Pain Of Salvation

VIMTV Album Review #427: Pain Of Salvation – Road Salt Two

Jake: 80/100

Tom: 77/100

Verdict: Recommended if you like very dramatic prog-rock with good theming and lots of variety.

Overview: Road Salt Two continues the theatric prog-rock of Road Salt One, but does it with much more consistency than its predecessor. This is quite a two-way street for the group, however, because it makes this album a much more fluid album listen, but it also lacks a bit of the variety. Overall, though, they still excel in this department more than most of the rock bands out there, and in the end Road Salt Two is quite an accomplishment. It’s great to see a band willing to take risks and do whatever they want, and you can tell that’s exactly what Pain Of Salvation does here.

Jake’s Track Picks:

2. Softly She Cries
6. Eleven
7. 1979
11. The Physics Of Gridlock

Tom’s Track Picks:

2. Softly She Cries
4. Healing Now
10. Through The Distance
11. The Physics Of Gridlock

VIMTV Research Links:

Softly She Cries

The Physics Of Gridlock

Pain Of Salvation Interview

VIMTV Album Review #340: Pain Of Salvation – Road Salt One

Jake: 80/100

Tom: 80/100

Verdict: Recommended if you like very dramatic prog-rock with good theming and lots of variety.

Overview: Road Salt One is an intense and fun roller coaster ride of avant garde, progressive rock packed with great songwriting and instrumentation. This album is quirky and fun to listen to, yet maintains a serious and dark rock sound, almost that of a rock opera. Occasionally the record becomes a bit self-indulgent, but not even as much as other bands that go for a similar sound.