitar , backing vocalsKristoffer Gildenlw bass guitar , double bass , backing vocals Johan Langell drums , percussion , backing vocalsGustaf Hielm bass guitar 19901994 Magnus Johansson bass guitar 1990 Joakim Strandberg bass guitar 19841990 Mikael Pettersson drums 19841990 Simon Andersson bass guitar , backing vocals 20072008 Read more on Last . fm . ofSalvation 282 , 267 listeners , 20 , 109 , 518 plays tags Progressive metal , Progressive rock , swedish Please downvote if incorrect ! Selfdeletes if score is 0 .