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| | Subsurface | | | Music Artist : | | Threshold | | Music Style : | | General | | Record Label : | | Inside Out U.S. | | Release Date : | | 2004-09-13 | | Store Price : | | $17.98 | | Artistopia's Price: $17.98 | | Usually ships in 2 to 3 weeks | | |
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CD Tracks/Songs
Disc 11. Mission Profile
2. Ground Control
3. Opium
4. Stop Dead
5. The Art Of Reason
6. Pressure
7. Flags And Footprints
8. Static
9. The Destruction Of Word
10. What About Me? (bonus track)
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Customer Reviews of This Album/CD |
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 Threshold - Another Good One
Submitted on: 2008-05-20 |
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| Yet another strong album from one of the best kept secrets in progressive metal. The album has all the trademarks that fans of this band have come to love. Driving progressive metal with the occasional ballad and epic thrown in for good measure. If you do not already like Threshold this album probably won't change your mind, but if you are a fan this one ranks right up with their other releases. I don't think this album rises up to the level of my favorite Threshold disc "Hypothetical", but it is another very good album. |
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One of the best albums of progressive metal
Submitted on: 2007-02-12 |
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Threshold hits the top here. This is all i can say, this is a great work.
Only comparable to the album: "Hipotetical".
I recommend that everyone must listen a album before to buy, but i higly recommend this one! |
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Smashing Through the Surface!
Submitted on: 2007-02-01 |
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I'm relatively new to Threshold, but I did hear Hypothetical and Critical Mass before I checked out Subsurface. I was intrigued by Hypothetical, but CM didn't do much for me - I found it comparatively flat and uninteresting. I was hesitant to check out Subsurface because of some negative reviews I had read. Thankfully, this record blew those preconceptions to pieces!
Subsurface is a very tasteful, very mature work of progressive rock/metal art. The balance of musical influences is usually a perfect blend - it rocks hard, it's soft and subtle exactly where it needs to be, and it's just prog-enough to keep you on your toes. This latest release from Threshold is immediately accessible, and yet, the album models a fine wine, offering more flavor over time.
I'd have to say that my favorite thing about this record is the musical variety packed into almost every song. Threshold has the rare ability to smoothly (and I mean VERY smoothly) transition from major-metal to minor-melancholy to prog-pop to whatevertheywant, and it always sounds completely natural. The maturity in songwriting and execution is outstanding - it's a shame that this level of musicianship is rarely found in today's music, be it mainstream or underground.
One of the great things about this band (and there are several) is that they actually sound like a BAND instead of a group of highly talented artists who simply take turns tastelessly demonstrating how they've mastered their instruments. Threshold's focus is clearly on the quality of the song as a whole, always utilizing solos and technicality with uncommon subtlety and grace. The performance is cohesive, their songwriting is top-notch, and the crystal-clear production quality compliments all that the band has to offer.
I've heard that Threshold's next offering will be a bit darker and heavier. If that means a return to the ways of Critical Mass, I think they'll be limiting their capacity to create intelligent and colorful progressive metal. Let's hope that Dead Reckoning is a heavy AND natural step in the right direction! |
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 Get this only if you have all of the previous Threshold albums.
Submitted on: 2005-10-28 |
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| This is a sad review. Threshold is one of my favourite contemporary bands, Shadow Gallery and Ark being the other two. In fact, there isn't a single song in their catalog(except uneven Clone album), that I would rate as less than great. Something is changed here though, and it is even more inexplicable because it comes on the heels of the absolutely amazing Critical Mass record. What happened to the great riffs, complex choruses, songs full of ideas? The songs now seem devoid of ideas, dragging on by repeating some catchy notes. In addition to obvious problems with songwriting, the singer is singing with pop overtones that remind me of Bon Jovi(that's the worst comparison in my book). Don't get me wrong, if you've never heard Threshold, you probably won't be as nearly dissapointed as I am. Threshold set the standard so high with albums like Extinct Instinct (Damien Wilson on vocals) , Hypothetical(Glynn Morgan on vocals) and Critical Mass (with the same singer as this album), and it is difficult to come down to this. It is not really that stylistic differences, that bother me, after all Hypothetical was quite different from much of what preceded it, it's the lack of ideas and the singer's insistence on interpreting the material in the most poppy way possible. Get this only if you have all of the previous Threshold albums. |
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A musical journey like no other!
Submitted on: 2005-04-14 |
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| When I first put my headphones on (so as not to wake my sleeping wife...shhh!!!) and listened to Threshold's latest offering "Subsurface", I had no idea what I was in for! This is truly music for the new millenium and Threshold has taken a firm 'hold' on defining the genre for the coming years. This disc is the kind of emotional roller coaster that lyrically harkens back to the finest moments of Pink Floyd and musically was like hearing Stratovarius for the first time (I know...it has been a while though:-). I have not experienced chills when hearing a song for the very first time in a long while, but several on this masterpiece did just that! Including the opener "Mission Profile" and "The Art Of Reason"...WOW! Just unbelievable music! I'm not a big lyrics guy either, but I must say that Threshold's message is one I firmly believe in and stand for. All I can say is I can't wait to see (and hear!) what these guys will deliver next. For now however, I'm more than happy and content to play this cd until the thing-a-ma-bob-a-jigger whirlygig in my cd player quits spinning! 5 out of 5. |
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