I was initially disappointed with the lack of growls, but I can see this album getting better after a few more listens. Still, I doubt I'll ever consider it as good as My Arms Your Hearse or Blackwater Park.
Same here.
Check out Disillusion or Dark Suns. Although they don't really sound like Pain of Salvation, they're both dramatic prog metal. (And Disillusion is amazing)
(Included my favorite song from each album also)
1. Glory Opera - Equilibrium (Drowning into Madness)
2. The Receiving End of Sirens - The Earth Sings Mi Fa Mi (Pale Blue Dot)
3. Between the Buried and Me - Colors (White Walls)
4. Nightwish - Dark Passion Play (The Poet and the Pendulum)...
Sea, check out these samples from Kalisia's new album (progressive death metal). Sounds ridiculously epic.
http://kalisia.free.fr/mp3/cybion1.mp3
http://kalisia.free.fr/mp3/cybion2.mp3