Tag: Karl Groom

  • Review – Galahad – The Long Goodbye

    Review – Galahad – The Long Goodbye

    Music, when soft voices die, vibrates in the memory. – Percy Bysshe Shelley. Music is essential and life would not be complete without it, where words fail, music can always express what we are feeling and Galahad have always had that uncanny knack of resonating with me on a sub conscious level. This long revered…

  • Review – Threshold – Dividing Lines

    Review – Threshold – Dividing Lines

    In a time when the world is in uproar and chaos we need something familiar, something grounded that we can keep hold of to steady ourselves and music is one of those things that can provide that stability. When one of your favourite bands releases a new album, like a familiar friend, it is something…

  • Review – Galahad – The Last Great Adventurer

    Review – Galahad – The Last Great Adventurer

    “A great song should lift your heart, warm the soul and make you feel good.” Colbie Caillat. A simple caveat to an art form that transforms our daily lives into something utterly different. If you’re like me than music can take you to a much better place, my life would not be what it is…

  • Threshold announce new album ‘Dividing Lines’+reveal first single & music video for?’Silenced’

    Threshold announce new album ‘Dividing Lines’+reveal first single & music video for?’Silenced’

    THRESHOLD return with their 12th full length album ‘Dividing Lines’, which is set to be released on 18th November via Nuclear Blast Records. ‘Dividing Lines’ marks the second album since the return of former vocalist Glynn Morgan, who reunited with the band on their previous effort ‘Legends Of The Shires’ (2017). A darker album than ‘Legends Of The…

  • Review – Galahad – Seas of Change – by Kevin Thompson

    Review – Galahad – Seas of Change – by Kevin Thompson

    A columnist from an upmarket daily mentioned recently, that this time of year isn’t good for new music. How do these people get employed? Two weeks into the new year and the quality of releases out and arriving are breathtaking, in scope and variation. Anticipation is at fever pitch at the expectation of numerous releases…

  • Interview with Karl Groom of Threshold – by Progradar

    Interview with Karl Groom of Threshold – by Progradar

    This year legendary British prog-metal stalwarts Threshold released their 11th album ‘Legends Of The Shires’ on the 8th September. I interviewed founding member, songwriter and guitarist Karl Groom about the new release and a few other interesting questions came about… Progradar – I think Legends of the Shires is your best album yet but, as…

  • Review – Threshold – Legends Of The Shires – by Progradar

    Review – Threshold – Legends Of The Shires – by Progradar

    Threshold return with their 11th full length release ‘Legend Of The Shires’. One of progressive metal’s most enduring bands formed in 1988 and released their first album in 1993, twenty four years later their “colossal double concept album” sees them stretching the boundaries of the genre once again. Described as “A monster of an album…”…

  • Threshold announce new tour dates + album title!

    Threshold announce new tour dates + album title!

    After ten successful years with the label Nuclear Blast, British progressive protagonists THRESHOLD have signed a new contract and extended their partnership with the label. Furthermore, they have also announced plans for their next release. THRESHOLD are currently recording their 11th masterpiece at Thin Ice Studios in England, a new concept album that will be…