Dead Reckoning is the eighth studio album (and fifteenth overall) by progressive metal 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...

. It is their first album since the departure of founding member Nick Midson, and their only one to feature guest vocals (provided by Dan Swanö

Dan Swanö

Dan-Erland Swanö is a Swedish musician who is currently the vocalist, guitarist, ex-bassist and ex-drummer for the band Nightingale as well as the Owner of Unisound but he achieved fame as the vocalist and songwriter of progressive death metal band Edge of Sanity.As a multi-instrumentalist he is...

 on two tracks). It is also their first album on their current label, Nuclear Blast

Nuclear Blast

Nuclear Blast is an independent record label and mail order record distributor with subsidiaries in Germany, the United States and Brazil. The record label was founded in 1987 by Markus Staiger in Germany. Originally releasing hardcore punk records, the label moved on to releasing albums by melodic...

. The song "Pilot in the Sky of Dreams" appeared on the 2008 film soundtrack In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale

In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale

In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale is a 2006 fantasy action film directed by Uwe Boll, inspired by the Dungeon Siege video game series. It was produced by Brightlight Pictures and distributed by Freestyle Releasing and Vivendi Entertainment in the United States and Canada. 20th Century...

.

Before settling on the final title, the album had the working title of "Pilot in the Sky of Dreams".

Many of the songs on the album use extensive flight and aviation metaphors. Some of these are conveyed in the titles of the songs (e.g. Slipstream, Pilot in the Sky of Dreams, Safe to Fly). This theme is reinforced by the album's title, a reference to the early aviation practice of dead reckoning

Dead reckoning

In navigation, dead reckoning is the process of calculating one's current position by using a previously determined position, or fix, and advancing that position based upon known or estimated speeds over elapsed time, and course...

 as a way of navigating through estimation of a current position based on a past position, a direction, and a speed.

Track listing

1. "Slipstream" – 4:53 (Groom/West) (feat. Dan Swanö
   Dan Swanö
   Dan-Erland Swanö is a Swedish musician who is currently the vocalist, guitarist, ex-bassist and ex-drummer for the band Nightingale as well as the Owner of Unisound but he achieved fame as the vocalist and songwriter of progressive death metal band Edge of Sanity.As a multi-instrumentalist he is...
   
   )
2. "This is Your Life" – 3:41 (West)
3. "Elusive" – 6:10 (Groom/West) (feat. Dan Swanö
   Dan Swanö
   Dan-Erland Swanö is a Swedish musician who is currently the vocalist, guitarist, ex-bassist and ex-drummer for the band Nightingale as well as the Owner of Unisound but he achieved fame as the vocalist and songwriter of progressive death metal band Edge of Sanity.As a multi-instrumentalist he is...
   
   )
4. "Hollow" – 4:00 (West)
5. "Pilot in the Sky of Dreams" – 9:44 (West)
6. "Fighting for Breath" – 8:16 (Groom/West)
7. "Disappear" – 4:17 (West)
8. "Safe to Fly" – 5:06 (Groom/West)
9. "One Degree Down" – 8:33 (Groom/West)
10. "Supermassive Black Hole" (Bonus Track)* - 3:08

• The limited edition Digipack release, not available in the United States, contains a cover of Muse
  Muse (band)
  Muse are an English alternative rock band from Teignmouth, Devon, formed in 1994. The band consists of school friends Matthew Bellamy , Christopher Wolstenholme and Dominic Howard...
  
  's Supermassive Black Hole as a bonus track.

Credits

• Andrew McDermott
  Andrew McDermott
  Andrew "Mac" McDermott was a singer mostly known for his work in the progressive metal band Threshold. He was also the lead singer of Swampfreaks and the German group Sargant Fury.-History:...
  
  : Vocals
• Karl Groom
  Karl Groom
  Karl Groom is a British guitarist and record producer, mostly known as founding member of the progressive metal band Threshold.-Work:During his career Groom also played in the band Shadowland, took part in the progressive rock supergroup Casino, and contributed to MyEarthDream by Edenbridge...
  
  : Production, Mixing, Lead & Rhythm Guitar
• Richard West
  Richard West (keyboardist)
  Richard West is an English musician and producer, most widely known as the keyboard player and a songwriter for progressive metal band Threshold...
  
  : Production, Mixing, Keyboards
• Steve Anderson: Bass
• Johanne James
  Johanne James
  Johanne James is the drummer for British progressive metal band Threshold. He joined the band officially, replacing Mark Heaney, in 2001, to record the album Hypothetical, which occurred after having toured with the band in support of the albums Extinct Instinct and Clone. He also fronts the...
  
  : Drums

• Dan Swanö
  Dan Swanö
  Dan-Erland Swanö is a Swedish musician who is currently the vocalist, guitarist, ex-bassist and ex-drummer for the band Nightingale as well as the Owner of Unisound but he achieved fame as the vocalist and songwriter of progressive death metal band Edge of Sanity.As a multi-instrumentalist he is...
  
  : Guest Vocals on "Slipstream" and "Elusive"
• Peter Van't Riet: Mastering