The album opens with "Redemption," a classic Shadows Fall styled thrasher that is a good way to kick off nearly fifty minutes of old school thrash blended with more modern sensibilities. This is followed by "Burning the Lives," which picks up the pace somewhat. Album highlights include the very aggressive and dark turn in "Failure of the Devout," which gets them to the more extreme side of metal, the epic "Final Call" which seems as an experiment in epic songwriting, and the old school thrash of "Dread Uprising." The album closes with "Forevermore," opening with a speedy riff with a lead break over top before settling down into a galloping thrash entry, closing out the latest experiment in thrash and metalcore.

Bottomline. This is a promising big league debut for the band. They have loads of talent and have been on a definite upswing. I look forward to seeing where this takes them. Threads of Life is a strong album from a band that is still defining itself and honing their considerable performance talents to their songwriting ability. This is definitely a keeper.

Recommended.