Where do songs like ‘Pilot In The Sky Of Dreams’ come from?
There’s a real majestic vibe going on there! Richard: I was just really enjoying the writing process for that one, to be honest I wasn’t sure it would even be on the album because we were going for a heavier vibe overall. I’d put together some chord progressions and riffs that really excited me, and it turned into a composition that I just kept going back to over a number of months until it was done, all the while not being sure if we’d want to use it. Lyrically it’s all about meeting your creator and learning to walk with him, so it’s a big theme for a big song and that probably brought an extra sparkle of majesty to the composition. What would you say is your favourite Threshold track? Richard: Well the newest stuff sounds freshest to me, that’s how it always is for me, so I guess songs like Slipstream and Pilot In The Sky Of Dreams are my favourites at the moment. The older stuff has its own special value. Songs like Sanity’s End are classic tracks, and they also carry all the nosta
