Threshold - Dead Reckoning
Tracklist
01. Slipstream [feat. Dan Swanö]02. This Is Your Life
03. Elusive [feat. Dan Swanö]
04. Hollow
05. Pilot In The Sky Of Dreams
06. Fighting For Breath
07. Disappear
08. Safe To Fly
09. One Degree Down
10. Supermassive Black Hole [Muse cover] [digipak bonus]
Line-up
Andrew "Mac" McDermott - vocals
Richard West - keyboards
Karl Groom - guitars
Johanne James - drums
Steve Anderson - bass
Guest musicians:
Dan Erland Swanö - vocals
Andrew "Mac" McDermott - vocals
Richard West - keyboards
Karl Groom - guitars
Johanne James - drums
Steve Anderson - bass
Guest musicians:
Dan Erland Swanö - vocals
Additional info
Deluxe version available exclusively as a download includes instrumental versions of songs.
Rating:
8.6
8.6
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Rating:
8.6 |
The leading UK progressive band Threshold has had a long career, going through seven studio albums already. I have always considered them more or less as a nice progressive rock or hard rock combo with Metal elements. Either way, there is no doubt that they have been a pillar band in the progressive scene all those years. Knowing all of this, it may come as a surprise that their latest album might just be my favorite progressive album of the year. Read more ›› |
Rating:
9.1
9.1
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Rating:
9.1 |
I don't write this review as an utmost expert of the band, I write it as a growing fan, having listened to one other album, "Hypothetical" and taking an interest in the band. From Hypothetical I got the impression that this Threshold band were a fairly typical, if actually substantially more catchy, Progressive Metal band with slight Hard Rock tendencies (in my opinion), and an overall quite epic commercialism to them. In simpler terms: VERY melodic metal put through the progressive wringer. I was actually really looking forward to this album as a result, and I was surely not disappointed at all. I was at first slightly put off by the album's more resoundingly commercial sound. The other Threshold songs I had heard were obviously very melodic and catchy, but this time around there seemed to be quite a few more that were focused on the catchiness of the melodies, and less on an epic expansive structure, but I mistook more simple songs for hollowness. Yes, I was indeed a moron, for this album is equally as good as Hypothetical. Songs such as "Slipstream" and "This Is Your Life" may be more commercial (with Slipstream having quite a hard rocky touch to the main verse: nice touch, actually), but it is also equally as powerful, catchy and memorable. Read more ›› |
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Posts: 4774 Written by JÄY on 22.12.2012 at 07:58 I see that you've heeded my advice in the Riff oriented Prog metal suggestions thread =P
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Fantastic... This is fantastic prog metal. Threshold is in top form, and the riffs and hooks dont stop flying at you.
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Nice album but not exceptional, has more riffing than the previous releases and reminds me of Savatage sometimes which is a big plus for me, especially the vocals, where "Slipstream" is a good example of that.
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