Pain of Salvation part ways with guitarist

2011-10-23 by Metalstyles | 21 Comments
Pain of Salvation's guitarist Johan Hallgren has decided to quit the band after being part of it for 13 years. The split is amicable and comes due to Johan's need to focus on his wife, daughter and child-to-come. He has said he will not be leaving music altogether, but will be dealing with it in a way that lets him practice it at home. The news also means that Pain of Salvation's upcoming tour with Opeth in November/December of this year will be the last chance to see Johan play with the band.

A full statement can be found on Pain of Salvation's facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/Painofsalvation/posts/10150557331574657

Tagged: Pain of Salvation

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FilthyBorgir
October 23rd 2011
1334 Comments


probably gonna do solo stuff and not tour.

scissorlocked
October 23rd 2011
3540 Comments


was such a funny guy

Dreamflight
October 23rd 2011
2510 Comments


Good musician. Didn't like his backing vocals though.

danielito19
October 23rd 2011
12251 Comments


*altogether

seriously if mods need to be so anal retentive about news posts, they can at least fix the spelling errors

Metalstyles
October 23rd 2011
8576 Comments


My news articles don't need to be approved because I'm superior to the rest of you ;). In other words, a) it wasn't the moderators' fault and b) hey, I'm only human, little mistakes like the one you pointed out happen from time to time

Voivod
Staff Reviewer
October 23rd 2011
11839 Comments


So sad to know about this...

I think he contributed a lot to the overall PoS sound.

Btw, the band fuckin' slayed in their Thessaloniki, Hellas show.

FearThyEvil
October 23rd 2011
19529 Comments


This sucks.

Dreamflight
October 23rd 2011
2510 Comments


Hey Voivod do you still remember the setlist?

Yazz_Flute
October 23rd 2011
19179 Comments


=/

cvlts
October 23rd 2011
9960 Comments


never heard but seems like a legit reason to peace. best of luck to him!

Voivod
Staff Reviewer
October 23rd 2011
11839 Comments


Hey Voivod do you still remember the setlist?





Just look what I have found.......

http://www.setlist.fm/setlist/pain-of-salvation/2011/principal-club-theatre-thessaloniki-greece-6bd05e5a.html

Softly She Cries
Diffidentia
People Passing By
Linoleum
Conditioned
Kingdom of Loss
1979
To the Shoreline
Eleven
Ashes

Encore:
Used
Hallelujah (Leonard Cohen cover)

AsoTamaki
October 23rd 2011
2524 Comments


Wow, three songs from The Perfect Element? That's awesome. Wasn't expecting them to play that stuff on this tour.

Voivod
Staff Reviewer
October 23rd 2011
11839 Comments


I don't remember them playing three songs from The Perfect Element pt I, i confirm Used and Ashes.

They played one song from Scarsick, Kingdom of Loss.


plus they played a badass blues rock boogie, where Daniel sat on drums, Leo took the guitar, their new bassist played keys, Johan on bass and Fredrik was just playing this oriental cymbal instrument that we Greeks name as "defi".

To my surprise, they didn't play anything from Remedy Lane

AsoTamaki
October 23rd 2011
2524 Comments


Oh, lol. I read that as King of Loss. Still cool though. Yeah, I expected some Remedy Lane material to be the older songs played.

Sucks that Johan won't be in the band the next time they come where I can see them.

Voivod
Staff Reviewer
October 23rd 2011
11839 Comments


Yeah the new line-up will be a completely new one, save for Daniel and Fredrik.


Love your avatar AsoTamaki.

Dreamflight
October 23rd 2011
2510 Comments


Thanks man.

Think I'll pass, even if I'd love to hear Used, Diffidentia or People Passing By.

TheHamburgerman
October 24th 2011
1546 Comments


Lol, the only songs I would want to see from that list are the encore songs :p

Shucks though, now Daniel is the only original member.

bungy
October 25th 2011
9014 Comments


Do they ever play Disco Queen live?

Dreamflight
October 25th 2011
2510 Comments


Their live album says so. :P

bungy
October 25th 2011
9014 Comments


Their live album can't fucking talk

Dreamflight
October 26th 2011
2510 Comments


says who?



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