Karl Groom

Karl Groom (2007)

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. He also did production and engineering work on albums for the bands Arena, Shadowkeep, Intense and Pendragon, (his Shadowland bandmate Clive Nolan played keyboards for Arena and Pendragon) as well as for John Wetton and the power metal band DragonForce.

Groom also engineered, co-produced, mixed, edited and mastered Galahad's 2007 album Empires Never Last, as well as playing guitar on two of the tracks.

Discography

With Casino:

• 1992: Casino

With Shadowland:

• 1992: Ring of Roses
• 1994: Through the Looking Glass
• 1996: Mad as a Hatter

With Threshold:

• 1993: Wounded Land
• 1994: Psychedelicatessen
• 1995: Livedelica
• 1997: Extinct Instinct
• 1998: Clone
• 1999: Decadent
• 2001: Hypothetical
• 2002:
  • Concert in Paris
  • Critical Mass
• 2003:
  • Wireless: Acoustic Sessions
  • Critical Energy
• 2004:
  • Subsurface
  • Replica
• 2006: Surface to Stage
• 2007:
  • Dead Reckoning
  • The Ravages of Time: The Best Of Threshold
• 2009: Paradox: The Singles Collection

Other appearances:

• Peter Gee (Pendragon) - Heart of David
• Tracy Hitchings (Landmarq) - Ignorance to Ecstacy
• Medicine Man - The Journey
• Mercy Train - Presence
• Strangers on a Train - The Labyrinth, The Prophecy
• Nightmare World - The New Crusade (guest appearance)

External links

• www.thresh.net