Pain of Salvation - Scarsick
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Artist: Pain of SalvationEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2007-01-30
Music Label: Inside Out U.S.
Soundtracks:
- Scarsick
- Spitfall
- Cribcaged
- America
- Disco Queen
- Kingdom Of Loss
- Mrs. Modern Mother Mary
- Idiocracy
- Flame To The Moth
- Enter Rain
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Hit: 5 Stars
One thing I have always admired was how honest Pain of Salvation are with their lyrical content, and how they speak their mind, unashamed of who they might offend. This album seems to take that characteristic to a new extreme. It is lyrically, perhaps their most cynical, mordant, and scornful album yet, and also their most brutally honest work to date. At the same time, it is their most eye-opening album to the world around us, scrutinizing mankind's ongoing troubles, habits, greediness, and overall foolishness.
The first two songs, "Scarsick" and "Spitfall" feature Gildenlow's "rap" vocals, which definitely aren't anything new, I just personally don't think it's the most terribly appealing way to start the album off, but they certainly don't ruin the song or anything. Both of these songs feature a great chorus to balance out the overall melody and rhythm of the song.
If someone unfamiliar with the band were to look at the lyrics to "Cribcaged" they might see the string of "F-bombs" as immature garbage, however this song's lyrics couldn't be more meaningful; describing how we are obsessed with celebrities' lives, perhaps more than our own children's lives (although that seems like a bit of a stretch) and that celebrities are "just people".
"America" is perhaps the most offensive song they have ever written. Being an American, I didn't like this idea at first, but after reading the lyrics I really don't blame them at all for some of the controversies and criticisms explained here, rolled into nifty, disdainful little Metaphors. The song is extremely catchy, and honestly, I can't get enough of it.
"Kingdom of Loss" is another one of my favorites. They talk about how everything is "on sale", from "War" to "Fear" to "Sex" to "Self-Confidence" and the ironic chain of events of buying things such as buying fast food, getting fat, and then buying a Stairmaster machine to lose the weight from the fast food, etc. Some of the spoken parts might seem a little corny, but I think they put it together great and the music is quite dramatic and composed very well.
"Flame to the Moth" is quite perhaps one of the most adrenaline-pumping songs I have ever heard. This may sound contradictory considering I own a lot of straight death and black metal that is overall heavier, faster and contains 100% harsh vocals, but the way Pain of Salvation construct this song and build up to that spine-shattering chorus is one-of-a-kind. The music also matches the honest lyrics describing being an innocent child, and as we grow up we see the cold, money-hungry world full of lies we live in. This is another classic for these brilliant musicians that I will always admire.
The album ends with "Enter Rain," a 10-minute epic, emotional song that seems to be most people's favorite, perhaps because it is so traditional in structure, it sounds like something from "Perfect Element I" or perhaps "Remedy Lane."
Like any other Pain of Salvation album I have ever bought, this album has rapidly and immensely grown on me from the first few listens. I find it incredible how that always seems to happen with their albums. I think that means the songs are deeper and take more time to sink in than if I liked every song instantly. It may seem like my respect for the band is maxed out, but every album makes it grow stronger.
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Pain of Salvation remains one of the most complex and fascinating acts in all of progressive metal--the group's last studio album, the restless and imaginative Be, nearly required that the listener hold degrees in philosophy and theology in order to process all of the record's weighty lyrical themes. Scarsick proves an exceptional and equally complex addition to the PoS oeuvre. Listeners get a good dose of the progress ("Spitfall"), the unapologetically metal ("Scarsick"), the far-out ("Disco Queen," a track that wouldn't be out of place on a Frank Zappa or Mr. Bungle album) and the utterly epic (the 10-minute "Enter Rain"). In short, Pain of Salvation's music may be the musical equivalent of reading a Samuel Beckett or James Joyce novel, the kind of stimulating and challenging endeavor that few will undertake and even fewer will see through to the end, although those who do complete the perilous intellectual journey will find the sum of the parts richly rewarding as it fuels the powers of both the intellect and the imagination.--Jedd BeaudoinWith their current album Scarsick, the members around mastermind Daniel Gildenl?w are back with a vengeance. Pain Of Salvation have impressively created an opus that couldn't have been more multi-faceted and diverse. Progressive metal with touches of slightly dark sounds that are wrapped in remarkable structures and surprising turns. Despite, or even because of its love of detail, this piece of work sounds whole in all its entirety. A creative masterpiece, which only very few in the genre of prog metal are capable of.
Pain Of Salvation have become a familiar and constant name in the field of progressive metal. They have regularly been releasing first-class music for 10 years, all of which enjoys excellent criticism. Their live skills prove to be convincing alone or when performing as supporting act for Dream Theater. Daniel Gildenl?w, no doubt, is one of the most creative Swedish artists who gains additional attention as tour musician with the progressive rock bands Transatlantic and The Flower Kings.
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