Long-running British prog metal outfit Threshold return with their eighth album, providing yet more of what fans expect, along with a few minor changeups such as the unexpectedly funky beat propelling the early standout "Disappear" and the techno synths underpinning "Hollow." Singer Andrew McDermott has a clean, almost old-fashioned voice with perfect diction not only on the power ballad centerpiece "Pilot in the Sky of Dreams" but on those tracks that would normally require a rougher sound. Posh vocals or not, Dead Reckoning is of that aggressively tasteful school of metal that never breaks into full-on showboating excess or noisy violence. It's metal for people who wish Marillion had occasionally gone into Dio territory, or that Talk Talk and Queensrÿche had collaborated. Those outside that target demographic will likely remain unimpressed. ~ Stewart Mason, All Music Guide
Steve Anderson (Bass), Steve Anderson (Group Member), Richard West (Keyboards), Richard West (Producer), Richard West (Mixing), Richard West (Group Member), Karl Groom (Guitar), Karl Groom (Producer), Karl Groom (Mixing), Karl Groom (Group Member), John "Broadway" Tucker (Photography), Dan Swanö (Vocals), Peter Van 'T Riet (Mastering), Davide Nadalin (Cover Design), Davide Nadalin (Cover Art)
Dead Reckoning is the eighth studio album (and fifteenth overall) by progressive metal band Threshold. It is their first album since the departure of founding member Nick Midson, and their only one to feature guest vocals (provided by Dan Swanö on two tracks). It is also their first album on their current label, Nuclear Blast. The song "Pilot in the Sky of Dreams" appeared on the 2008 film soundtrack In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale.
Before settling on the final title, the album had the working title of "Pilot in the Sky of Dreams". [1]
Track listing
"Slipstream" – 4:53 (Groom/West) (feat. Dan Swanö)
