PAIN OF SALVATION have issued the following update:

"Pain of Salvation’s new keyboard player is no stranger for the observant fan. Being quite the renaissance man (as everyone in this bizarre band), he has been all over the place the last year. He played the keyboard in India, the bass in South America and on the European tours, and dammit if he didn’t do the lights in Skellefteå too!"

Says Daniel Gildenlöw: “Through the years we have always had problems finding people who can master ONE instrument well enough to play our songs the way they should be played, so needless to say D2 has impressed us by playing both the bass and the keyboard with total conviction. Asking him to join the band was a natural step. Also, band meetings were getting boring with only me and Léo there ;) ”

Daniel “D2? Karlsson states: "To be a part of this band is a real honor. I’m very grateful to have been around POS for quite some time, both as a technician and a musician and a fan of course, and suddenly I’m being a part of them for real. It pays off to work your way up. :) My intentions is not be the “new” Fredrik, because there’s only one. And a damn good one! But I’ll do my best to carry the spirit on and bring a new chapter to the history of Pain Of Salvation. I’m looking forward to be a part of the future of the best band in the world."

Pain Of Salvation recently announced their next headlining tour of Central Europe, for February and March 2012.

The Road Salt Two Tour Europe 2012 dates include:

February

10 - Glasgow, UK - Captain's Rest
11 - Leeds, UK - The Well
12 - Bilston, UK - The Robin
13 - London, UK - The Garage
15 - Verviers, Belgium - Spirit of 66
17 - Luxembourg, Luxembourg - Kulturfabrik
18 - Paris, France - Divan du Monde
19 - Toulouse, France - Le Bikini
20 - Madrid, Spain - Caracol
21 - Barcelona, Spain - Apolo 2
23 - Milan, Italy - Live Club
24 - Treviso, Italy - New Age
25 - Pratteln, Switzerland - Z7

March

7 - Ebersbach / Sachsen, Germany – OKV
8 - Aschaffenburg, Germany - Colos-Saal
9 - Gera, Germany - Comma
10 - Weert, The Netherlands - De Bosuil
12 - Zoetermeer, The Netherlands - De Borderij
13 - Bochum, Germany - Zeche
14 - Braunschweig, Germany - Meier-Music-Hall
15 - Hamburg, Germany - Markthalle

Pain Of Salvation released their Road Salt Two album on September 26th in Europe. The album was released October 11th in North America via InsideOutMusic. The tracklisting is as follows:

'Road Salt Theme'

'Softly She Cries'

'Conditioned'

'Healing Now'

'To The Shoreline'

'Eleven'

'1979'

'The Deeper Cut'

'Mortar Grind'

'Through The Distance'

'The Physics Of Gridlock'

'End Credits'