ProgCenter - Threshold 1/4 - Psychedelicatessen (1994)

Today I will start a theme that will have 4 different posts. Why 4 do you ask? because the next band I am talking next, can be divided in 4 different parts, maybe even 4, but I'm only focusing on musical/voice aspects

Threshold are a real singular band, It won't be easy for you to find a similar band as Threshold. With a Political oriented music and lyrics, with a cadence that follows the differente rythm of each part on any song, this Band formed in Surrey, UK in 1988 released by now 10 studio albums, being their current line up the following

• Karl Groom - lead guitars (the oldest in the band)
• Richard West - keyboards
• Johanne James - drums
• Steve Anderson - bass
• Pete Morten - rhythm guitars
• Damian Wilson - lead vocals

I will not talk about their first work, but I will talk about the 1994 album Psychedelicatessen.

This name could be a name for a german progressive band single, but no, is from the English band Threshold. In 1994 the band formation was this one

• Karl Groom - lead guitars
• Jon Jeary - bass
• Nick Midson - rhythm guitars
• Richard West - keyboards
• Nick Harradence - drums
• Glynn Morgan - lead vocals

The reason I'm talking of this album is because this is the only album with Glynn Morgan on vocals and the most raw and harsh album I know from them. With clear influence form the heavy metal and hard rock, that was being made back then in the early 1990's. The progressive elements are present, but not as much as in future albums. 

Psychedelicatessen track list is this one:

1. "Sunseeker" (Karl Groom, Jon Jeary, Nick Midson, Richard West) – 7:38
2. "A Tension of Souls" (Groom, Jeary) – 7:10
3. "Into the Light" (Groom, Jeary) – 10:00
4. "Will to Give" (Glyn Morgan) – 4:54
5. "Under the Sun" (West) – 3:05
6. "Babylon Rising" (Groom, Jeary) – 4:42
7. "He Is I Am" (Groom, Jeary) – 5:51
8. "Innocent" (Morgan) – 4:43
9. "Devoted" (Groom, Jeary) – 7:32
10. "Lost" (Jeary) - 2:41
11. Intervention (Groom, Jeary, Midson) - 7:53

 Here is one of the songs that I like on this album, is by far one of least albums that I like from Threshold, but from here we can identify some important influences from the divergence their sound makes a bit from here. The music that follows is He is I am, track number 7 from Psychedelicatessen

Soon I will post the part 2 of this theme about Threshold