Product Details

• Actors: Threshold
• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, Enhanced, Live, NTSC
• Language: English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo), English (Dolby Surround)
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 2
• Rating: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Inside Out
• DVD Release Date: June 29, 2004
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00016POT0
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #110,740 in Movies & TV (See Bestsellers in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

From the Actor

Contents:
Phenomenon
Oceanbound
Choices
Angels
Falling Away
Virtual Isolation
Innocent
Long Way From Home
Fragmentation
Clear
Life Flow
Narcissus
Sunseaker
The Latent Gene
Light & Space
Sunrise On Mars
Paradox
Sanity's End

Commentary with Karl Groom and Richard West
Progpower USA 2002 Footage
Behind the Scenes Footage
Photo Gallery

Product Description

Six official studio releases, a live album, three fanclub releases, tours with Dream Theater, Psychotic Waltz, Enchant and Pain Of Salvation—Threshold have already made their mark on the international rock scene. After several line-up changes at the beginning of their career, the British band has been a stable formation since 1998, continuously working hard on the development of their unique sound. Their 2001 release, Hypothetical, was a document of great musical homogeneity and their new album, Critical Mass was another step forward as far as the compositions and the overall sound goes. Karl Groom and Nick Midson (both guitar), Steve Anderson (new bass player), Richard West (keyboards), Johanne James (drums) and Andrew McDermott (vocals) have toured with the new material in October 2002 and June 2003. On February 2nd Threshold will release there first ever Live-Double Album and Live-DVD. The Double CD featuring the 2 hour gig, which was recorded on the 6th of June in Holland. The DVD includes the complete concert, additional 24 minutes from ProgPower USA 2002, a 12 minute tour documentary, audio commentary from Karl Groom and Richard West and a stereo and 5.1 surround mix.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Much better than expected, October 14, 2004

By	B.Huss (Auckland, New Zealand) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I purchased this DVD because I was already familiar with their music. I always enjoyed their progressive style of melodic metal somewhat related to Dream Theater.
But I was also aware that Threshold is still developing a fan base which admittedly is growing and the band is only now starting to get rocognition.
I expected a rather low budget release, not having the financial background to produce anything of lofty standards of the likes of Dream Theater, Rush or other well known acts of this genre. But I was very positively surprised. Picture quality and camera work is very good, but what really blew me away is the excellent sound. The mix is absolutely fantastic, each instrument clear to distinguish and the overall sound very powerful just as it should be for this type of music.
The band is in excellent form, the song selection almost perfect.
The only (minor) problem for me is the performance by the singer Mac. His singing itself is flawless with a great voice but I felt that his performance as a front man still leaves something to be desired. He simply seems to lack the matured qualities of a James LaBrie for example.
But apart from that I can only praise their effort in the making of this DVD and I highly recommend it to anyone who is into prog metal like DT or Pain of Salvation.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars 4 for Threshold, 2 for the DVD, December 11, 2005

By	Halzworth Stevenson (Great Britain) - See all my reviews

Normally technical issues don't drive me over the edge. I loved Blind Guardian's DVD even with the curious rise-fall sound quality that sort of ruined the show. But either I got stuck with a rather shoddy disc or the production team for this DVD should be shot. For the first half of the show, the sound and the video just don't sync up. In the first few songs there's as much as a half second lapse between what they're doing and what my speakers are telling me they're doing. It became almost unwatchable, although it does improve later on. As for the band they did a good enough job, though not exactly a stellar performance. Mac, I'm sorry to say, is a good frontman only when he's singing. His banter with the audience is painful and while I know it's not really that important it does break up the flow nicely. He ducks slightly out of tune a few times and the band also goes from giving-it-all-they've-got brilliance to seemingly very bored quite often. But they sound great nonetheless and their performance is great. It's just a shame about the DVD's quality, which severely brought down an otherwise fun performance.

5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing Progressive Show, May 31, 2008

By	Robert M. Lisanti "Metal Rob" (Peekskill, New York USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I recently was introduced to this band, bought all their music and noticed they had this DVD. When i heard the live CD, I immediatlely purchsed this DVD. I must say the most impressive aspect is that the band it tight and sounds as good as if they were in the studio. There seems to be a rumour that the vocalist ( Mac as he's called ) did some overdubbing in the studio and from what I can see when watching the video it's true. But that being said it's an amazing concert..personally i don't care if the audience are not participating as much as people wanted, that means I hear more of the band! The video quality is top knotch and so is the 5.1 Mix although I seem to prefer the Dolby 2.0 on my receiver with the music selection. This is a must have DVD