Andrew "Mac" McDermott (26 January 1966 – 3 August 2011) was a singer mostly known for his work in the progressive metal

Progressive metal

Progressive metal is a subgenre of heavy metal originating in the United Kingdom and North America in the late 1980s...

 band Threshold

Threshold (band)

Threshold is a progressive metal band, formed in Surrey, UK in the late 1980s.-History:Threshold began their career in 1988, initially playing covers of metal groups like Ratt and Testament. As they continued playing together, they began to write their own songs, and eventually stopped playing...

. He was also the lead singer of Swampfreaks and the German group Sargant Fury.

History

McDermott performed in clubs in the North East of England

England

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 playing with bands such as Harvest, Renegade, Eliminator, and Mr President before moving to Germany

Germany

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 to join Sargant Fury. After three albums, the band dissolved, and in 1998 McDermott joined Threshold as lead singer, replacing Damian Wilson

Damian Wilson

Damian Wilson is a singer known in the progressive rock genre. He is lead singer with the band Headspace along with Adam Wakeman and is lead singer for Threshold....

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In 2003, McDermott was asked by the guitarist Wieland Hofmeister to join the German Progressive Metal Band Yargos. He accepted and they released their first album in 2005 and second album in 2009. He was also a member of the band Powerworld. In 2007, days before the "Live Reckoning" tour with Threshold, McDermott suddenly left the band. For the tour, he was replaced by former front man Damian Wilson, whom McDermott had replaced in 1998.

With Sargant Fury

• 1991: Still Want More
• 1993: Little Fish
• 1995: Turn the Page

With Threshold

• 1998: Clone
  Clone (Threshold album)
  Clone is the fourth studio album by British progressive metal band Threshold, released in 1998. This album is the first to feature longtime singer Andrew "Mac" McDermott and the final album to feature drummer Mark Heaney, and is also the only album by the band not to have a special edition...
  
  
• 1999: Decadent
  Decadent (album)
  Decadent is British progressive metal band Threshold's first fan club album, released in 1999. The album features remixes and radio edits of songs from their previous albums, as well as one acoustic remake and one song that was hitherto only available on the Japanese release of Psychedelicatessen...
  
  
• 2001: Hypothetical
  Hypothetical (album)
  Hypothetical is the fifth studio album by British progressive metal band Threshold. The album was released on March 20, 2001...
  
  
• 2002:
  • Concert in Paris
    Concert in Paris
    Concert in Paris is Threshold's second Direct-to-Fan release, made available on the band's website in 2002. It is a live album recorded at the Élysée Montmartre theater in Paris, France, during the tour supporting their 2001 album, Hypothetical....
    
    
  • Critical Mass
    Critical Mass (album)
    Critical Mass is the sixth album by British progressive metal band Threshold. It was recorded in early 2002 and released in September. It is also the last album to feature original bassist Jon Jeary, who left immediately after the release...
    
    
• 2003: Wireless: Acoustic Sessions
• 2004:
  • Critical Energy
    Critical Energy
    Critical Energy is a live album by Threshold, released in 2004.- Disc 1:# "Phenomenon" # "Oceanbound" # "Choices" # "Angels" # "Falling Away" # "Virtual Isolation" # "Innocent"...
    
    
  • Subsurface
    Subsurface
    Subsurface is the seventh studio album by British progressive metal band Threshold. The album was released in August 2004, and received an Album of the Month award in several European music magazines....
    
    
  • Replica
    Replica (album)
    Replica is the fourth fanclub release by British progressive metal band Threshold, released in 2004. It contains two unreleased songs, and remixes from past albums.- Track list :# "Static" - alternative version...
    
    
• 2006: Surface to Stage
  Surface to Stage
  Surface to Stage is Threshold's fifth Direct-to-Fan release and their fourth live album, released on the band's website in 2006. The CD contains a concert recorded at the Z7 in Pratteln, Switzerland on their tour for the album Subsurface....
  
  
• 2007: Dead Reckoning
  Dead Reckoning (album)
  Dead Reckoning is the eighth studio album by progressive metal band Threshold. It is their first album since the departure of founding member Nick Midson, and their only one to feature guest vocals . It is also their first album on their current label, Nuclear Blast...