''Legends of the Shires'' is the eleventh studio album by progressive metal band
Threshold, released on September 8, 2017. It is the first album to feature vocalist Glynn Morgan since the band's second album ''
Psychedelicatessen'' in 1994; Morgan returned to Threshold following
Damian Wilson
Damian Wilson (born 11 October 1969) is an English singer-songwriter and musician. Wilson works in the progressive metal genre and was the lead singer of Headspace and Threshold. He sang and toured with bands and projects for Star One, Ayre ...
's departure in 2017.
The album is a concept album about "a nation trying to find itself" according to lyricist Richard West. However, they admit that their intent in many cases was to have 2 different parallel stories or interpretations—for example, in addition to the nation-based theme, that the songs be just as applicable on a personal level.
Track listing
All tracks written by Karl Groom and Richard West, except where noted.
Disc one
Disc two
Personnel
Taken from the liner notes of the album.
;Threshold
* Glynn Morgan – vocals
*
Karl Groom
Karl Groom is a British guitarist and record producer. He is best known as a founding and the only constant member of the progressive metal band Threshold. His production and mixing credits are mainly with progressive and power metal bands.
M ...
– guitars, production, mixing
* Richard West – keyboards, production
* Steve Anderson – bass
*
Johanne James
Johanne James is the drummer for British progressive metal band Threshold. He joined the band officially, replacing Mark Heaney, in 2001, to record the album ''Hypothetical'', which occurred after having toured with the band in support of the a ...
– drums
;Additional personnel
* Jon Jeary – vocals on "The Shire (Part 3)"
* Mika Jussila – mastering
* Elena Dudina – cover image
* Rob Burress – band photography
Charts
References
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2017 albums
Threshold (band) albums
Nuclear Blast albums
Albums produced by Karl Groom