In the Passing Light of Day

by Pain of Salvation

In the Passing Light of Day cover art

Written in the direct aftermath of frontman Daniel Gildenlöw's near-fatal battle with a flesh-eating bacterial infection, the Swedish veterans deliver a harrowing, deeply emotional concept album. The record completely abandons the softer acoustic rock of their previous releases to return to complex, crushing progressive metal. It serves as an incredibly intense, cathartic meditation on mortality and survival.

Genres

  • Progressive Metal

Tracklist

  1. On a Tuesday
  2. Tongue of God
  3. Meaningless
  4. Silent Gold
  5. Full Throttle Tribe
  6. Reasons
  7. Angels of Broken Things
  8. The Taming of a Beast
  9. If This Is the End
  10. The Passing Light of Day