Jai That Aussie Metal Guy And The Bloody Legends
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British Progressive Rock legends Threshold recently released their new album Dividing Lines on November 18th via Nuclear Blast Records and I caught up with vocalist Glynn Morgan last week to talk all things Threshold and the latest album Dividing Lines. Formed in leafy Surrey in the late '80s, THRESHOLD truly blossomed in the following decade, and swiftly established themselves as the UK's chief progressive metal standard bearers. From 1993's Wounded Land debut onwards, the enduring creative core of guitarist Karl Groom and keyboard maestro Richard West constructed a unique new strain of heavy, progressive music, combining incisive melodies, thought-provoking lyrics, and intricate but thunderous arrangements. Whether fronted by current vocalist Glynn Morgan, who first sang with THRESHOLD on 1994's Psychedelicatessen, the late, great Andrew 'Mac' McDermott (a member from 1998 to 2007), or three-time alumnus Damian Wilson, THRESHOLD have marched inexorably forward across three decades of creative fervor, arguably hitting a new peak of potency on the conceptual and musical splurge of 2017's Legends Of The Shires. With Glynn Morgan back in the fold, the Brits' enduring line-up of Groom, West, drummer Johanne James and bassist Steve Anderson somehow pushed themselves to new heights, receiving widespread acclaim and finding themselves in more demand than ever before. Despite the unavoidable setback of a global pandemic, THRESHOLD arrive in 2022 in the best of health. "The album title is about the walls between us, and how we always prefer to fight against each other instead of working together," West notes. "It's about how resentment builds up because we don't know what to do when other people have a different point of view from us. It's also about how we seem predisposed not to trust each other, and prefer to exist in a culture of 'us and them'. However far we've come, we don't seem to be able to stop drawing dividing lines." If the future of this planet looks bleak, at least the soundtrack will be spectacular. Dividing Lines is an album of shadows and light, of despair and hope; the human experience, rendered in dazzling, widescreen colours and performed with all the intensity and passion that has typified THRESHOLD's more than three decades of active service. The UK's kings of prog metal are back, and ready to conquer the world all over again. "We're waiting to see how things stand in the autumn. If it all looks okay, we'll hopefully book up a tour for next spring," West concludes. "With Legends, we played in about 20 countries, so I'm hoping we can do the same again, and hopefully get to Australia at last! We're all really impatient! We just want to release the album. We want to get back out there. It's been a long time, but it's all going ahead so we're really happy." Sales link: https://www.jbhifi.com.au/search?page... Digital Sales link: https://bfan.link/dividing-lines Watch 'Silenced': https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XszH7... Watch 'Small Dark Lines': https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e9NCu... Watch 'King Of Nothing': https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fOx_p... Watch 'Complex': https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3XZ4c...
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