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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…
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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…
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Review – League Of Lights – Dreamers Don’t Come Down – by Martin Hutchinson
League Of Lights are an electronic prog-pop duo comprised of Farrah and Richard West. Their third and most accomplished album to date, ‘Dreamers Don’t Come Down’ is an outstanding collection of songs that is redolent in places of early ’80s synth pioneers like John Foxx, as well as ’00s exponents of the genre such as…
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Art pop-rock duo League Of Lights announce new album ‘Dreamers Don’t Come Down’
Single Twenty Twenty One to be released December 4th 2020, Album pre-orders opened December 2nd 2020 Art pop-rock duo LEAGUE OF LIGHTS, comprising married couple Farrah and Richard West (Threshold), are pleased to announce their forthcoming third album Dreamers Don’t Come Down. The follow up to their 2019 album, In The In Between, is due out in…
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Album Review – League of Lights – In The In Between
League of Lights – the electronic rock/synth pop duo featuring couple Farrah and Richard West. Farrah and Richard met on the outskirts of London, crossing paths for the first time in the mid 1990’s. Many years later they assembled a stellar cast of luminaries comprising Dutch guitarist Ruud Jolie (Within Temptation), American drummer Mark Zonder…
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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…
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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…”…
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THRESHOLD – RICHARD WEST DISCUSSES HAVING GLYNN MORGAN BACK ON VOCALS + THE CAMEO OF FOUNDER MEMBER JON JEARY
UK progressive metal quintet THRESHOLD are set to release their colossal double concept album Legends Of The Shires on September 8th?via Nuclear Blast. In anticipation of the new release, the band have started rolling out trailers discussing various aspects of the album. In today’s trailer, keyboard player Richard West discusses Glynn Morgan returning to take…
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THRESHOLD announce new album ‘Legends Of The Shires’ & unveil artwork. Listen to epic first single ‘Lost In Translation’
British Progressive icons THRESHOLD have announced their new album ‘Legends Of The Shires’ will be released via Nuclear Blast on 8th September. Today the band unveiled the first single from the release, the ultra-Prog epic ‘ Lost In Translation’ which has a song length of over ten minutes! Commented Threshold’s Richard West?”We’ve made a monster…
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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…