Threshold - Legends Of The Shires (2017)

If You have been paying attention, You may know that Damian Wilson is no longer threshold's Vocalist, in a way I understand, if it's true that Damian has an amazing voice, the vocal range is not so big, Threshold were stuck in a sonority in the two albums with him, With the re-entrance of Glynn Morgan, they can approach new sonorities due to the more powerful voice Glynn has. The song already revealed made satisfied in a simple song we see more innovation than in the last 5 years, don't get me wrong I love March of Progress and For The Journey but in these albums I missed something else to go with the amazing regular prog, missed something powerful that Glynn or Andrew McDermott use to give us.
In this song Lost In Translation is noticeable a more powerful song, yet keeping the melody and the match with Glynn's voice, However some parts of the verses are yet constructed around Damian's voice and that is noticeable, if you hear you will notice what I'm saying. Nonetheless I really enjoyed this new song and I'm waiting for the new album.

I will post something more of this new album once it's released.

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