Daniel Gildenlöw Explained

Daniel Gildenlöw
Birth Date:	1973 6, df=yes
Birth Place:	Eskilstuna, Sweden
Years Active:	1984–present
Current Member Of:	Pain of Salvation, The Sea Within
Past Member Of:	The Flower Kings

Daniel Gildenlöw (born 5 June 1973 in Eskilstuna) is a Swedish musician and songwriter. He is best known as a multi-instrumentalist and vocalist for the progressive rock band Pain of Salvation.^[1] In the band, he is the main songwriter, lead singer, lead guitar player, 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,^[2] 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,^[3] playing keyboards, guitar and singing. He re-joined Transatlantic in 2010, this time for a North American tour.^[4]

In 2002, Gildenlow joined The Flower Kings on vocals, guitar, keyboards and percussion, playing on their albums Unfold the Future (2002), Meet the Flower Kings (2003) and Adam & Eve (2004). He departed The Flower Kings due to his opposition to US-VISIT which required submitting biometric data first before entering the U.S.^[5]

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.^[6] In the same year he also sang on 01011001 by Ayreon.^[7]

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.^[8] These personal issue were later revealed to be a flesh eating bacteria otherwise known as Necrotising Fasciitis which hospitalised him for six months.^{[9] [10]} 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.^[11] This band released one self titled album in 2018, which featured guests Jon Anderson (Yes), Jordan Rudess (Dream Theater), Casey McPherson and Rob Townsend (Steve Hackett).^[12]

Discography

Pain of Salvation

• Hereafter (1996) (demo)
• Entropia (1997)
• One Hour by the Concrete Lake (1998)
• Ashes (2000) (single)
• The Perfect Element, Part I (2000)
• Remedy Lane (2002)
• (2004)
• "BE" (2004)
• "BE" (Original Stage Production) (2005) (live DVD)
• "BE" (Original Stage Production) (2005) (live CD)
• Scarsick (2007)
• On the Two Deaths of Pain of Salvation (2009) (live CD)
• Ending Themes (2009) (live DVD)
• Linoleum EP (2009)
• Road Salt One (2010)
• Road Salt Two (2011)
• Falling Home (2014)
• In the Passing Light of Day (2017)
• Panther (2020)

Soviac

• GMC Out in the Fields (2002) (guitar on Don Chinos)

The Flower Kings

• Unfold the Future (2002) (lead and backing vocals)
• Meet the Flower Kings (2003) (live) (guitars, keyboards, vocals, percussion)
• Adam & Eve (2004) (guitars, keyboards, vocals, percussion)
• The Road Back Home (2007) (compilation) (vocals)

Crypt of Kerberos

• The Macrodex of War (2005) (compilation)

Daniele Liverani

• Genius: A Rock Opera – Episode 1: A Human into a Dream World (vocals), as Twinspirit n.32
• Genius: A Rock Opera – Episode 2: In Search of the Little Prince (2004) (vocals), as Twinspirit n.32
• Genius: A Rock Opera – Episode 3: The Final Surprise (2007) (vocals), as Twinspirit n.32

Axamenta

• Ever-Arch-I-Tech-Ture (2006) (vocals, vocal melodies/arrangements on the eighth track, "Threnody for an Endling")

Spastic Ink

• Ink Compatible, song titled "Melissa's Friend" (2004) (vocals)

Transatlantic

• Live in Europe (2003) (electric guitar, keyboard, percussion, vocals)
• (2010) (keyboards, electric guitar, acoustic guitar, percussion, samples, vocals)
• Kaleidoscope (2014) (guest vocals on "Into the Blue")

Dream Theater

• Systematic Chaos (2007) (spoken word on the track Repentance)

Various artists

• ProgAID – All around the World (2005) (vocals)

Hammer of the Gods

• Two Nights in North America (2006) (vocals)

Ayreon

• 01011001 (2008) (vocals)

Ephrat

• No One's Words (2008) (vocals on the track "The Sum of Damage Done")

For All We Know

• For All We Know (2011) (vocals on Keep Breathing)

Tristema

• Dove Tutto È Possibile (2012) (vocals on "L'Assenza (Roses and Thorns)")

The Sea Within

• The Sea Within (2018) (vocals, electric guitar)

Kingcrow

• The Persistence (2018) (vocals on "Night's Descending")

Notes and References

1. Web site: [{{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p384327/biography|pure_url=yes}} Biography: Pain of Salvation]. Hill . Gary. Allmusic. May 3, 2010.
2. Web site: Ofer . Tal . April 15, 2004 . An Interview with Daniel Gildenlöw . 2024-08-16 . rudess.tripod.com.
3. Web site: 2010 . Interview with Daniel Gildenlöw – Opinia – Polish Cultural Magazine . 2024-08-16 . pl-PL.
4. Web site: Blabbermouth . 2010-01-12 . PAIN OF SALVATION's DANIEL GILDENLÖW To Tour With TRANSATLANTIC . 2024-08-16 . BLABBERMOUTH.NET . en.
5. Web site: DPRP Specials : Roine Stolt : Interview 2006 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080220001818/http://www.dprp.net/specials/2006_stolt/ . 20 February 2008 . 2014-07-28 . Dprp.net.
6. Seems a lot of you enjoyed my post a few days ago with the isolated sound collage from Honor Thy Father…so figured I’d share this as well: Here’s the... By Mike PortnoyFacebook . 25 June 2024 . en . 2024-08-18 . www.facebook.com.
7. 01011001. 2008. liner notes. Inside Out Music.
8. Web site: January 15, 2014 . TRANSATLATIC - Daniel Gildenlow To Sit Out First Half Of Tour . 2024-08-18 . bravewords.com . en.
9. Web site: Wright . Holly . 2017-02-13 . How Pain Of Salvation turned their terrifying struggle into In The Passing Light Of Day . 2024-08-18 . louder . en.
10. Web site: Journalist . Rock'n'Roll . 2017-02-20 . Pain of Salvation Interview 2017 . 2024-08-18 . Rock'n'Roll Journalist . en-US.
11. Web site: Ewing . Jerry . 2017-12-07 . Roine Stolt Launches New Supergroup The Sea Within . 2024-08-18 . louder . en.
12. Web site: Munro . Scott . 2018-05-31 . Go behind the scenes with The Sea Within in new video . 2024-08-18 . louder . en.