One element that remains consistent through all of FATES WARNING’s albums is a sense of darkness and melancholy. Bassist Joey Vera is back where he belongs, and longtime guitarist Frank Aresti, who left the band between 19, also contributed to the new material. “Darkness In A Different Light” sees Bobby Jarzombeck taking over for Mark Zonder behind the drum kit, marking his first official album with FATES WARNING. While it’s never easy, it was an enjoyable challenge getting back into FATES mode.” “It wasn’t a struggle for me this time to say ‘I have to write some new FATES WARNING material’. I kind of missed it though,” Matheos admits. “I think getting away from doing FATES for a while was good for all of us. Matheos and Alder eventually managed to get their schedules cleared and in late 2011 the duo began writing in earnest for what would become “Darkness In A Different Light”. This line-up is really strong both musically and personally and I’m enjoying playing live more than ever.”Īccording to Matheos, work on a new FATES WARNING initially began in 2009 but “it didn’t work out for various reasons.” The material didn’t go to waste, however, and three songs were used for the critically acclaimed Arch / Matheos album “Sympathetic Resonance”, released in 2011. “We’ve been steadily playing dates every year,” says FATES WARNING guitarist and main composer Jim Matheos, “so we tried to keep the band’s name out there by doing at least a handful of shows each year. ![]() On the contrary, FATES WARNING made a point over the past decade of performing as much as the band members’ respective schedules allowed. Not that the band has been completely dormant. Longtime drummer Mark Zonder had in fact made the decision to leave FATES WARNING following the completion of “FWX” to explore other musical avenues. Alder had turned his attention to the bands Engine and Redemption. Matheos focused on OSI, a group he formed along with Chroma Key / ex-Dream Theater keyboardist Kevin Moore, and also helped original FATES WARNING vocalist John Arch put together his first solo EP, “A Twist Of Fate”. The silence between 2004 and now was never planned, but rather an unspoken agreement that the band needed a break. “Disconnected” was issued in 2000 followed by the more experimental “Fates Warning X” in 2004, which turned out to be their last studio effort for almost a decade. ![]() In 1997 FATES WARNING released the epic “A Pleasant Shade Of Gray” album, considered to be one of their most ambitious efforts to date. Based on the strength of the “Inside Out” album in 1994, the band had the opportunity to support Dream Theater in the US and Europe on their “Awake” tour. The departure of original vocalist John Arch in 1987 could have heralded the end of the band, but the entrance of Ray Alder in 1988 brought FATES WARNING even more notoriety with the next three albums – “No Exit”, “Perfect Symmetry” and “Parallels” – over four short years, establishing the band as one of the pioneering and leading acts of the Progressive Metal movement. ![]() This also marks the first release for the stellar current line-up of Ray Alder (vocals), Jim Matheos and Frank Aresti (guitars), Joey Vera (bass) and Bobby Jarzombek (drums).įormed in 1982, FATES WARNING quickly gained attention within the growing Metal movement with their revered first three releases, “Night On Bröcken”, “The Spectre Within”, and “Awaken The Guardian”, which peaked at #191 on the Billboard 200 charts. After a near decade long recording hiatus, FATES WARNING returns with “Darkness In A Different Light”, their first album of new material since the release of “FWX” in 2004.
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