UK progressive metallers Threshold have announced on their official Facebook page the cancellation of all their pre-release shows planned for April 2012. The reason for the cancellation is due to vocalist Damian Wilson's illness, delaying the band's plans but the band will still continue the recording process of their upcoming studio album March Of Progress.

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Event:	Threshold: March Of Progress - Pre-Release Shows [CANCELLED]

British progressive metallers Threshold have announced that their new album will be called March Of Progress and is due for release through Nuclear Blast Records in 2012. The provisional song titles on the new album are "Ashes", "Return Of The Thought Police", "Colophon", "Staring At The Sun", "Liberty Complacency Dependency", "Divinity", "The Hours", "Don't Look Down", "That's Why We Came", "The Rubicon" and "Coda".

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British progressive metallers Threshold are currently at Thin Ice Studios (DragonForce, Pendragon) in Surrey, England, to record their ninth studio album, the follow-up to Dead Reckoning, released in 2007.

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Andrew "Mac" McDermott, the former lead singer of UK progressive metallers Threshold, reportedly passed away in England last Wednesday, August 3rd. He succumbed to kidney failure after spending four days in a coma. He was only 45 years old.

McDermott had "serious health problems" in the months leading up to his death, according to a June 2011 statement from the German melodic metal band PowerWorld, with whom McDermott recorded the 2010 album Human Parasite.

Commented Threshold guitarist Karl Groom: "Mac played a large part in the story of Threshold and appeared on five studio albums. He also sang on numerous fan club releases and live albums. Although I have not seen him since 2007 for the last video shoot in Leipzig, he still remains in our minds and there is a big sense of loss. I have spoken to and seen ex-members of the band over the last two days who are all very saddened by this turn of events. We remember Mac as being so vibrant and full of life, so find this news is hard to accept."

Added Threshold keyboard player Richard West: "Mac had such a big personality and one of the world's greatest rock voices, it's so very sad that we lost him so young. Our thoughts and prayers are with his family and loved ones."

Stated Ilker Ersin of PowerWorld: "A friend is gone! We are very sad about our big loss. We can't find the right words in this moment. Our sympathy and condolence goes to his family. The world lost a gently, nice, honest and warm-hearted person. We will miss him."

"I'm very sad about our big loss," PowerWorld bassist Ilker Ersin stated about his former bandmate's passing. "I can't find the right words in this moment."

McDermott performed in clubs in England and tried to establish a band there in his early years before he moved to Germany to join the band Sargant Fury. After three albums, the band dissolved and in 1998 McDermott joined Threshold as lead singer, replacing Damian Wilson.

Shortly after the release of Threshold's 2007 album Dead Reckoning, McDermott left the band, resulting in Wilson's return to the group.

McDermott's most recent musical project was Swamp Freaks, which "took some of the cool 'n' heavy from the '70s Led Zeppeling, Black Sabbath] and mashed it up with some '90s anarchy Pearl Jam, Nirvana, Alice In Chains] threw in some Red Hot Chili Peppers and a sprinkle of punk rock," according to the band's Facebook page.

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UK-based progressive metal outfit Threshold will soon return to the studio to complete work on their forthcoming ninth studio album. The follow-up to 2007's Dead Reckoning is due for release through Nuclear Blast Records in 2012.

The album is once again being recorded at Thin Ice Studios in the UK with producers Karl Groom and Richard West. The band has been working on the new material since November last year.

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UK progressive metallers Threshold have started writing material for the follow up to their last album Dead Reckoning. The new album is due for release through Nuclear Blast Records sometime in 2011.

Threshold will record the new volume at Thin Ice Studios in the UK, with production as usual by Karl Groom and Richard West. The band's last studio album Dead Reckoning was released in 2007 and enjoyed chart success in the UK, Germany and Holland. Threshold have since released a double album compilation The Ravages Of Time and a box set entitled Paradox - The Singles Collection.

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Progressive metallers Threshold have have won awards for best singer, best drummer and best album track at the Classic Rock Society awards in the UK.

- Best Vocalist: Damian Wilson (Threshold)
- Best Drummer: Johanne James (Threshold)
- Best Album Track: Pilot In The Sky Of Dreams (Threshold)

Johanne James won the best drummer award for the second consecutive year. Damian Wilson won the best vocalist award after returning to the band for last year's tour. The best album track award was won by Richard West's song Pilot In The Sky Of Dreams from Threshold's latest studio album Dead Reckoning.

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Band profile:	Threshold

Threshold will release their first ever "Best Of" collection in November, featuring over 140 minutes of music from all their studio albums plus some previously unreleased radio edits. The album will be released by Threshold's previous label Inside Out Music. The tracklisting for the compilation, entitled "The Ravages Of Time (The Best of Threshold)", was selected by the band in conjunction with the label. "The decision to include the unreleased single edits was because we know there are a lot of fans who are frustrated when there are edits made but not available on CD", commented Richard West. "Of course there wasn't room for everything but between us we thought it was a good overall list."

The artwork (click here) was designed by Thomas Ewerhard, who was responsible for many of Threshold's previous album covers including the iconic Hypothetical and Subsurface. The new cover was originally created for the band's previous album when it had the working title of "Pilot In The Sky Of Dreams". The 24 page booklet will include a new biography written by Trevor Raggatt.

The Ravages Of Time track listing:

CD One: The Latter Years
01. Slipstream (radio edit)
02. Light And Space (edit)
03. Mission Profile
04. Falling Away
05. The Ravages Of Time
06. Phenomenon
07. Pressure (radio edit)
08. Fragmentation
09. Oceanbound
10. The Art Of Reason
11. Pilot In The Sky Of Dreams (radio edit)
Total running time: 71:29

CD Two: The Former Years
01. The Latent Gene
02. A Tension Of Souls
03. Eat The Unicorn
04. Consume To Live
05. Innocent
06. Exposed (radio edit)
07. Sanity's End
08. The Whispering
09. Voyager II
Total running time: 70:06

The Ravages Of Time will be released in the US on 20 November and Europe on 19 November (Germany, Austria and Switzerland on 16 November).

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The following message was posted on Threshold's official website:

"Mac has confirmed that he's left Threshold. In a statement he told fans that he knew the timing was bad but thanked them for all their support. He also wished the band all the best and expressed his gratitude to the band's original singer Damian Wilson for standing in for him at last weekend's festivals.
Threshold have confirmed that Damian will perform with them at the Subtacto Festival in Norway on 4 August. Talks are also in progress to see if he can perform at all of Threshold's remaining 2007 shows."

Previously, Threshold's singer Mac has astonished his fellow band members by deciding not to perform at Metal Camp and Earthshaker festivals in Slovenia and Germany. Fortunately the band's previous singer Damian Wilson has come to the rescue and will perform at the festivals with the band for the first time since 1997. Damian Wilson is currently lead singer for the band Headspace who recently supported Ozzy Osbourne for UK shows including Wembley Arena.

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Nuclear Blast have issued the following update concerning UK Prog Metallers Threshold:

"Threshold's singer Mac has astonished his fellow band members by deciding NOT to perform at this weekend's Metal Camp and Earthshaker festivals in Slovenia and Germany.

"Mac was due to arrive in England on Saturday for band rehearsals, but on Saturday morning he sent us a short email saying he has to get on with his life and he's not coming", keyboarder Richard West states.
"It was totally unexpected and we're all shocked by the news. Mac won't answer our phone calls so we can't get any more information from him. With two festivals to perform next weekend our only option was to cancel the shows or find a replacement singer."
Fortunately the band's previous singer Damian Wilson has come to the rescue and will perform at the festivals with the band for the first time since 1997!

Richard: " He's now very busy learning the new material in time for Friday's show in Slovenia. We don't know what the long-term solution is, our focus right now is on the two festivals, we'll see how they go and take it from there."

Damian Wilson is currently lead singer for the band Headspace who recently supported Ozzy Osbourne for UK shows including Wembley Arena.

For more information see www.thresh.net."

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Threshold have announced the first part of their "Live Reckoning Tour" (part 1), starting in Europe this September with a stunning support package featuring Communic, Machine Men and Serenity.

The dates are as follow:

31/08/07 Die Halle, Reichenbach/Fils, Germany
01/09/07 Plato, Helmond, Holland
02/09/07 Boerderij, Zoetermeer, Holland
03/09/07 Matrix, Bochum, Germany
04/09/07 Colos Saal, Aschaffenburg, Germany
05/09/07 Der Hirsch, Nürnberg, Germany
06/09/07 Markthalle, Hamburg, Germany
07/09/07 N8, Osnabrück, Germany
08/09/07 Retro Music Hall, Prague, Czech Republic
09/09/07 Schiff A38, Budapest, Hungary
11/09/07 Transbordeur, Lyon, France
12/09/07 Roxy, Saarbrücken, Germany
13/09/07 Z7, Pratteln, Switzerland
14/09/07 Biebob, Vosselaar, Belgium
15/09/07 TBA, London, England (details and supports to be confirmed)

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Posted on the official site of ProgPower Scandinavia:

"We're proud to announce that the first ProgPower Scandinavia festival will be held at The Rock in Copenhagen, Denmark on November 9th and 10th 2007.

Today we announce the first 4 out of a total of 10 bands for the festival - the first 4 are:
- Mercenary
- Threshold
- Circus Maximus
- Andromeda

With these 4 bands we have already determined that the festival is going to have a broad appeal; from the the very British sounding prog-rock/prog-metal of Threshold, the technical overflow from Sweden's Andromeda, the melodic progressive metal of Norway's Circus Maximus to the Danish melo-death band Mercenary, we will try to come up with a mixture of bands and styles within the power & progressive spectre that will please everyone.

The next couple of bands will be announced in a few weeks. Stay tuned"

Source:	progpowerscandinavia.com
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Event:	ProgPower Scandinavia

A new video for the track "Pilot In The Sky Of Dreams" by UK Progressive Metallers Threshold, has been posted online at YouTube.com.

The song has been edited by producers/bandmembers Karl Groom and Richard West at Thin Ice Studios down from a length of 9:44 to just under 4 minutes for the video version.

The video was shot in Leipzig, Germany with producer Film-M, whose previous credits include Disillusion, Amon Amarth, Dew-Scented and Deadsoul Tribe.

The track comes off the band's forthcoming album "Dead Reckoning", due in Europe on March 23 (U.S. March 20, U.K. on March 26) through Nuclear Blast Records.

(Original Source: blabbermouth.net)

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New posts on the official website of the band Threshold tells us that Nick Midson (guitarist) is taking a break from the band. Member Karl Groom commented: "Nick has been thinking about this for a while. It's largely driven by wanting a break from touring and promotional activities. I'm still in contact with him regularly and we live 5 minutes from each other. The way is open for Nick to return for future albums and he is considering it."

Nick Midson is one of the founding members of Threshold. He is not featured on the band's forthcoming album, Dead Reckoning, and a replacement guitarist for the band's live shows will be announced later.

Meanwhile, the artwork for Threshold's forthcoming album "Dead Reckoning" has been revealed. Davide Nadalin of Nerve Design is the artist, who's previous covers include Extrema and Blinded Colony. http://www.thinicestudios.com/threshold/deadreckoning.jpg

The album "Dead Reckoning" is due for release through Nuclear Blast Records on 23 March 2007.

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UK Progressive metallers Threshold are currently recording the follow-up to their award winning 2004 album "Subsurface". Recording is taking place at Thin Ice Studios and Bray Studios in the south of England, produced by Karl Groom and Richard West.

The new album has a working title of "Pilot In The Sky Of Dreams", and the song titles are: Slipstream, This is your life, Elusive, Disappear, Fighting for breath, Hollow, Safe to fly, One degree down, Landing lights.

Mac, in the middle of vocal sessions at Bray, said: 'If I thought it would be this good I'd have joined Threshold sooner! I've got a good feeling about this album. I think things are going to snowball for us next year, I thought so even before I heard the demos. I'm having a brilliant time!'

Threshold's last album "Subsurface" picked up 15 Album Of The Month awards across the globe. Earlier this year the band moved to Nuclear Blast Records to join a highly successful roster of bands including In Flames, Nightwish and Blind Guardian.

Recording and mixing of "Pilot In The Sky Of Dreams" is expected to be complete in November, with a release planned for early in 2007.

Source:	thresh.net
Band profile:	Threshold