Threshold – “This Is Your Life”
From the album: Dead Reckoning

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Why this song doesn’t suck:
I’m slightly ashamed to say that I wasn’t familiar with UK progressive metallers Threshold much earlier. They’ve been around since the early 90’s and have flown completely below my radar until recent months when they made the usual metal news rounds for releasing a cover of the Muse tune, “Supermassive Black Hole”. Yes, it’s an odd choice for a cover, but it turned out to be an interesting take on the song nonetheless. Even if there were those who weren’t big on the cover, and I know there were many, the fact that a larger audience was even slightly familiarized with Threshold is a big win for them. Because frankly, these guys can write some fucking catchy, hard rockin’ tunes.

One of the best examples of Threshold’s greatness is their 2007 album, ‘Dead Reckoning’. It’s a terrific collection of rockers with little to no filler, mostly consisting of songs having a strange progressive metal mixed with classic hard rock sound. Throw in a smidge of keyboards and effects for good measure (as most any self-proclaimed progressive rock group would do) and you have one hell of a good listen.

Official Website: www.thresh.net
Official MySpace: Threshold on MySpace Music
Encyclopedia Metallum: Threshold