Salt Road

There is no doubt that Pain of Salvation is one of the most unique and controversial bands in the progressive music genre. They have changed their sound with nearly every album they've released and have drawn both praise and anger for their ambitious lyrics and songwriting. Despite having gotten a preview of Road Salt One's sound with the release of the Linoleum EP in 2009, this effort still manages to be one of the biggest stylistic jumps in the band's twenty year career.
As many listeners have pointed out, this release makes use of a more basic band approach and shows a lot of influence from 1970s rock music. In this sense, it shows several similarities to the band's 1997 debut. But while that album was driven by funk influence, this album features a bluesy feel that is especially apparent on songs such as "Tell Me You Don't Know"…

Pain of Salvation has proved to be a completely unpredictable band, and it seems like they've basically been taking a 180 degrees turn with every new album for some time now. Now, after looking at the entire society, illustrated by a very modern, dark and aggressive feel of the music on Scarsick, we go on a trip all the way back to the '70s rock. Fans of 70's heavy prog with unique Gildenlöw flavoring should be sure to check this one out - just don't expect anything even remotely close to "vanilla prog metal"!
As we're used to from Pain of Salvation, the musicianship is excellent across the board. Daniel Gildenlöw's expressive vocals are at the forefront of the music, but his work on the guitar and bass shouldn't go unnoticed either…

Released on may 15, 2018, on a b road – acoustic features 19 songs recorded live during the band’s 2017 “all night” acoustic tour, where frank, john and paul played nearly song the band had ever written and recorded. while the songs were recorded from the soundboard and mastered in post-production, this should be considered a “high quality bootleg.”