Threshold - Hypothetical
	Released: 2001 Label: InsideOut / InsideOut Music America Cat. No.: IOMCD073 / IOMACD 2022 Total Time: 56:02
	Reviewed by: Davide Guidone, May 2003 Hypothetical is the first release by the English band Threshold to b published on the InsideOut label. And, as all Threshold’s records are, it is a little bit different from the others. According to me, Hypothetical is a prime example of the way progressive metal should be played: heavy guitar riffs (Groom and Midson rule!), fancy melodies, many solos from the guitars and Richard West on the keyboards, amazing and surprising tempo changes, without losing that originality they always had. There is a lot of experimentation on this album, like some treated vocals. As West said, they are similar to effects produced by Cher on her single of some time ago, but it is better! Another experimentation is some keyboard sounds like the space sounds used on Light & Space. Is it a coincidence? The strange thing is that Threshold on every album (more or less) include at least one ballad, and it is always very good. This fact explains their melodic soul in the choruses. The use of some choir-like harmonies reminded me of Bobby Kimball. Well, I bought this CD and I had doubts about it, but I was wrong. Even if there are a couple of weak songs, it is good! [Read also Bobo's, Steph's, Keith's, and LarryD's reviews of this title, plus an interview with Karl Groom -ed] More about Hypothetical: Track Listing: Light And Space (5:52) / Turn On Tune In (6:12) / The Ravages Of Time (10:19) / Sheltering Sky (5:37) / Oceanbound (6:37) / Long Way Home (5:58) / Keep My Head (4:01) / Narcissus (11:14) Musicians: Mac - vocals Karl Groom - guitars Nick Midson - guitar Jon Jeary - bass Richard West - keyboards Johanne James – drums Contact: Website: www.thresh.net Note: will open new browser window Discography Wounded Land (1993) Psychedelicatessen (1994) Livedelica (1995) Extinct Instinct (1997) Clone (1998) Decadent (1999) Hypothetical (2001) Wounded Land: Special Edition (2001/2002) Psychedelicatessen/Livedelica: Special Edition (2001/2002) Concert In Paris (2002) Critical Mass (2002) Wireless - Acoustic Sessions (2003) Critical Energy (2004) Extinct Instinct: Special Edition (2004) Subsurface (2004) Critical Energy (2004) (DVD) Interview: Karl Groom (2001) Interview: Richard West (2002) Interview: Richard West (2002) Interview: Richard West (2003) Interview: Richard West (2004)
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