Kristoffer Gildenlöw Releases Humanised

Kristoffer Gildenlöw has released Humanised, his new solo album. The album returns to his progressive metal roots after his 2024 album Empty moved toward progressive rock. Humanised is described as technically successful while retaining the emotional weight of his previous work.

The album includes Leo Margarit on drums and Daniel Magdič as a guest guitarist. Margarit was one of the candidates for the drum position on Humanised. Gildenlöw handled all parts on the album apart from the guest solos. Some of the songs had been waiting in basic form for years.

The theme of Humanised centers on the idea of what it means to be human or to become human. Binary is about a robot or artificial intelligence that acquires human emotions and falls in love with a human. The song The Almosts is built around two chords and contains layered textures and melodies.

Gildenlöw previously spent 12 years as the bassist of Pain Of Salvation and played on the group’s first five studio albums.