Remedy Lane is the fourth album by Swedish progressive metal

Progressive metal

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 band Pain of Salvation

Pain of Salvation

Pain of Salvation is a Swedish progressive rock band featuring Daniel Gildenlöw, who is the lyricist, chief composer, guitarist, and lead vocalist. Their sound is characterised by powerful, accentuated guitar work, broad vocal range, abrupt switching between heavy and calm passages, intense...

, released in Spring 2002. It is a concept album

Concept album

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 focusing on the search of a man to discover himself. It deals with topics such as love, loss, lust, sex and understanding. A portion of the album is autobiographical in nature, and is written by guitarist and vocalist Daniel Gildenlöw

Daniel Gildenlöw

Daniel Gildenlöw is a Swedish musician and songwriter. He is best known as a multi-instrumentalist and vocalist for Pain of Salvation, a Swedish progressive metal band. In the band, he is the main songwriter, lead guitar player, and the mastermind behind each album's concept...

. The liner notes

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 that come with the CD are filled with extra material (e.g. poems and photos) related to the concept, and also contain date markings to assist the dedicated listener (and reader) to piece together the album chronologically.

Outline

While both Remedy Lane and One Hour by the Concrete Lake

One Hour by the Concrete Lake

One Hour by the Concrete Lake is Pain of Salvation's second studio album. It is a concept album focusing on the issues of nuclear power and waste, displacement of indigenous peoples, the firearm industry, and human discovery.-Release history:...

(Pain of Salvation's second studio album) are about a main character searching for truth and himself, Remedy Lane is a more personal tale and the listener is exposed to a wider variety of emotion

Emotion

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s. The album's production is similar to that of its predecessor, The Perfect Element, part I

The Perfect Element, part I

The Perfect Element, Part I is Pain of Salvation's third studio album, released in October 2000. It is a concept album that focuses on the forming of the individual, particularly on the events from one's childhood and adolescence. It is the first segment of a planned three-part concept...

; it is also quite a dark album, though there are some moments of happiness and devotion. Gildenlöw has said that the inspiration for Remedy Lane was an era of his life in which he wished to learn what freedom was.

Track listing

1. Of Two Beginnings – 2:24

Chapter I:

2. Ending Theme – 4:59
3. Fandango – 5:51
4. A Trace of Blood – 8:17
5. This Heart of Mine (I Pledge) – 4:01

Chapter II:

6. Undertow – 4:47
7. Rope Ends – 7:02
8. Chain Sling – 3:58
9. Dryad of the Woods – 4:56

Chapter III:

10. Remedy Lane – 2:15
11. Waking Every God – 5:19
12. Second Love – 4:21
13. Beyond the Pale – 9:56

All music by Daniel Gildenlöw, except instrumental part of "Rope Ends" by Daniel Gildenlöw and Fredrik Hermansson.

The Japanese edition of this album also contains a bonus track titled Thorn Clown (7:23) that fits in between " Dryad of the Woods" and "Remedy Lane".

Personnel

Band:

• Daniel Gildenlöw
  Daniel Gildenlöw
  Daniel Gildenlöw is a Swedish musician and songwriter. He is best known as a multi-instrumentalist and vocalist for Pain of Salvation, a Swedish progressive metal band. In the band, he is the main songwriter, lead guitar player, and the mastermind behind each album's concept...
  
   - lead vocals, guitar, concept and lyrics; producer, artwork, photos
• Fredrik Hermansson
  Fredrik Hermansson
  Fredrik Hermansson is a Swedish musician. He is currently a keyboardist and backing vocalist in the Swedish progressive metal band Pain of Salvation. He also works as a free-lance piano player and composer...
  
   - keyboards
• Johan Hallgren
  Johan Hallgren
  Johan Hallgren is a Swedish musician. He is a guitarist and backing vocalist in the Swedish progressive metal band Pain of Salvation....
  
   - guitar, backing vocals
• Johan Langell
  Johan Langell
  Johan Langell is a Swedish musician. He is best known as the former drummer of the Swedish progressive metal band Pain of Salvation.-Pain of Salvation:*Hereafter *Entropia...
  
   - drums, backing vocals
• Kristoffer Gildenlöw
  Kristoffer Gildenlöw
  Kristoffer Gildenlöw is a Swedish musician and songwriter. He is best known for his work as bass guitarist in the band Pain of Salvation, a band started by his older brother Daniel Gildenlöw...
  
   - bass, backing vocals

Other:

• Pain of Salvation
  Pain of Salvation
  Pain of Salvation is a Swedish progressive rock band featuring Daniel Gildenlöw, who is the lyricist, chief composer, guitarist, and lead vocalist. Their sound is characterised by powerful, accentuated guitar work, broad vocal range, abrupt switching between heavy and calm passages, intense...
  
  - producer
• Anders "Theo" Theander - producer, engineering
• Pontus Lindmark - engineering
• Jörgen Tannander - editing
• Johanna Iggsten - photography