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IN THE PASSING LIGHT OF DAY

Pain Of Salvation

 

Progressive Metal

3.91 | 423 ratings

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4 stars It seems that in the Pain of Salvation universe each album is a distinct and important moment of the band's development, presenting to an extent something unique, something particular to it that you could only get on each respective album, and 2017's 'In the Passing Light of Day' is no exception, as this expansive, bold, and personal album stands as one of the band's strongest musical statements, certainly up there with classics like 'Remedy Lane' and 'The Perfect Element, Part I'. This rampant concept album focuses on life, death, and mortality in general, presenting quite emotively the different themes of the record, conceived by band leader Daniel Gildenlöw when hospitalized after contracting a flesh-eating bacteria, certainly inspiring the darker undertones and the expressive anger that has punctuated almost every song on here.

It often seems to be the case that in moments of great unrest, uncertainty or danger, great artworks are born. And this is true not only for the literary or art domains but also for the one of music. As Gildenlöw seemingly utilized a "no-rules" rule for the writing of the album, he allowed for the creation of one of the most inventive and daring progressive albums of recent times, completely unhinged and provocative, experimental and technical, simultaneously heavy and dissonant, yet counteracting these aspects with a melancholic, moody and very often incredibly beautiful writing. One shall look no further than tracks like 'Tongue of God', 'Full Throttle Tribe' or 'The Taming of a Beast', all very engaging and challenging tracks that present the band's more avant-garde leanings. At the same time shorter tracks like 'Meaningless' and 'Reasons' display Pain of Salvations's talents of packing shorter songs with great substance, always very cathartic and surprising, while the longer epics at the beginning and the end of the album stand as great odes to the band's more progressive roots. This albums is undeniably the band's best work since 'BE' and one of the modern classics in the genre of progressive metal, in the reviewer's humble view.

A Crimson Mellotron | 4/5 |

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