DEAD RECKONING

Threshold had me worried when said that their new album would feature death growls yet an even more accessible sound. These two factors, to me sounded terrible. Subsurface was almost a pop album and bar Opeth I greatly dislike death metal growls. Being a long-time fan though I went ahead and bought the album and I can safely say I was pleasently surprised.

Firts of all Dead Reakoning is a metal album, DT this is not, however that doesn't mean there isn't any prog here. PITSOD (the best abbreviation ever!) changes from piano ballad to metal song to epic climax effortlessly, and FfB isn't exactly short either. All of the songs here are good, even though Elusive took a while to grow on me. Threshold and metal fans alike will fall for this album, but it's radio-friendly edge might put off major prog fans.

My rating... 3/5. A great album and a superb addition to any hard rock collection.