For me-- I'm no huge DT fan either. I've explained that I dig Images & Words because they paid the most attention to melody on that album. Being proggers,they obviously wanted to stretch out with their writing to see just how far they could go. Hence--'Awake' (YUCK!!). and thus began the spottiness per album IMO. So being that Threshold is in that VEIN, I don't find their music all that exhillerating that I can invest time & money in the band. Tho I MAY get the new one at some point. Who knows--maybe down the road I'll discover that I dig them a lot..T PS: I guess the best way to describe my take would be by comparing what they do to Neal Morse. Maybe I just don't dig all the metal elements..