Daniel Gildenlöw


Daniel Gildenlöw is a Swedish musician and songwriter. He is best known as a multi-instrumentalist and vocalist for the progressive rock band Pain of Salvation. In the band, he is the main songwriter, lead singer, guitarist, producer, and the mastermind behind each album's concept. He has also performed with The Flower Kings, Transatlantic and The Sea Within.

Career

In 1984, at age 11, Gildenlow formed a band called Reality, which changed its name to Pain of Salvation in 1991, and released its first album, Entropia, in 1997.
In 2001, he joined progressive rock supergroup Transatlantic on their European tour, playing keyboards, guitar and singing. He re-joined Transatlantic in 2010, this time for a North American tour.
In 2002, Gildenlow joined The Flower Kings on vocals, guitar, keyboards and percussion, playing on their albums Unfold the Future, Meet the Flower Kings and Adam & Eve. He departed The Flower Kings due to his opposition to US-VISIT which required submitting biometric data first before entering the U.S.
In 2007 he provided spoken word to the track "Repentance" on Dream Theater's album Systematic Chaos, alongside many other guests including Corey Taylor, Steve Vai, Joe Satriani, Mikael Åkerfeldt and Jon Anderson. In the same year he also sang on 01011001 by Ayreon.
He was also due to tour with Transatlantic again in 2014 but was forced to step down due to personal issues and was replaced by Ted Leonard. These personal issues were later revealed to be a flesh eating bacteria otherwise known as Necrotising Fasciitis which hospitalised him for six months. The events of which were fictionalised in Pain of Salvation's tenth album In the Passing Light of Day which was released in 2017.
In late 2017 he joined The Sea Within, a progressive rock supergroup consisting of guitarist Roine Stolt, bassist Jonas Reingold, drummer Marco Minnemann and keyboardist Tom Brislin. This band released one self titled album in 2018, which featured guests Jon Anderson, Jordan Rudess, Casey McPherson and Rob Townsend.

Discography

Pain of Salvation

  • Hereafter
  • Entropia
  • One Hour by the Concrete Lake
  • Ashes
  • The Perfect Element, Part I
  • Remedy Lane
  • 12:5
  • "BE"
  • "BE"
  • "BE"
  • Scarsick
  • On the Two Deaths of Pain of Salvation
  • Ending Themes
  • Linoleum EP
  • Road Salt One
  • Road Salt Two
  • Falling Home
  • In the Passing Light of Day
  • ''Panther''

    Soviac

  • ''GMC Out in the Fields''

    The Flower Kings

  • Unfold the Future
  • Meet the Flower Kings
  • Adam & Eve
  • ''The Road Back Home''

    Crypt of Kerberos

  • ''The Macrodex of War''

    Daniele Liverani

  • Genius: A Rock Opera – Episode 1: A Human into a Dream World, as Twinspirit n.32
  • Genius: A Rock Opera – Episode 2: In Search of the Little Prince , as Twinspirit n.32
  • Genius: A Rock Opera – Episode 3: The Final Surprise , as Twinspirit n.32

    Axamenta

  • ''Ever-Arch-I-Tech-Ture''

    Spastic Ink

  • Ink Compatible, song titled "Melissa's Friend"

    Transatlantic

  • Live in Europe
  • Whirld Tour 2010: Live in London
  • ''Kaleidoscope''

    Dream Theater

  • ''Systematic Chaos''

    Various artists

  • ''ProgAID – All around the World''

    Hammer of the Gods

  • ''Two Nights in North America''

    Ayreon

  • 01011001
  • ''01011001 – Live Beneath the Waves''

    Ephrat

  • ''No One's Words''

    For All We Know

  • ''For All We Know''

    Tristema

  • ''Dove Tutto È Possibile''

    The Sea Within

  • ''The Sea Within''

    Kingcrow

  • ''The Persistence''