I don't really "get" the hype behind Pain of Salvation. I listened to Remedy Lane a few weeks ago and thought it was pretty awful. To me they sound like a second-rate Faith No More mixed with the worst aspects of Dream Theater. Daniel Gildenlow tries to do way too many things with his voice, not to mention he also has a penchant for being overly melodramatic, a la James Labrie. Mike Patton can pull off just about every vocal style better than Gildenlow can, and with a sense of humor to boot.

As for the eclectic aspects of their sound, PoS (terrible, yet somehow fitting acronym) can't make it flow very well with the music, which is a shame since the band is clearly talented--they need to tighten up and improve their songwriting, and tone down the cheesiness a bit. Until then, I'll spend my time listening to Faith No More or Mr. Bungle. They did this sort of music first, and better.