The English Threshold is a fixed value in heavy metal / prog rock. The only thing that sometimes changes is the line-up, because not only was there regularly a vacancy for the position of singer and drummer, also bassist and co-founder John Jeary has left the band and has been replaced. The Threshold albums, however, remain consistently high quality, but at the same time offer few surprises. This
… also applies to the seventh studio album Subsurface (2004). Here too the tight metal riffs alternate with long guitar solos and symphonic synthesizer elements that determine the sound of the band. Lyrically, Threshold is inspired by the 'state of the world', and Subsurface has a not very positive and hopeful vision of the future. (IV)more
