Pain of Salvation

In 1984, Daniel Gildenlöw formed the band Reality at the whopping age of 11. The group stayed together under that name for seven years, albeit not without personnel changes. In 1991, the name Reality was shelved for the new name Pain of Salvation. By this point, the lineup was the aforementioned Gildenlöw, Johan Hallgren, Johan Langell, and Kristoffer Gildenlöw. When Fredrik Hermansson joined in 1996, they realized that they were ready to record an album. The result, Entropia, was laid down in 1997. They followed that disc up within a year with One Hour by the Concrete Lake. T...