★★★★★
It's hard to believe it's been nine years since the last Fates Warning album. This seminal American progressive metal band, who preceded greats like Dream Theater and Symphony X, release their eleventh album, Darkness In A Different Light, this month. Fan will get a double delight as they will also be hitting the road for an extensive tour of Europe and America beginning in October. Fates Warning: in sparse territory...
- www.dangerdog.com
2013-09-26
★★★★★
Over the last twenty years, Fates Warning has become progressively more unpredictable. In their early years, Fates Warning could churn out an album every year or two, but that all changed after . Suddenly, the band went from being the model of punctuality to being the of the progressive metal world. Three years between albums became the new norm, but even that wasn't enough by the time was released...
- www.sputnikmusic.com
2013-09-27
★★★★★
Over the last twenty years, Fates Warning has become progressively more unpredictable. In their early years, Fates Warning could churn out an album every year or two, but that all changed after . Suddenly, the band went from being the model of punctuality to being the of the progressive metal world. Three years between albums became the new norm, but even that wasn't enough by the time was released...
- www.sputnikmusic.com
2013-09-15
★★★★★
Sound: This is probably the genesis of progressive metal as a genre. Certainly, bands like Iron Maiden took influence from progressive rock bands like Rush and Yes and integrated that into their sound, but Fates Warning and possibly Queensrÿche were the very first bands to create a sound that balanced the elaborate instrumentation and multi-segment epics of progressive rock with the aggressive energy of heavy metal...
- www.ultimate-guitar.com
2011-01-25
★★★★★
Sound: What? No Fates Warning reviews? Shame on their fans. For those of you not familiar with them, Fates Warning started out in the 80s as a Iron Maiden type of band, eventually evolving into a prog-rock outfit led by Jim Matheos, the only original member left. Original singer John Arch left after a few albums, and Ray Alder took over. This is actually my favorite period of their history, mainly because Arch tried a bit too hard to ound like Bruce Dickison...
- www.ultimate-guitar.com
2009-11-15
★★★★★
"Very often fans and critic credit Dream Theater for creating a whole new genre of progressive metal music in the late '90s/early '90s," writes Dream Theater drummer Mike Portnoy, "But the truth is Fates Warning were doing it years before us." Indeed, while Dream Theater popularized the distinctive, technically adventurous, operatic sounds that became known as prog metal, a handful of young bands during the early '80s had already laid the groundwork...
- www.popmatters.com
2008-11-11
★★★★★
Although Fates Warning was beginning to create their own sound as a metal band, they still were not a progressive band at this point. The bombastic pounding, dueling guitars and falsetto singing defined this genre perfectly. Metal fans may enjoy this more than Night on Brocken, especially "Pirates of the Underground" and "The Apparition," but there is very little, if anything, for the progressive fan.
- music.aol.com
2008-08-28
★★★★★
Fates Warning reached a milestone in their career with the progressive metal classic A Pleasant Shade of Gray in 1997, a session that produced unyielding critical acclaim. The same acclaim should be granted for the impressive Disconnected. Guitarist/founder Jim Matheos has brought back the band's heavy sound, obviously influenced by Rammstein, which brings an added intensity...
- music.aol.com
2008-08-28
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