Is the label servicing radio with a single off Subsurface?
WEST: InsideOut don’t want to do singles for us. They have done them for Ayreon. They have done singles for his home country The Netherlands and I have seen them done here and there, but they are not the sort of singles that are put in every shop like major labels do. I think financially that’s a huge operation and InsideOut are an independent label. It’s not something they have done yet. I wish they would. Every album that we have done seems to have three singles. We think they could be number one on radio, but then reality kicks in and it hasn’t happened yet. The radio edit is a promotional service run by our street team. The label didn’t want to be involved. They are doing it for free and they are doing it because they love the band. They are promoting the name Threshold. We also use them for the fan club albums we do. METALLIAN: What is the special edition album? WEST: The special edition is a record company insistence that we give them something extra so they can put out special a
