Welcome to Day 15 of the Blog Of Much Metal Album of the Year 2014 countdown. Once again, thanks for sticking with me on this annual labour of love – the continued support really inspires me to keep putting the effort into this series.

A quick reminder before I launch into today’s post that each of the preceding posts in this series can be accessed via the links at the bottom of this article, alongside the full lists from 2012 and 2013.

Here’s where it gets really interesting today though, because here’s my choice at Number 6:

Threshold
‘For The Journey’
Nuclear Blast Records

In the same way as it’s impossible for the sun to orbit the Earth, it is impossible for Threshold to release an album which is anything other than a high quality affair. In their 25 or so year career, Threshold have never released an average record…