Just to say that Fused Festival was superb apart from To-Mera who I didn't get at all.
I took my two Sons (12 & 14) and they were blown away by Threshold - I have never heard them being so upbeat before.
There keep asking why they never hear Threshold on the radio as they are convinced that they would be even more popular.
I heard some other guys saying something similar on Sunday. It baffles me why I've never seen
Threshold play a UK show to much more than 150 people (aside from their appearance on the mainstage at the Bloodstock Indoor festival around the time of
Critical Mass)
I quite like the early
To-Mera material and have promoted shows for the band on a couple of occasions, however I can't say that I find their more recent material very appealing. They are excellent musicians, but I find the contant time and style changes a bit wearing.
I went to a
Paradise Lost gig on the Friday night in London - which in retrospect was a mistake as I didn't enjoy it much. Thus I ended up travelling over to Lydney the following day and had hoped to at least arrive in time to catch
Toxic Smile and the bands for the evening, but due to a bunch of chores and other things at home I only arrived in time to see
Threshold. They were well into their set and mid-way through
The Ravages of Time when I finally got inside the venue. The sound was great and the band sounded fantastic, as they usually do.
The setlist was however a slightly odd mix of old and new songs, but there was still plenty to enjoy. There were friends that I spoke to, who were a little disappointed with the choice of material, but checking the setlist, I don't think it was massively different to what they have been playing over the last year or so. There is more of the older material in there, which is a big plus for me, but they insist on playing
Pilot in the Sky of Dreams which I've always found a bit dreary. On the other hand they did play the marvelous
Ravages of Time.
Also I have finally been won over by Pete Morten, whose voice I was never very keen on, but his backing vocals are great and he adds a bit more dynamism to the band onstage
I suspect that the setlist was the same as the one that they played in The Netherlands, last week
Mission Profile
Consume to Live
Exposed
Avalon
Eat the Unicorn
Stop Dead
The Ravages of Time
Hollow
Critical Mass
Smile at the Moon
Long Way Home
Pilot In The Sky Of Dreams
The Art of Reason
Encore:
Clear
Slipstream
Paradox