Threshold are currently working on material for a new studio album. No firm details are available at the moment, but the band hope to record sometime over the summer. Meanwhile guitarist Karl Groom is currently completing production on a new album for Galahad at Thin Ice Studios (England) entitled Empires Never Last, including a guest guitar solo performance on the track Sidewinder. He has also recently finished production on the new Intense album which includes guest keyboards by Richard West, and is currently working on a new album for ShadowKeep. Meanwhile in Germany, vocalist Mac is writing and singing on a new album with the power metal band Galoglass, and he's also half way through making a new Yargos album.

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YARGOS - is the name of the latest project from Threshold front man Andrew "MAC" McDermott.

Mastermind, composer and musician Wieland "Wielo" Hofmeister (guit / keys), Producer Osssy Pfeiffer (piano / keys / drums) and Anca Graterol (voc) did not need much time to convince Mac that the powerful Prog-Rock-Project YARGOS was not something to be turned down lightly. Featuring Andreas "Andy" Kienitz (solo guitar - HYDROTOXIN, HUMAN FORTRESS) and Peter Pichl (bass - RUNNING WILD).

The album TO BE OR NOT TO BE is "in the bag" and is only waiting for a suitable label-partner. Release should be in autumn parallel to the single WHY?

* Samples available online : http://www.yargos.de/

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yargos.de

SWISS CONCERT

Threshold are planning to release a new live fan club album recorded last year at the Z7 in Pratteln, Switzerland during the Subsurface tour. The album is expected to be a double CD featuring the following setlist:

1. Mission Profile
2. Ground Control
3. Freaks
4. Into The Light
5. Echoes Of Life
6. Long Way Home
7. Opium
8. The Art Of Reason
9. Pressure
10. The Ravages Of Time
11. Light And Space
12. Flags And Footprints (encore)
13. Fragmentation (encore)

This will be Threshold's 5th fan club CD release, following the very popular Replica CD released in 2004. You can buy Replica and other band merchandise at http://shop.thresh.net.

GERMAN FESTIVAL

Threshold will be back on stage next month at the Rock Hard Festival in Germany. The Festival takes place from 13-15 May, with Threshold performing on Sunday 15 May alongside bands including Masterplan, Overkill, Sentenced and Accept. See http://www.rockhardfestival.de for more details.

OTHER PROJECTS

Keyboard player Richard West is currently recording solos for a progressive supergoup headed up by Michael Harris (guitar, guitar synth, keyboards) with Enchant vocalist Ted Leonard and Haji's Kitchen rhythm section Rob Stankiewicz and Derek Blakely. More guest appearances may also be included, and the album is due to be mixed next month.

Guitarist Karl Groom is currently at Thin Ice Studios starting production on the new album by power metallers Dragon Force, following the success of their previous album Sonic Firestorm. The band line-up will include Bal Sagoth's drummer Dave Mackintosh, and is due to be mixed in July or August.

Threshold also hope to mix their latest live album at Thin Ice Studios sometime over the next couple of months.

- THRESHOLD NEWSLETTER

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Threshold's forthcoming studio album Subsurface has now been mixed at Thin Ice Studios and is due for release through Inside Out Music in July. The track listing will be:

1. Mission Profile
2. Ground Control
3. Opium
4. Stop Dead
5. The Art of Reason
6. Pressure
7. Flags and Footprints
8. Static
9. The Destruction of Words
10. What about me (bonus track)

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On February 2nd Threshold will release there first ever Live-Double Album and Live-DVD. The Double CD featuring the 2 hour gig, which was recorded on the 6th of June in Holland. The DVD includes the complete concert, additional 24 minutes from ProgPower USA 2002, a 12 minute tour documentary, audio commentary from Karl Groom and Richard West and a stereo and 5.1 surround mix. 'Critical Energy' will be also available as Limited Deluxe DVD-Pak.

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Threshold have now finished mixing the audio for their forthcoming Critical Energy DVD and double CD. Karl and Richard also recorded an additional commentary track for the DVD. The track list for the release is as follows:

1. Phenomenon
2. Oceanbound
3. Choices
4. Angels
5. Falling Away
6. Virtual Isolation
7. Innocent
8. Long way home
9. Fragmentation 10. Clear
11. Life Flow (acoustic version)
12. Narcissus (hybrid version)
13. Sunseeker
14. The Latent Gene
15. Light And Space
16. Sunrise On Mars (encore)
17. Paradox (encore)
18. Sanity's End (encore)

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