Threshold "Legends Of The Shires"

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; Morgan returned to Threshold following Damian Wilson's departure in 2017.

The album is a concept album about "a nation trying to find itself" according to lyricist Steve Anderson. 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

1. "The Shire (Part 1)" 2:04
2. "Small Dark Lines" 5:25
3. "The Man Who Saw Through Time" (Richard West) 11:52
4. "Trust the Process" 8:44
5. "Stars and Satellites" (Richard West) 7:21
6. "On the Edge" (Steve Anderson) 5:21

Disc two

1. "The Shire (Part 2)" 5:25
2. "Snowblind" 7:04
3. "Subliminal Freeways" (Richard West) 4:52
4. "State of Independence" (Richard West) 3:38
5. "Superior Machine" 5:01
6. "The Shire (Part 3)" 1:23
7. "Lost in Translation" 10:20
8. "Swallowed" (Richard West) 3:54

Total length: 1:22:24

Recording information:

Recorded and mixed at Thin Ice Studios, Surrey, England.

Mastered at Finnvox, Helsinki, Finland.