Èñõîäíûé ñîñòàâ: Karl Groom – guitars; Richard West – keyboards; Nick Midson – guitars; John Jeary – bass; Damian Wilson – vocals; Tony Grinham – drums.

ðóïïà Threshold îáðàçîâàëàñü â Àíãëèè â íà÷àëå 90-õ. Ïåðâûå äâîå èç ÷åòûðåõ ìóçûêàíòîâ (ñìîòðè Ñîñòàâ âûøå) ðàáîòàþò â àíñàìáëå äî ñèõ ïîð, âòîðûå äâîå ïðîäåðæàëèñü äî 2006 ãîäà, ïåâåö Damian Wilson – îäèí èç ëó÷øèõ âîêàëèñòîâ ñîâðåìåííîãî Ïðîãðåññèâà – äâàæäû óõîäèë, íî ñíîâà âîçâðàùàëñÿ, áàðàáàíùèêè æå ìåíÿëèñü ÷àñòî.

óçûêà ãðóïïû âî âñåõ åå àëüáîìàõ ýòî, â öåëîì, ñèìôîíè÷åñêèé Prog-Metal, õîòÿ ÷àñòî îñíîâàííûé íà Doom Metal-å. Åñòü íåêîòîðîå ñõîäñòâî ñ Black Sabbath îáðàçöà “Technical Ecstasy” (ïåñíè 'You Won’t Change Me’, ‘Gypsy’, ‘All Moving Parts’ è ‘Dirty Women’). Êîìïîçèöèè, â îñíîâíîì, âûäåðæàíû â ñðåäíåì òåìïå, çäåñü íåò ñêîðîñòåé è âûñîêîòåõíè÷íûõ ñîëî, êàê, ê ïðèìåðó, ó Dream Theater, íî àðàíæèðîâêè – îòòî÷åííûå, âûðàæåííî ïðîãðåññèâíûå, àòìîñôåðà – äðàìàòè÷åñêàÿ è çàãàäî÷íàÿ îäíîâðåìåííî, à êîãäà ïîåò Óèëñîí (1993, 1997, 2008-'14) – ïðîñòî ìàãè÷åñêàÿ. Ìîé ëþáèìûé àëüáîì Threshold ýòî “Extinct Instinct” 1997-ãî ãîäà, íî è áîëüøèíñòâî ïðî÷èõ äèñêîâ ÿ äî ñèõ ïîð ñëóøàþ ñ óäîâîëüñòâèåì (â îòëè÷èå îò òåõ æå Dream Theater – íå çíàþ, ïî÷åìó).

Äèñêîãðàôèÿ:
1993 – “Wounded Land”, 1994 – “Psychedelicatessen”, 1997 – “Extinct Instinct”, 1998 – “Clone”, 2001 - “Hypothetical”, 2002 – “Critical Mass”, 2004 – “Subsurface”, 2007 – “Dead Reckoning”, 2011 – “March of Progress”, 2014 – “For the Journey”.