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Topic: Threshold Posted: September 30 2007 at 13:42 |
Threshold are one of my favourite Prog Metal bands. Like so many bands in the Prog area they have struggled for years and never had the success they deserve and have released some excellent albums.
My own personal favourite is Hypothetical. For me, on this release they seem to have just about got the balance right between heavy yet tuneful riffs and their more Proggy elements,
So what's your favourite?
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ProgBagel
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Posted: September 30 2007 at 13:59 |
Critical Mass at the moment.
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Posted: September 30 2007 at 14:22 |
Subsurface ... an almost perfect album.
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Posted: September 30 2007 at 20:22 |
Critical Mass and Subsurface are fine albums and i like to listen them often but Dead Reckoning have that long song that i adore and i cast my vote for him ! Again,like in the other polls it is the first one in the poll ! It is the curse of the 1 !
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Posted: October 01 2007 at 00:46 |
Hard to choose between Hypothetical and Dead Reckoning for me but I chose Hypothetical which made me a Threshold fan.
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Posted: October 01 2007 at 03:12 |
I only have Subsurface and Dead Reckoning on CD. Threshold's music did not do much for me. They sound unnatural/plastic. I don't know, maybe it's just me, or maybe I should give both albums some more spins. Good band though.
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Posted: October 01 2007 at 06:51 |
Majestic_Mayhem wrote:
I only have Subsurface and Dead Reckoning on CD. Threshold's music did not do much for me. They sound unnatural/plastic. I don't know, maybe it's just me, or maybe I should give both albums some more spins. Good band though. |
Give Hypothetical a try, Narcissus is a fantastic song.
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Posted: October 01 2007 at 13:45 |
Subsurface is my absolute favorite, followed by Critical Mass. However, I've actually voted for Dead Reckoning in this poll because it is slowly growing on me and I feel will one day surpass those two.
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Posted: October 02 2007 at 15:13 |
sleeper wrote:
Majestic_Mayhem wrote:
I only have Subsurface and Dead Reckoning on CD. Threshold's music did not do much for me. They sound unnatural/plastic. I don't know, maybe it's just me, or maybe I should give both albums some more spins. Good band though. |
Give Hypothetical a try, Narcissus is a fantastic song.
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I agree, Hypothetical may just change your mind.
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Posted: October 02 2007 at 15:19 |
Hypothetical is my favorite - "Narcissus" is probably my favorite Threshold song.
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Posted: October 04 2007 at 10:46 |
And what about the track "Light and Space" from Hypotetical? I think it's one the best Threshold tracks ever, it's very good, IMO.
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Posted: October 04 2007 at 11:12 |
Hypothetical. Unfortunately none of their other albums that I've heard come close.
Edited by Forgotten Son - October 04 2007 at 11:17
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Posted: October 04 2007 at 14:11 |
I love all albums with Mac, and the one I keep coming back to is Critical Mass.
Tough call though, as Clone, Hypothetical, Subsurface and Dead Reckoning are all great albums.
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Posted: October 05 2007 at 01:35 |
well threshold's latest "Dead Reckoning" is the best for me... they are more heavier than any other of their albums... the production is great too... i think threshold keeps getting better and better in every release... this makes Surface and Critical Mass my next choices.
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Posted: October 05 2007 at 02:52 |
Psychadelicatessen...
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Posted: October 05 2007 at 08:48 |
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Psychadelicatessen... |
Not my favourite but a very underrated album.
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Posted: October 05 2007 at 15:08 |
I have all but the first.. so let me vote:
PSYCHEDELICATESSEN - borders on bad, Lynn's voice borders on atrocity
CRITICAL MASS - Like Clone, good but not memorable... 1/2
DEAD RECKONING - it grows with each listen.. some good songs with some boring ones... the epics, which used to be the band's best songs, now are the weakest ones... 1/2
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Posted: October 05 2007 at 15:53 |
Really? I've only heard the full version of Pilot in the Sky of Dreams live with Wilson on vocals, and it was fantastic.
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Posted: October 05 2007 at 15:57 |
sleeper wrote:
Really? I've only heard the full version of Pilot in the Sky of Dreams live with Wilson on vocals, and it was fantastic.
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yes... I mena, they're not bad, but not in the level of Narcissus or The Ravages of Time or The Art of Reason or Unicorn.... they lack the tension-building, the climatic choruses, the melodies...for me, that is...
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Posted: October 05 2007 at 16:04 |
The T wrote:
CLONE - overrated decent album... not enough memorable melodies or anything |
I have to be honest....your comments surprise me greatly.... I LOVE Clone.... bought it as soon as it was released back in 1998, and have possibly listened to it more times than any CD in my collection over the last decade.....
....for me, Clone is their MOST melodic album....Freaks, Angels, Latent gene, Goodbye Mother Earth, Sunrise On Earth...all melodic as hell!!! A solid 4.5/5 album in my oppinion, and slightly better than Hypothetical (4/5)
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