THRESHOLD Confirmed For PROGPOWER USA Festival

December 13, 2006

U.K. progressive metallers THRESHOLD have been confirmed for the ProgPower USA VIII festival, set to take place October 5-6, 2007 at Center Stage Atlanta in Atlanta, Georgia.

Commented the festival organizers in a statement: "THRESHOLD were one of the bands to really win over a lot of people with their previous performance at ProgPower USA, so they are back by popular demand."

Also scheduled to appear at the event are SONATA ARCTICA, VIRGIN STEELE, REDEMPTION, FIREWIND, COMMUNIC and RAINTIME. Three more bands will be announced for the festival over the coming months. Advance gold badges are sold out and only 900 tickets will be made available to the public.

As previously reported, Germany's progressive metal icons VANDEN PLAS and Sweden's FREAK KITCHEN have been confirmed to co-headline the ProgPower USA VIII Showcase on Thursday, October 4, 2007.

Ticket information for both the main festival and the Showcase will be released via the festival web site (www.progpowerusa.com).

THRESHOLD recently confirmed that its new CD artwork will be created by Thomas Ewerhard, whose credits include KING'S X, VANDEN PLAS and ASIA. Thomas Ewerhard has been responsible for THRESHOLD's artwork since 1998, including the iconic "Hypothetical" and "Subsurface" covers.

THRESHOLD has completed work on the follow-up to their 2004 album "Subsurface". Recording took place at Thin Ice Studios and Bray Studios in the south of England, produced by Karl Groom and Richard West.

The new album has a working title of "Pilot in the Sky of Dreams", and the songtitles are (in no particular order):

01. Slipstream
02. This Is Your Life
03. Elusive
04. Disappear
05. Fighting For Breath
06. Hollow
07. Safe To Fly
08. One Degree Down
09. Landing Lights

THRESHOLD's last album, "Subsurface", picked up 15 "Album Of The Month" awards across the globe. Earlier this year the band moved to Nuclear Blast Records to join a highly successful roster of bands including IN FLAMES, NIGHTWISH and BLIND GUARDIAN.

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