Fates Warning (11th Hour) KnR's First Reaction

[@AlexTheCynic]

Great album, this band is so underrated. If you can just listen to all " A pleasant Shade of Grey". Its a masterpiece of prog metal.

[@williambevins]

Featuring Kevin Moore from Dream Theater on keyboards.

[@octaviogamboa6187]

Perfect cematry is a masterpiece

[@MatthewP-Gr]

Underrated?? They are not just for all ears. That's all. One of the greates band ever.

[@TheMarkymarcio]

For me the best band of the world. Fates rules

[@batfang5583]

I love A Pleasant Shade of Grey, start to finish, including the alarm clock at the end. I also love the way every song shares the album's title, as in A Pleasant Shade of Grey Part 1, Part 2, etc, up ro 12 I think it is, and all the parts corroborate each other.

[@freedomisslavery6840]

Parallels is an incredible album, better even than anything DT have done IMO. Fates Warning should be far bigger than they are. A Pleasant Shade of grey is also incredible.

[@williambevins]

Everything Fates has done is incredible.

[@TheMarkymarcio]

I agree. Fates is the best band of the progressive metal of all times. Masterpiece.

[@2Times22]

Also DT dont have "Awaken the Guardian"if i am not mistaken..!!!!

[@jerryadkins4528]

FreedomIsSlavery Perfect Symmetry is my favorite.

[@powerslave7876]

DT fans are going to get mad, but it's true. If we are talking about entire albums, Parallels is a better work than masterpieces like Metropolis Pt. 2

[@nitro_001newman2]

I’m so glad you’re reacting to this band. I first hear them in 1991, when they played “Eye to Eye” on the radio. Apparently this is the only time they had some commercial success. I immediately bought their album “Parallels” and was pleasantly surprised on how good it was. I just gotten into Queensryche a few years back, and was looking for something in that genre, and this was it. Each album they produced after that was good, which I can’t say for my favorite band Queensrÿche. Knowing how good Fates Warning is, is like a cult. They are an exceptional band, that’s better than most well known bands. They’re music is like going into a sci-fi world. They get my imagination juices flowing.

[@charlessmith1698]

Now you've gone and done it.....FATES WARNING!!!!! Awesome band all eras

[@AllMediaReviewsPodcast]

also John Arch/Arch Matheos and even say OSI.

[@Wedigar]

@@AllMediaReviewsPodcast I requested Fates Warning and OSI back when they had 300 subs, and they never got to them lol also been requesting Arch/Matheos lately too. Hopefully they try them out.

[@BadgerNCarolina]

@@Wedigar Neurotically Wired may be a bit too challenging for a 1-listen reaction channel, but would love to see it. :)

[@Wedigar]

@@BadgerNCarolina I requested Kindred Spirits. Basically anything off the new album is amazing, but that one is tops.

[@williambevins]

@@Wedigar You know John wrote that song about the loss of a pet. I heard him say so in an interview. I can't listen to that song without feeling emotional.

[@jabelardo]

such a great and sadly underrated band!!!

[@batfang5583]

Many years ago I was really good friends with Mark Zonder who was their drummer for a time. At that time he was the drummer for a metal band called Warlord, and I used to hang out with him and the guitarist Bill Tsamis. When Bill left the band and got married, Mark joined Fates Warning. He is in my view one of greatest drummers in the world and has been part of many projects. Chroma Key, Slavior, At War With Self, Ten, and probably many others. I'll go to the website and request some of his stuff, including more Fates Warning. And for a while he owned a house on my street. Oh, and by the way, the singer - although I'm not sure if he's singing on this album - Ray Alder, is also the singer for Redemption, which I've requested via your website. I also think it's interesting that you mentioned QueensRyche and Dream Theater in context with these guys as a few years ago I saw a concert with these very three bands. In fact two nights in a row.

[@starburstppl]

This song should be 11 hours long as far as I'm concerned. Alder's vocals are amazing! I love this band......thanks for this one! \m/

[@chuckjohnson5235]

Ok Silent Cries and Point Of View are a must. You'll love those tunes

[@c.willharden9589]

FATES WARNING - INSIDE OUT (Is another badass album)

[@TMPOUZI]

One of my favorite prog metal albums ever. Quite underrated

[@tapsmiled]

They just released Theories of Flight a year or 2 ago, and it was tremendous. They are in the process of working on new material.

[@AllMediaReviewsPodcast]

what they read isn't obviously up to date. Maybe I'll submit a request for The Light and Shade of Things.

[@JoseVasquez-cq5vt]

Theory of flight is a fantastic record

[@rkfountain3472]

I love how you LISTEN to music. There IS a difference between listening and LISTENING and you get it. Love from Alaska.

[@jonque007]

I love Ray's vocals! I grew up on Fates Warning. Truly a top shelf group!

[@benedictdonald4338]

You owe it to yourselves to check out “guardian”, released in 1986, with God on vocals. 1986 is often regarded as metal’s high-water mark. At the top of that incredible pyramid rests the immortal “awaken the guardian”.

[@williambevins]

Every metalhead should have this album in their collection. "god" resurrected in 2016 with Awaken the Guardian live on DVD. If you don't have it, I highly recommend it. John sounds amazing.

[@scooter1480]

The Ivory Gate of Dreams would be the ultimate intro to Ray era Fates.

[@mysocalledknife07]

I would list "The Ivory Gate of Dreams" as one of the Top 10 Heavy Metal songs ever recorded, up there with "Master of Puppets", "Hallowed be Thy Name", and "Beyond the Realms of Death". Unparalleled songwriting.

[@williambevins]

@@mysocalledknife07 I would add Epitaph to that list, also. Such an epic song.

[@eransuissa6928]

@@mysocalledknife07 can't agree more!!!!!!!

[@eransuissa6928]

@@williambevins it's so great to see so much people have the same taste like me, great suggestion!!!!

[@Brandonmtlhd]

I recently put in a request for some Fates under the new format. Maybe you'll get to that one sometime in the future since you're a fan now but I'm just so happy to hear someone react to them, because it's very rare. They are typically overlooked in the prog scene but they were around before the other "main two."

[@palerider364]

I have seen Dream Theater, Queensryche and Fates Warning, and let me tell you if you have not been listening to Fates Warning, you have been missing out. Please know the band has had two singers: John Arch was their original singer, but Ray Alder has been with them for about 30 years now.

[@A30ot6]

You might listen to "Silent Cries" (Fates Warning) which is still as relevant as the day it was released.

[@EC66OK]

Matheos and original Fates Warning singer John Arch have been releasing albums as Arch-Matheos that still travel in the Fates Warning lanes. Two CDs from them so far.

[@williambevins]

And one EP, though technically "A Twist of Fate" is a John Arch release, Jim is all over it.

[@EC66OK]

@@williambevins Yes! Cheyenne would floor Kel...HAHA

[@williambevins]

@@EC66OK After all this John Arch talk inspired me to watch Awaken The Guardian, live from Keep It True. For someone that hasn't performed those songs in 30 years, John really nails it. I live in CA, and we got hit with a 7.1 earthquake right after I listened to the last song, Epitaph. How cool is that?

[@EC66OK]

@@williambevins I'm seeing reports...felt in Vegas too. The 6.4 on Friday, and a 6.2 near Vancouver on Thursday and 7.1 now. That's big time!

[@METALMAN-gp2kw]

I like pretty much everything that Fates Warning has done, but Awaken the Guardian is my favorite album, and Fata Morgana my fav song from that album

[@mysocalledknife07]

Awaken the Guardian (though not for everybody) is one of the greatest pieces of music of the 20th Century. Not one bad note on that one 🤘🤘 "The dead of night parts the sky!"

[@sergiolomas6566]

Listen to Through Different Eyes the official video.

[@c.willharden9589]

"Parallels" is an amazing album, considered one of their finest, if not the best. They also put out a recent live I believe 2016 live album a double album and it is awesome!!!!!

[@jamesfagan4072]

Great song choice! They're a great metal band that never quite got the popularity they so highly deserved!

[@Capitaomac1]

I believe this is the first real prog metal band. This is great. Now, guys, you really need to do Crimson Glory. It's a must!

[@mysocalledknife07]

It's pretty close. Since Prog Rock is defined as the cross between rock and classical music, the question then resides with which metal band crossed classical and heavy metal? The closest prior to Fates Warning was, of all bands, Judas Priest on 1977's Sin After Sin album, with the track "Let Us Prey/Call for the Priest". Next up was Fates Warning's Awaken the Guardian with "Guardian" and "Prelude to Ruin". Hallowed sounds from these bands.

[@Capitaomac1]

@@mysocalledknife07 right you are, if you consider Judas Priest as Metal at that time. Nevertheless, Fates Warning has 2 albums before Awaken the Guardian already sounding very progressive and very metal when Priest weren' t that heavy at the time. Nor as complex in structure. So, imo, Fates Warning, closely followed by Queensryche, was the first prog METAL band in the early 80's.

[@2Times22]

Crimson Glory are Power metal..Not Prog..!!!!

[@Capitaomac1]

@@2Times22 never said it was...

[@powerslave7876]

I think Fates Warning created the genre in their 2nd album, it was more defined in Awaken the Guardian though

[@williampatterson5067]

One of my alltime favorite songs and albums. You are the first I have seen play Fates. Their damn good, here's another one you might not have heard. #crimsonglory#paintedskies

[@c.willharden9589]

F**K YA, FATES WARNING!!!!!!!!! Just saw them open for Queensryche(in Orlando).. for the 2nd time I may add(Fates warning opened up for Queensryche & Dream Theater , when Geoff Tate was still in the band). I grew up on Fates as well!! a great band to learn how to play the guitar to. What a great week of reacts!!!!!! FATES WARNING!!!!

[@nopenope9416]

YES!!!!!!!! First of the reaction folks I watch to review FW! Brilliant.

[@aubreydownie4667]

Try “Relentless” or “Cheyenne”, Relentless for sure, from the John Arch Album “Twist of Fate”. John Arch was the original singer of Fates Warning.

[@TheMarkymarcio]

Fates Warning is the best band of the world!!! Love from Brazil. Great Channel. More Fates please.

[@ProgressiveTechnical]

Yeah, this channel is going places few others have tread. Great reaction! Time to go submit some Crimson Glory...

[@jtv5370]

please do. I have yet to hear any Crimson Glory I really like.

[@ProgressiveTechnical]

@@jtv5370 Submitted a trio from Transcendence. No spoilers. Hopefully we'll hear one next week for the 80's metal feature.

[@c.willharden9589]

FUCK YA, MORE OF MY HOMETOWN BOYS!!! CG RULES!!!

[@jeffreyhennig9314]

Please!!!

[@Wedigar]

Love Fates Warning. I'll recommend Arch/Matheos again as well, which is made from members of Fates Warning :) Kindred Spirits is a masterpiece, about a boy and his dog.

[@tapsmiled]

There are 2 versions of Fates Warning: the John Arch era and the Ray Alder era. Check out Exodus (Arch) and Point of View (Alder) to hear excellent representations of both periods.

[@benedictdonald4338]

taps_13 two perfect choices.

[@vovindequasahi]

You have to listen to their earlier albums, like The Spectre Within or Awaken the Guardian with the original singer, or if you need Ray Alder listen to No Exit!

[@Hikdin]

Now for the other voice of Fates Warning John Arch, Guardian from the album Awaken the Guardian.

[@c.willharden9589]

FATES WARNING - LIVE OVER EUROPE (The name of their recent double live album)

[@christopherhoff1696]

I remember when these guys first started out...I grew up with and went to high school with the original bass player (Joe DiBiase) and we were in a band together starting when we were 13 from 1979-1981...we graduated from J. A. Foran High School in Milford CT in 1983 and he went on to form FW...he still lives in town and tours occasionally with FW and I’ve seen him sit in with the Good Rats. He also has a son who is a drummer and currently has a band called Streamline CT with a buddy of mine (Christopher Taylor Beaudette) that I used to work with at Guitar Center in Orange CT.

[@powerslave7876]

Nice, do you know the actual members of the band? Do you know if they'll tour in Peru again soon?

[@sopwithsnoopy8779]

16:00 Rich, Fates Warning's last studio album is 'Theories Of Flight' from 2016, and it's one of, if not the best album they've done...33 years after releasing their first album. How many bands can say that?

[@mysocalledknife07]

Agreed. "Theories of Flight" really completes a loop for the band that took far too long to get to. It almost sounds as it should have the follow up to "Perfect Symmetry"

[@jtv5370]

Saw them open for Queensryche in March. They still bring it. Exceptional. Been a fan since I was a kid.

[@darrellwood3913]

Yes! Finally got to one of my all time favorite bands.I could never turn FW long enough to get into DT...lol

[@rushzil2112]

I first heard the song Monument and was blown away. I'm also going to suggest a Fates Warning cover, Spiral Architect doing Prelude to Ruin!

[@louiegarcia1848]

1991 🤘 This album is LEGENDARY! FUKIN A RICH N KEL! You must listen to all of it

[@TheMarkymarcio]

The great album of Fates for me. Masterpiece

[@louiegarcia1848]

@@TheMarkymarcio fukin A brother🤘

[@BadgerNCarolina]

So glad to hear you guys reacting to my favorite band. Jim Matheos is a genius songwriter and they are just a flawless band to me.

[@TheMarkymarcio]

For me too. Fates is a masterpiece of metal.

[@jamieperdue8663]

More Fates warning. Last album was Theories of flight 2016 and a love one. Ghost of home is a great on that album. Check out some stuff of Specter within, one of the older albums with the old singer. Both are great singers John Arch does the best high vocals, While Ray, especially now, sings in a more warm brown and raspy baritone voice and has quit all the screaming. One of my favorite bands.

[@str8edgbmxr641]

what a great surprise!!! Came home from 4th celebrations and then got this....Fates is legendary...got into them in 84, and it changed my life!!! You should also do Monument and Shelter Me!!

[@ItsLoriK]

Oh. Thanks for the shout out! Now I'll be encouraging people to go request on your site! I may be even more excited for this over Rush & Queensryche! Fates Warning should've been as big. Everyone should request The Ivory Gate of Dreams & Nothing Left to Say next. Queensryche & Geoff Tate (the former singer) just toured but they'll be back.

[@PieterKleij]

Yeah !! One of my favourite bands ever !

[@heatherhallacy8434]

Thank you for this reaction, awesome Band and great song !!

[@JayTor2112]

All three of those "big three" toured together in 2003, I caught that tour twice. Fates Warning opened and DT / QR alternated headlining. The two also finished he night by performing together on stage, you can find good footage of some of that. Comfortably Numb was one of the songs they would do together. There is a side project called Arch / Matheos that you also need to check out, which is essentially the current Fates Warning reunited with their original singer. Just pick a song, any song from them, they are all amazing.

[@mysocalledknife07]

Fates also opened up for Queensryche in 1985, and also for Dream Theater in 1994/1995, separately, but still epic nonetheless.

[@MrSpock-jw7tv]

I I recommend Fates Warning - Nothing Left To Say. It is my favorite Warning song.

[@ItsLoriK]

Holy shit, yes. Do it on their site.

[@daveg7896]

Amazing. Zebra and Fates Warning within a day!! Both are now considered “progressive” but at the time they originally came out, people didn’t know what to call it. I called it great. Little did we know back then that they’d be pioneers for future generations.

[@labrosliapis1048]

Fates Warning are the masters of emotion. Ray Alder has a blessed voice.

[@TheMarkymarcio]

Ray is THE VOICE of metal.

[@labrosliapis1048]

@@TheMarkymarcio I bow before Warrel Dane, Ray Alder, Geoff Tate and Midnight.

[@c.willharden9589]

FATES WARNING - "Outside Looking In" , probably would've been my go to for a first time listener.

[@michaelbohlman4144]

Agreed. It's more accessible to a first timer. Kinda like empire is for queensryche.

[@powerslave7876]

Or Monument with it's middle latin-reggae instrumental part.

[@roncardenas2582]

OMG, thank you for checking them out. I grew up with this band, from day one, they were and have remained in a league all their own. Their earlier stuff is a bit harder but just as good. Dates Warning-Valley ofyhe Dolls makes my point. Thank you again, much love and respect.!.

[@AllMediaReviewsPodcast]

envious of Rich for never hearing Fates Warning before. Fates Warning are an all-time favorite of mine. Also if you get in to them, you'll want to hear John Arch/Arch/Matheos at some point. The Eleventh Hour is a favorite of many from Parallels.

[@Kel.N.RichReactions]

Ok. Cool. Do me a favor. We can't track requests in these comments. It's just too much to manage and we end up just having to pick at random and we sometimes we don't even know if we did that song until we start it up. We have nearly 700 songs and over half have been brand new to me. Here's the info... We have a system and database to keep track of who requests songs on our site. www.knr.wtf. Look for Make A Request on the Top Headings and you'll see the white boxes underneath it to fill in the request info. On a mobile device, simply scroll down the page and you'll see Make A Request followed by the white boxes. Kindest thanks. Kel-n-Rich

[@AllMediaReviewsPodcast]

@@Kel.N.RichReactions oh sorry. I was just leaving a comment. I'm on your website now and putting in a request. I follow why, and the website is a really good idea!

[@AllMediaReviewsPodcast]

@@Kel.N.RichReactions ok, I just put in a request on your site!

[@Wedigar]

@@Kel.N.RichReactions I requested Arch/Matheos on your site as well, a few days ago :) Kindred Spirits is a masterpiece, and I know you guys would be blown away by it.

[@palerider364]

Yes! Yes! Kel-n-Rich! I have been asking for a long time. So many great songs by this band. They have only gotten better with time. Please listen to the whole concept album "A Pleasant Shade of Gray." "The LIght and Shade of Things" off their new album is killer also!

[@ingovonderluhe2174]

I love this Band/Album.Saw them Live so many years ago .How about some VIRGIN STEELE,LIEGE LORD,AMORED SAINT,MALICE,CRIMSON GLORY,SAVIOUR MACHINE,METAL CHURCH,ANNIHILATOR,FLOTSAM & JETSAM,ANGEL WITCH,AGENT STEEL,SAVATAGE,DEATH ANGEL,VICIOUS RUMOURS,ANVIL ?

[@dougnelsin1480]

I saw these guys in concert a few months ago opening for Queensryche and i really enjoyed the show.

[@doopum1]

Whatever you're reading is old news. Because they have put out another studio album and a double live album since that interview

[@Wirmish]

Ningen Isu / Heartless Scat （人間椅子 / 無情のスキャット） kzbin.info/www/bejne/eZOsaGybas6NgdU

[@2Times22]

You should start your "Fates Warning" journey..With John Arch..That is their first singer..And i mean listen "Fata Morgana" and "Guardian".Taken from the album "Awaken the Guardian.."That would be righteous..Cause he was their first singer..!!!

[@Pezuzzu]

Actually, Theories of Flight, their newest album is actually my favorite! Listened to them since The Spectre Within!!!!

[@nitro_001newman2]

One of Fates Warning’s best songs in the last decade that I’ve heard is “Firefly.” This song is as good as any of their older classic songs from the last century.

[@ChrisEchoes]

Parallels is my fave Fates Warning album. So melodic.

[@djclaudeus]

Great track!! Still a favorite!! Got to see Fates with Queensryche a few months ago.... what a show!!

[@thinkingkind8675]

Please do Still Remains from Fates Warning. It's such a touching song. Matheos wrote it about his relationship with his father. It's fucking brilliant and if I were a songwriter I could die happy if I ever wrote a song like that. It has the keyboardist from Dream Theater's first couple albums who is amazing as well. Wrote some of Dream Theater's best material IMO

[@c.willharden9589]

I am going to cream my jeans if y'all keep this up

[@richjung9786]

So happy to see you guys do Fates Warning! So what’s interesting is that their first singer, John Arch reconnected with Jim Matheos and just put out their second album together! Both of which are awesome! Right up the same progressive metal genre. In fact the first album basically was Fates Warning with John Arch on vocals bit out of respect for Ray Alder ( the second Fates singer) they used the band name of Arch/Matheos. So I would love to hear you guys do a reaction to the song “Guardian” off of the “ Awaken the Guardian” album from Fates Warning followed by the opening track of Arch/Matheos album “Sympathetic Resonance” called “Neurotically Wired” I really think you’ll be hooked!!!!

[@skorpeeo]

Yes!! Finally some Fates Warning! 'Ivory Gate of Dreams' next please!

[@hamudzaman156]

Such a great album....used to listen to this and Operation: MindCrime over and over and over. While its disappointing that FW is not more popular, its a blessing that they aren't (selfishly).

[@BadgerNCarolina]

If you want something more recent by them, The Light and Shade of Things is a wonderful song from their most recent album.

[@zweetvoeten]

Fates Warning, IQ, Threshold, Pendragon. You guys are getting it !!!!

[@Kel.N.RichReactions]

Thanks@ AJS. Do me a favor re: Threshold, Pendragon, FW and IQ... We can't track requests in these comments. It's just too much to manage and we end up just having to pick at random and we sometimes we don't even know if we did that song until we start it up. We have nearly 700 songs and over half have been brand new to me. Here's the info... We have a system and database to keep track of who requests songs on our site. www.knr.wtf. Look for Make A Request on the Top Headings and you'll see the white boxes underneath it to fill in the request info. On a mobile device, simply scroll down the page and you'll see Make A Request followed by the white boxes. Kindest thanks. Rich

[@nativewarrior2997]

Night On Brocken is the first album I have hear from them when I was about 5 years old in 1987. I love most of there albums but Night On Brocken is still my favorite album from Fates Warning.

[@batfang5583]

I actually used to be really good friends with Mark Zonder, the drummer on this album. I knew him best when he was drummer for Warlord, as Bill Tsamis, Warlord's guitarist and I used to hang out together at a local club. Sadly Bill passed away in May at the ripe young age of 60. Mark had also lived down the street from me for a time.

[@johnpennacchia279]

very underrated band .Jim Matheos, teamed up with portnoy& kevin moore to create a band called osi: office of strategic influences. great stuff

[@williambevins]

The first one OSI did should be considered a prog masterpiece.

[@jerryadkins4528]

Great band, love Ray Alders voice, my favorite song of theirs also.

[@mephys69]

Please! FATES WARNING - The Light And Shade Of Things (Live 2018 / OFFICIAL VIDEO) °__°

[@c.willharden9589]

Great album

[@TheMarkymarcio]

Great sound. I agree. Greetings from Brazil

[@Guitarmoq2k777]

HEY GUYS!! You have to react... Fates Warning "THE LIGHT AND SHADE OF THINGS from the Theories of Flight album!!! Greetings from Costa Rica!!!

[@Kel.N.RichReactions]

Hey Randall! Thank you!!!

[@stevethompson3620]

At the same time any Fates Warning song with Ray Adler singing is just sweet

[@mysocalledknife07]

Fates Warning... now you're REALLY entering into the realm of brainiac metal. The Dream Theater connection is interesting to note (as the members are very good friends), mainly because James Labrie did backup vocals to a song on "Parallels", and Kevin Moore performed keyboards on a song on 1989's "Perfect Symmetry". While Fates Warning were not the virtuoso musicians that embodied Dream Theater, their evolution through the mid 80's metal scene left them, oddly enough, without a "home", so to speak. They were far too heavy for progressive rock fans, and they were also too expansive and complex for the swath of fist-banging metalheads from the first MTV generation. "The Eleventh Hour", recorded in 1991, was off of their 6th (count em!) album, after slugging through the underground and honing their songwriting skills for 7+ years. It was probably the best introduction that you could have received from the band. The joy (and sometimes, dismay) of Fates Warning is that each album sounds so drastically different from the next, that they sometimes don't even sound like the same band. This, seemingly, has kept them on the outskirts of any commercial success, though it is nice to see them mentioned in the same sentence as Dream Theater and Queensryche (and sometimes Rush), as they were truly ahead of their time, much like Judas Priest was ahead of theirs in the 1970's. Not loved by everybody, Fates Warning evolved into my favorite band over the years, as it was not such an instant love affair that I had with them. Their music challenged me in ways I haven't been challenged, and even after countless hours of listening, I still hear bits and pieces that I haven't heard, prior. I hope you enjoy the journey, should you partake, going forward. Sometimes I wish I was listening to them for the 1st time all over again 🤘🤘

[@williambevins]

Thanks for writing that. FW has been my favorite band for a long time because their music is so challenging. It takes multiple listens to get the music, but once you do, it holds up to multiple listens. I think Matheos is an excellent composer and he has a great guitar tone. Have you heard "Tuesday the Sky"? It's an instrumental album by Jim that I recommend. It's not metal, but it is proggy.

[@mix6809]

to me, the album "a pleasant shade of grey" is a masterpiece.. they describe it as, what u think of when u wake up in the middle of the night...

[@m.a.8792]

If you wondered why the song sounded so good in your headphones it's because it was recorded using new (at the time) technology call QSound (e.g., Madonna, among others, was using QSound at the time). It was expensive but their producer (Terry Brown- e.g., Rush) suggested it for a few tracks on the album. I believe this was one of those tracks. This band was/is genre defining group. Glad you "discovered" them and gave them some love on the internet. Peace* (PS Read "Destination Onward- The Story of Fates Warning" for more about this band!).

[@johnbrodsky5374]

It's hard to say which of their albums is the one to listen to first because each one is incredible. May I suggest their 1988 release "NO EXIT". Every song on the item ties into the next - concept album. Incredible!

[@williambevins]

Awaken the Guardian! A must have for anyone into prog and/or metal.

[@surfdeprived]

You really need to hear "The Light and Shade of Things".... that is easily one of the best songs. You won't be sorry.

[@hermesraggioadorno8613]

Excellent reaction partners! It's one of my head bands, with one of the best vocalists I've ever heard. I would like to see you react to the album "Exit ... The Ivory Gates of Dream". It has a split theme in several parts. It is a work of art, where you can delight listening to Ray Alder. Thank you!

[@scottdunn2178]

Parallels was produced by the legendary Terry Brown who produced all those classic Rush albums.

[@caggt8141]

There was a lot of SAGA in their music (and obviously QUEENSRYCHE) on this album. Love it!!!!

[@88omair]

Jim Matheos (bandleader) = Genius Their latest album "Theories of Flight" is a must have, especially "Light and Shade of Things." One of their best songs

[@williambevins]

YES! You have made my day. Not my requests but 11th Hour is a good introduction of the band. Ray Alder is a great singer but you have to checkout the John Arch era, the singer on their first 3 albums. I submitted some of the lyrics to "Epitaph" and "Guardian" on your website. They started off as a metal band doing songs that dealt with fantasy and gloom, but changed, became more progressive and the songs became more introspective. Every album they do sound different. Paralells is their most commercial sounding album. It was produced by Rush producer Terry Brown which gave them a more polished sound. Jim Matheos is, IMHO, the best composer in prog.

[@TheMarkymarcio]

Ray Alder is my favourite vocal of all times

[@williambevins]

@@TheMarkymarcio I love Ray Alder. Love John Arch, too. Different era and style. What's cool is we now get both versions with Arch/Matheos

[@TheMarkymarcio]

@@williambevins yes. Jhon os very good. But Ray' s voice is my favourite into the heavy metal. Your opinion is very good. Greetings from Brazil

[@1967fire]

Fates Warning ~ The Light And Shade Of Things from Theories Of Flight... AWESOME SONG!

[@eransuissa6928]

i have to say you guys have great picking taste. i enjoy your reactions, you should do some of their older stuff like epitaph guardian some of the the no exit alboms ect... thanx

[@Ephel81]

All albums of this band are great. Super technical, but also very emotional! Personally, I love the Ray Alder era more. And they also have good lyrics.

[@dserenil1970]

Ray Alder is the singer from this Song, He’s from San Antonio Tx

[@c.willharden9589]

I have these albums in my hand right now

[@toddzino58]

Fates Warning is incredible. Amazing stuff.

[@anambivalentenemy]

Great choice! Next:Fates Warning,Wish.

[@mysocalledknife07]

"Wish" is a mindblowing song on its own, but even moreso when played back-to-back with "Anarchy Divine", "Nothing Left to Say" & "One", somehow trying to explain to someone that it's the same band and same singer 🤯

[@williambevins]

@@mysocalledknife07 Which is what makes FW so great. Every album and every song is unique. Throw in Heal Me.

[@bloodcorpsegamer3508]

singer from this band is Ray from San Antonio Texas a real good friend to me he's like family

[@l.patrickohern9650]

Mark Zonder is widely regarded as one of the Best Percussionist Ever among Percussionists such as myself. I started listening to FW around '82. One of my favorite Bands. Check out THE ROAD GOES ON FOREVER or STILL REMAINS. Anything off of PERFECT SYMMETRY is also really Good...

[@scooter1480]

Please do a video for Arch / Matheos "Tethered"

[@sindybernal5212]

Magnificent album

[@bryansexauer1921]

Fates Warning’s song Part of the Machine is epic.

[@soulitudeoverkill9953]

Love Fates Warning, Thanks So Much Hope To Hear More Fates!!!!!