NOCTURNUS: Thresholds (1992). LP. Death Metal.

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Apr 6, 2011 Sold Date

Mar 27, 2011 Start Date

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This album was a pioneer. It incorporated a lot of dark atmosphere into an amazing whirlwind of ever changing riffs and complicated dissonant scales. The lyrics dealt with the world of science-fiction and horror and the skills of the two guitar players was unheard at that time (1992). It’s sad that this great album is so little known, because it is really a masterpiece, one of the best albums of its genre, and one of the most underrated records ever. This is the follow up to the highly acclaimed “The Key” and it keeps the basic sound but with a more solid construction.

Consisting of 8 songs including an instrumental one, “Thresholds” is in the league of old-school technical Death Metal when brutality was still a part of the package. This album has that combined with the perfect amount of melodic parts in the form of intricate harmonies, weird scales and jaw-dropping solos provided by the guitar-wizard Mike Davis and Sean McNenney. With the level of this musicians it is clear that this album is very guitar-oriented, and of course we can hear a lot of experimentation in the guitarwork. The bass is going over and under the wall of powerful riffing, keeping a very heavy base and sometimes showing great prowess doing fast stuff or jazz-fusion rhythmic patterns. The drumming of Mike Browning has a very original style, mixing standard thrash metal measures with amounts of Death’s Bill Andrews-kind of drumming. Louis Panzer’s keyboards thankfully are just to add atmosphere and never become the main instrument. The vocals are a Death/Thrash bark in the vein of old-Death or Pestilence.

dimension: 8 track album

label: Earache

extras, comments: original edition from 1992. With Lyrics, perfect condition.

style: Death Metal.

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