Threshold (band)

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Threshold
Threshold in 2017. L-R: Johanne James, Richard West, Glynn Morgan, Karl Groom, Steve Anderson.
Background information
Origin	Surrey, England
Genres	Progressive metal
Years active	1988–present
Labels	Giant Electric Pea Nuclear Blast Inside Out Music
Members	Karl Groom Richard West Glynn Morgan Johanne James Steve Anderson
Past members	Nick Midson Jon Jeary Tony Grinham Pete Crawford Damian Wilson Ian Bennett Nick Harradence Jay Micciche Mark Heaney Andrew "Mac" McDermott Pete Morten
Website	thresh.net

Threshold are an English progressive metal band formed in Surrey in the late 1980s.

History

1988–1992

Threshold began their career in 1988, initially playing covers of metal groups like

and drummer Tony Grinham, produced their first commercial recording, "Intervention," which was released on a Dutch progressive rock compilation album. Shortly afterwards, keyboardist Richard West joined the band, and he remains with them to this day.

1993–1999

The band's debut album,

.

Threshold took a break before their next effort, during which time Morgan and then-drummer Jay Micciche left to form Mindfeed. Rather than finding an unknown singer to replace him, the band turned again to Damian Wilson, and together they recorded 1997's

and would remain with them until 2007.

2000–2005

In 2001, Threshold released Hypothetical, which saw Johanne James firmly cemented as the band's permanent drummer. Another lineup change occurred in 2003, when bassist Jon Jeary left and was replaced by Steve Anderson. Around this time the band also re-released their first three studio albums in Special Editions, with bonus tracks, a remastered sound, expanded liner notes and, in the case of Wounded Land and Psychedelicatessen, special CD-ROM content. Their newer albums, starting with Hypothetical, were released in Limited Editions, with similar bonus content. The albums Critical Mass (2002) and Subsurface (2004) followed, interspersed by the double live album and DVD Critical Energy.^[1]

2006–2011

Threshold left their longtime label, InsideOut Music, in 2006 to join

. This marks the first occasion of a song by the band appearing in a motion picture. In July 2007 vocalist Mac left the band and original singer Damian Wilson returned as Threshold's frontman for the first time in nearly a decade for the band's tour dates which extended into 2009. Pete Morten replaced Midson as guitarist for the tour and later albums. InsideOut Music released the first official Threshold compilation in November 2007. The album The Ravages of Time is a two-disc set covering all of the band's official albums from Wounded Land to Dead Reckoning. In 2009 the band released a limited edition eight-disc singles box set, including previously unreleased b-sides and brand new re-recordings of old demo songs released in other forms before, including Smile at the Moon, (which was debuted live on the 2009 Essence of Progression Tour), Shifting Sands, Half Way Home and Fist of Tongues. On 3 August 2011, former vocalist Andrew McDermott died of kidney failure.

2012–2017

On 24 August 2012, Nuclear Blast announced the release of March of Progress. It was the first album to feature Damian Wilson on vocals since 1997. The album was followed on 19 September 2014 by the band's tenth studio album For the Journey.^[2] The following year the band released the double live album "European Journey" recorded during their November 2014 tour. In February 2017, Pete Morten left Threshold to focus on his own projects, and the following month Threshold announced that they had parted ways with Damian Wilson.

2017–present

Glynn Morgan, the band's former vocalist from 1994 to 1996 replaced Damian Wilson for the album Legends of the Shires released in September 2017. The album entered the top 20 of the national album charts in Germany and Switzerland and spawned a music video for the song "Small Dark Lines". The following year the band released the live album "Two-Zero-One-Seven" recorded during their 2017 European tour. In July 2021 Threshold announced that they were back in the studio recording their twelfth studio album, teasing that "if Legends of the Shires had a slightly darker, moodier older brother then this would be it".^[3] In July 2022, the band announced their 12th album would be titled Dividing Lines, and it was released on 18 November 2022.^[4]

Personnel

• Threshold at Luppolo in Rock, 22 July 2023
• 
  Groom
• 
  West
• 
  James
• 
  Anderson
• 
  Morgan

Timeline

Discography

Studio albums

Album details	Peak positions
	UK	UK (Rock)	SCO	AUT [6]	FIN [7]	FRA [8]	GER [9]	NLD [10]	SWE [11]	SWI [12]
Wounded Land Released: 1 September 1993 Label: GEP	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Psychedelicatessen Released: 1 November 1994 Label: GEP	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Extinct Instinct Released: 10 March 1997 Label: GEP	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Clone Released: 20 November 1998 Label: GEP	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Hypothetical Released: 20 March 2001 Label: Inside Out Music	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Critical Mass Released: 2 September 2002 Label: Inside Out Music	—	—	—	—	—	—	78	—	—	—
Subsurface Released: 3 August 2004 Label: Inside Out Music	—	—	—	—	—	—	66	—	—	—
Dead Reckoning Released: 28 March 2007 Label: Nuclear Blast	—	37	—	—	—	—	64	95	—	—
March of Progress Released: 24 August 2012 Label: Nuclear Blast	—	23	—	55	—	102	28	70	43	30
For the Journey Released: 19 September 2014 Label: Nuclear Blast	116	3	—	71	33	118	33	74	—	19
Legends of the Shires Released: 8 September 2017 Label: Nuclear Blast	90	5	56	31	—	163	13	—	—	14
Dividing Lines Release date: 18 November 2022 Label: Nuclear Blast	—	9	76	67	—	—	34	—	—	14
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Compilations

• The Ravages of Time – The Best of Threshold (2007)

Live albums

• Livedelica (1995) – also included in Special Edition of Psychedelicatessen
• Concert in Paris (2002)
• Critical Energy (2004, 2CDs) – also included in Special Edition containing both 2CD and DVD versions
• Surface to Stage (2006) – also reissued as a 2CD Expanded Edition with extra tracks in 2021.
• European Journey (2015)
• Two-Zero-One-Seven (2018)

DVD

• Critical Energy (2004)

Singles

• "Paradox"
• "Sunseeker"
• "Innocent"
• "Virtual Isolation"
• "Freaks"
• "Light and Space"
• "Phenomenon"
• "Mission Profile"
• "Pressure"
• "Pilot in the Sky of Dreams"
• "Supermassive Black Hole"
• "Watchtower on the Moon" (2014)^[13]
• "Turned to Dust" (2014)
• "Unforgiven" (2014)^[14]
• "Lost in Translation" (2017)
• "Small Dark Lines" (2017)
• "Stars and Satellites" (2017)
• "Silenced" (2022)
• "King Of Nothing" (2022)
• "Complex" (2022)
• "Haunted" (2022)

Music videos

• Innocent (1994)
• Fragmentation (acoustic version) (2003)
• Pressure (2004)
• Pilot in the Sky of Dreams (2007)
• Staring at the Sun (2013)
• Unforgiven (2014)
• Small Dark Lines (2017)
• Silenced (2022)

Remixes and rarities album

• Decadent
  (1999) – remixes and radio edits
• Wireless: Acoustic Sessions
  (2003) – acoustic recordings
• Replica (2004) – alternative versions and previously unreleased songs
• Paradox: The Singles Collection (2009) – eight CD singles box set

References

External links

• Official website
• Threshold on Facebook