Radio Metal has issued an interview with PAIN OF SALVATION composer/singer Daniel Gildenlöw. An excerpt follows:

Q: "You’re currently on tour with Opeth. When speaking with Michael Akerfeldt he told us: “I wasn’t a big fan of Pain Of Salvation until their last album came out. I really like that album. It clicks with me better than the other stuffs that they did. I thought they were a good band before but this album really is something that I listen to, which was not the case with previous albums.” So what’s your opinion about Heritage, the latest Opeth album?

A: "It would be much, much better if I had listened to that album right now, I feel… (laughs) I’m going to listen to it and then you’ll have to get back with that question. I’ve been so involved in the Road Salt albums and being on tour now, I genuinely didn’t have time to. I’ve really been annoyed because I really wanted to watch at least one of the Opeth shows, but during the Opeth show, after our show, we really need to get food, because that’s the only time of the day where we have a chance to eat, so I’m missing it every night. I can say one thing; I think that his voice is extremely comfortable. I really like listening to his voice, and personally I’m really happy that he’s sort of not doing the growling anymore. But I understand that probably a lot of the Opeth fans are really annoyed by that fact."

Read the full interview at this location.

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'