Dweller On The Threshold is the fourth full-length album by San Fernando Valley

San Fernando Valley

The San Fernando Valley is an urbanized valley located in the Los Angeles metropolitan area of southern California, United States, defined by the dramatic mountains of the Transverse Ranges circling it...

, California

California

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-based Latin Rock band Tribe of Gypsies

Tribe of Gypsies

Tribe of Gypsies is a San Fernando Valley, California-based Latin rock group, best known for band leader/guitarist Roy Z who has produced, written for, and played with such well known artists as Judas Priest, Rob Halford, and Bruce Dickinson who has used various members of Tribe of Gypsies to...

. It was written and recorded off and on between late 2000 and early 2006 with different personnel. The first sessions took place mere weeks after getting off the road in the U.S. with Santana

Santana (band)

Santana is a rock band based around guitarist Carlos Santana and founded in the late 1960s. It first came to public attention after their performing the song "Soul Sacrifice" at the Woodstock Festival in 1969, when their Latin rock provided a contrast to other acts on the bill...

; the last song to be completed was 'Stop Bombing Each Other!' in early spring of '06.

It marks the debut of new lead vocalist Chas West (ex-Jason Bonham Band

Bonham (band)

Bonham was a British hard rock band founded by drummer Jason Bonham in 1989, the son of the late Led Zeppelin drummer John Bonham. The band's most successful line-up included singer Daniel MacMaster, bassist/keyboardist John Smithson and guitarist Ian Hatton....

) and guitarist Christian Byrne who contributed bass on the album in addition to regular four-stringer, Juan Perez. Roy Z

Roy Z

Roy Z is a guitarist, songwriter and producer known for his work with Bruce Dickinson , Rob Halford and Judas Priest. He also is the founder of Tribe of Gypsies, a hard rock band with Latin influences.-Biography:...

 makes his lead vocal debut on La Hora and the Japanese bonus track, En El Mar, both sung in Spanish

Spanish language

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The album contains a cover of Ain't Talkin' 'Bout Love

Ain't Talkin' 'Bout Love

"Ain't Talkin' 'bout Love" is a song by Van Halen, from their 1978 eponymous debut album.When Eddie Van Halen originally wrote the song a year before the album was released, he did not consider it good enough to show his bandmates....

, originally released on the eponymous 1978 debut album by Van Halen

Van Halen

Van Halen is an American hard rock band formed in Pasadena, California, in 1972. The band has enjoyed success since the release of its debut album, Van Halen, . As of 2007 Van Halen has sold 80 million albums worldwide and has had the most #1 hits on the Billboard Mainstream Rock chart...

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Track listing

• Big Sky Presence
• Ride On
• Desolate Chile
• Stop Bombing Each Other!
• Halos
• Zoot Suit Mardi Gras
• Go Your Way
• After the Summer
• Flying Tigers, Crying Dragons
• Ain't Talkin' 'Bout Love
• Never Will Be Mine
• La Hora
• Hands to Eternity
• En El Mar (bonus track)

Sources

• TribeOfGypsies.com discography