Defenders Of The Faith, le forum Metal

''...We are just now putting the finishing touches to a new EP, scheduled to come out mid November. It will contain a few brand new tracks and an interpretation of someone else’s song, commonly referred to as a “Cover” (please picture me doing the quotation mark finger gesture right there).''

''We are giving birth to a double album called “Road Salt” - revolving around choices, temptation, sacrifices, passion and the difficult art of giving up. A lot of the intimate issues that have become the core of Pain of Salvation in other words.

The whole album will have a very raw and dry sound, initially described by Daniel as “1976 on steroids”. The music daringly combines the lost worlds of the early Pain of Salvation while at the same time, as always, paving new roads for the band and their fans.''

Heavylaw a écrit :C'est confirmé, Pain of Salvation participera au Melodifestivalen, l'événement musical suédois qui déterminera qui les représenteront à l'Eurovision. Le groupe inscrit la pièce éponyme de l'album Road Salt qui paraitra prochainement. Le Melodifestivalen aura lieu le 6 février et sera diffusé à la TV, on aura donc probablement d'excellents extraits disponibles dès le lendemain.

The contest is being watched by several million people within Sweden and PAIN OF SALVATION have successfully managed to make an outstanding impact with their very atmospheric rendition of the song "Road Salt" as well as their concept of "Going back to letting the song be the focal point, not the fancy dresses or the recipe production and structure of the performance," as frontman Daniel Gildenlöw puts it, before adding, "Just us. Playing a song meant to touch your heart. Stripped down. Naked. Brave. Old school."

In other news, PAIN OF SALVATION has just completed works on its new studio album, "Road Salt Ivory". Gildenlöw states, "The first part of 'Road Salt' is finished — mixed, mastered and delivered! It is a 12-track album of sweaty grovel, asphalt butterflies, untreaded paths and brave decisions. It will be presented to the world in one standard edition and one limited director's cut, of which we of course recommend the latter one.

"See, as usual, we refuse to add some stuff haphazardly to put together a limited product — we always see the larger version as the 'real' one; the one that makes us the proudest.

"The release is scheduled for early summer…"

Screaming Crow Records have issued the following update on the new PAIN OF SALVATION album, Road Salt One:

"Pain of Salvation have redesigned their MySpace page to include new, pre-listing, tracks of 'Linoleum' and 'No Way' off the band’s new album, Road Salt One (in US stores on June 8th). Friends can also check out new videos for 'Linoleum' and the band’s 'Road Salt' performance on Sweken’s Melodifestivalen as well as their older videos like 'Undertow', 'Ashes' and 'Ending Theme'.

Road Salt One is Pain of Salvation’s 11th release and the first installment of a two album series. This new chapter continues the band’s challenging musical journey while paying homage to a hard rocking '70s progressive style. Frontman Daniel Gildenlow continues to reinvent himself taking the listener on a musical rollercoaster ride of stunningly beautiful songs which leave you salivating for the upcoming Road Salt Two (due out later this year).

A special bundle package of the band’s limited edition digipack and t-shirt is available online exclusively through Laser’s Edge:

-- CD + T-shirt
-- Digipack + T-shirt
-- CD
-- Digipack

Road Salt One album formats include:

-- standard jewel case CD
-- limited digipack CD (includes expanded booklet, bonus track 'What She Means to Me' and extended versions of 'Road Salt' and 'No Way')
-- gatefold vinyl LP
-- digital download

Everflow a écrit :Je l'ai vu en bacs, avec une édition limitée qui contient des versions étendues de deux chansons (directement à la place des versions d'origine j'ai l'impression, et non pas en bonus?).

La suite de Road Salt I : Ivory, Road Salt II : Ebony sortira début 2011 et non cet automne comme cela était prévu au départ.

Everflow a écrit :

La suite de Road Salt I : Ivory, Road Salt II : Ebony sortira début 2011 et non cet automne comme cela était prévu au départ.

Following the turbulent and successful release of "Road Salt One" in the year 2010 and the touring activities in its support which climaxed with shows in India and South America earlier this year, Sweden's PAIN OF SALVATION will issue "Road Salt Two" on September 26 in Europe and October 11 in North America via InsideOut Music.

"Road Salt Two" track listing:

01. Road Salt Theme
02. Softly She Cries
03. Conditioned
04. Healing Now
05. To The Shoreline
06. Eleven
07. 1979
08. The Deeper Cut
09. Mortar Grind
10. Through The Distance
11. The Physics Of Gridlock
12. End Credits