Dream Theater have some truly great songs (Pull Me Under, for example) but too often focus on fucking around on their instruments, rather than making actual music, like Fates Warning do ;)
@Abitovsloth Yes it is good. It only has 6 songs but is more of a concept type deal. It really needs to be heard on disk w/ the song book lyrics. Sort of like a Queensryche (Operation Mindcrime) or Pink Floyd deal in terms of listening. I have mine hooked up to my computer or my DVD player. I listen on ear phones (room mate) but growin on me...That means it kiksass. My fav. right now is Stained Glass Sky. #3
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why is it that every time I want to hear an Arch / Fates Warning song I am blasted w/ Dream Theater references.....No Fucking comparison. Stop it. They so bite off Fates Warning---Plus they suck total ass. Love this classic.
@beecee151- Brother, I am 100% with you. When I'm playing Fates Warning and someone says "This sounds like Dream Theater" I want to slap them silly. No fucking comparison, like you said. FW is simply the shit, and they were so good so long ago, and awfully young, too. I've had the pleasure of meeting both Ray Alder, and then Frank Aresti, and they couldn't have been nicer. Old school metal forever. Keep the standard high, Bro
@baumwolle8 so you say. I simply disagree. If you are a metal fan (obviously) then stick to your stuff. I'm not tryin' to turn anyone but expressing myself as a John Arch and band "Fates Warning" fan. I apologize to anyone if I was too harsh... Just the fact that anyone tried to "youtube" Fates Warning I think is cool, and no need to get nasty about it (including me) HEAVY METAL WILL NEVER DIE!
I awaken MY drunken ass every muthafuckin day to "Guardian": The holy grail of metal. Prolly wake MY neighbors up too, but fuck em if they don't know what's good for em...daaamn!!!
This is one of my fave Fates Warning songs..... Incredible.... And the men who love "progressive metal" make me weak in the knees (then and now!)... :-D
So far today... The toughest song on my voice (on a few of them really high notes). I use to know about 1/4 of this song on guitar. These guys were always so hard for me to figure out on guitars! Fortunately, I can also sing, so I'm more than 1/4 ahead! :D
I thought you might be interested to check these two new songs by the Arch-Matheos-Aresti team here in youtube. (from the new Arch/Matheos project to come out in september):
watch?v=5MmzNo0dSFw&feature=youtu.be
watch?v=TSpp0Gz5hc8&feature=youtu.be
It is nice to hear John singing again after 25 years of almost complete retirement (with the exception of a Twist of Fate)
@MrRyanbard Do you know many singers that sound (from a vocal and melodical perspective) similar to John Arch? Please tell me who they are! I can only think in Rick Mythiasin during some early steel prophet songs and Øyvind Hageland in Spiral Architect (which both made covers of Arch songs).
@MrRyanbard Ehmm... are you deaf? Does this sound like Pantera or like Megadeth? This sounds really different... and most metal does. It's like when people say all Jazz sounds the same... you just show your ignorance :(
@cyclone2591 It wouldn't be Fates without the crappy cover art...personally I like it. And if you think this is bad, check out the original artwork on their first album, Night on Broken....not the incredibly lame picture of the moon, but the illustration that looks like a 6th grader did it.
Before his vocal, I love John Arch's poesy... everyone speaks about his singing... but to me, this album is primarily a composer's masterpiece from the duo Arch/Matteos... never grew tired of listening to it.
Even if the singing style is different between those 2 guys, his departure from Fates Warning always reminded me of Paul Di'anno's departure of Iron Maiden... it was entirely something else afterwards, the discourse became less mystic, more epic, and it showed in the ambiance of the music
Before his vocal, I love John Arch's poesy... everyone speaks about his singing... but to me, this album is primarily a composer's masterpiece from the duo Arch/Matteos... never grew tired of listening to it.
Even if the singing style is different between those 2 guys, his departure from Fates Warning always reminded me of Paul Di'anno's departure of Iron Maiden... it was entirely something else afterwards, the discourse became less mystic, more epic, and it showed in the ambiance of the music.
@supmayne1 Try King Diamond / Mercyful Fate .. vocalist of all time for pitching highs and lows. As for Fates Warning? They lost this guy and got a vocalist with "No Exit" that had a cleaner and broader spectrum. But to me.... I love Fates Warnings first three albums the best making it very difficult to decide between "Awaken The Guarisn and The Spectre Within". Amazing fucking albums and probably the best I've ever soaked in. There are so many I love, but, nothing ever moved me like these!!
these guys come from my home town ..i remember them skipping school to go and practice ..and practice they did morning noon and night and it showed in everything they ever played.it no longer the origanal line up but if you realy want to learn more about them go to wikipedia and get the facts
John arch. the original vocal acrobat!! fates warning should bring him back. their other singer has pretty much blown his voice out. if you watch some of their more recent live videos. you will see exactly what i mean. i could never get tired of listenening to john arch. thanks for posting these great songs.
@motleycrue24 My Vocals are still the same as a singer. as they we're when i was in my twentie's. so i don't buy the when you get older. i mean Ozzy still sounds the same to me as he did when he was younger. John Arch is still the best!! that is in my opinion. and the real voice of Fates Warning and alway's will be.
@motleycrue24 I have vibrato and a high register that is still the same. so sorry no cigar. he probably blew his voice from smoking. that is probably it. i have never been a smoker. so never had a problem. i know a local vocalist that use to sound like rob halford. now from smoking he can't sing anymore. oh well. he recently did a dio cover and it was really bad. so the argument is over. Out!!!!
@motleycrue24 Oh it's a medical fact is it? Are you a professional in the field of medicine? simply put my vocal range is the same with high register and vibrato as when i was in my twenties. I think it's you that is in denial. I am 42 years old. and still have the same voice range as i did then. enough said!!!! I am done with this silly argument. please do not comment back. OUT!!!!!!!!!
I remember buying this albums back in the 80's, it totally blew me away, musically they were totally on another level than 95% of the other metal bands at the time . This albums passes the test of time especially this song. JA vocals are unique and classic. For all of you young metal pups, if you haven't already added this album and Fates No Exit to your collection GET IT and respect the metal elders.
I am listening now to all the vids of the 1st 3 albums and almost with every number shivers all over my body ! Unbelievable, metal of the highest possible quality.
John Arch ..Best Metal singer ever...just like that...doesnt matter if we have not many albums of him...and this song the best ever...it gives me chills....!!!!
To my fellow Fates Warning enthusiast musician brothers- If anyone can play this on guitar-PLEASE POST IT. This song RIPS, but somewhat of a mystery on guitar... I would love to see it played. I can play most of Kyrie Eleison, but this one is a RIDDLE!
who remembers the days when guitarists were separated between left and right speakers and the two harmonized and the song would not be the same without one or the other!!!
I do... I got to discuss it one night with Kerry King from Slayer, in the parking lot of an Arco gas station. I told him how much I loved how he came out of one speaker, and Jeff Hanneman came out the other, so when they traded leads, it shredded through the listener's skull like a bullet. And the harmonies are very separate and distinct that way, making it easier to decipher on guitar. Kerry's response? He nodded, smiled, and said "Yeah, that's headphone shit..." Keep rocking to Fates Warning!
When I first heard Dream Theater on the radio (Pull me Under) I was fuck yeah John Arch is back with a killer band. I was wrong but when i bought the album the sleeve says they worked with him. I like James a lot but John is the shit
@sarys73, I'm not sure how you could possibly think James Labrie could be John Arch. They sound nothing alike, but Dream Theater DID really want John Arch to join the band as their second vocalist. He auditioned, but turned it down because of personal reasons (time, etc) and they hired James Labrie.
@sarys73 I am so confused! To put it bluntly, I think John Arch's voice is horrible. However so many people love it and I want to hear what they hear. LaBrie is my second favorite vocalist ever and I hear no similarity. Please explain why so many like him so much.
Talent never dies it grows arch/ matheos as good a pairing as I've ever heard I havent stopped marveling over the efforts of this album for 23 years and still jam to it weekly such a sraight forward display of sheer will and power,all bands would be better if they set their standards as high as fates warning.
i was turned on this band when i was 13 and i got to say john arch opend my eyes to what metal was. everything about this band is so unique. John is by far my favorite singer by far! his voice at the end of epitaph was just utterly amazing. i wish he was still around.
Unbelievable so fucking good. The level of this album is so high, every time a listen to these tracks I wonder how on earth it was possible to be able to produce such an epic album.
Not thrash at all. There are some power metal overtones because of the "Dungeons and Dragons" fantasy themes, but this is progressive metal by definition, because of the technicality, odd time signatures, and the obvious RUSH and Watchtower influences. Dream Theater tries to be Fates Warning so bad! But FATES WARNING RULES!
"METAL BLADE" 4 be more precise, my friend....I invite U to listen "the best of Metal Blade Vol. 1 & 2" U'll find other fucking great bands like this.
You are right in the sense that Night on Brokken was released before Watchtower's 1st album,but Watchtower are recognized as the godfathers of Technical metal, so they were influencing their contemporaries. Bands that are contemporaries of each other sight each other as influences all the time. Watchtower's influence on FW was something FW said in an interview in Power Metal magazine, in probably 88 (Ray Alder, No Exit era)... I didn't make it up. You certainly know your dates though.
This was the last of the great FW releases. When John left, the band never recovered. Ray just isn't in John's class. They went from thunder to a light spring rainstorm. How sad.
yes john arch is the man no exit was good but siren voice after a few songs just kept screetchin my ears like fingernails on a chalkboard john arch has more of a storyteller slash opera song style perfect for the awesome musical shifts thruought the songs
Power metal was kind of a larger genre back then than what it's considered to be now. It was kind of taken over by happy crappy bands like Dragonforce. I don't know what you'd call Fates if not powermetal-- they aren't thrash, they certainly aren't death metal.
Maybe doom metal, really, but there I go again with the old-style definitions...
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baumwolle8 2 weeks ago
a galaxy of melodies
Receiverheavy 3 weeks ago in playlist Favorite videos
intro masterpiece kai meta ta myala sta kagela!fata morgana!
hestandsinflame 4 weeks ago 2
Dream Theater have some truly great songs (Pull Me Under, for example) but too often focus on fucking around on their instruments, rather than making actual music, like Fates Warning do ;)
Khanin2718 1 month ago 2
I get confused when people call this power metal, progressive, thrash :S Or US power metal is everything!
TheGoldenPS1 2 months ago
@Abitovsloth Yes it is good. It only has 6 songs but is more of a concept type deal. It really needs to be heard on disk w/ the song book lyrics. Sort of like a Queensryche (Operation Mindcrime) or Pink Floyd deal in terms of listening. I have mine hooked up to my computer or my DVD player. I listen on ear phones (room mate) but growin on me...That means it kiksass. My fav. right now is Stained Glass Sky. #3
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beecee151 2 months ago
This album took me a few spins for everything to come out at me. There is much more underneath than what appears on initial listen. Great album!
TempleOfInanna2 3 months ago
@Abitovsloth
I love the new album... but just search up some clips on YouTube and decide for yourself :)
bloodysmurf 4 months ago
@Abitovsloth
Not just 'was'... he just released a new album with Jim Matheos!
bloodysmurf 4 months ago
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FYI, 25 years later, Arch/Matheos have released a superb new album. Just search 'Arch/Matheos' on YouTube for clips.
bloodysmurf 4 months ago
why is it that every time I want to hear an Arch / Fates Warning song I am blasted w/ Dream Theater references.....No Fucking comparison. Stop it. They so bite off Fates Warning---Plus they suck total ass. Love this classic.
beecee151 4 months ago 2
@beecee151- Brother, I am 100% with you. When I'm playing Fates Warning and someone says "This sounds like Dream Theater" I want to slap them silly. No fucking comparison, like you said. FW is simply the shit, and they were so good so long ago, and awfully young, too. I've had the pleasure of meeting both Ray Alder, and then Frank Aresti, and they couldn't have been nicer. Old school metal forever. Keep the standard high, Bro
neurosisfan 3 months ago 4
@beecee151 Dream Theater is not much older than fates warning and they dont suck.
baumwolle8 3 months ago
@baumwolle8 They don't suck in general, but if we compare them with fates warning, they do suck...
Manectric7 2 months ago 8
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@Manectric7 then everything sucks compared to fates warning? I see, you are a big fan and a bit ignorant, but it's ok.
baumwolle8 2 weeks ago
@baumwolle8 so you say. I simply disagree. If you are a metal fan (obviously) then stick to your stuff. I'm not tryin' to turn anyone but expressing myself as a John Arch and band "Fates Warning" fan. I apologize to anyone if I was too harsh... Just the fact that anyone tried to "youtube" Fates Warning I think is cool, and no need to get nasty about it (including me) HEAVY METAL WILL NEVER DIE!
beecee151 2 months ago
I awaken MY drunken ass every muthafuckin day to "Guardian": The holy grail of metal. Prolly wake MY neighbors up too, but fuck em if they don't know what's good for em...daaamn!!!
HüX
huxtabub 4 months ago
Awaken the guardian is so damn great album and this is one of the best songs on it!:P
superrmariow 4 months ago
Fates should rerecord the instrumental part of this album but keep John`s vocals
this deserves a modern day production.
cortarelva 5 months ago
This is one of my fave Fates Warning songs..... Incredible.... And the men who love "progressive metal" make me weak in the knees (then and now!)... :-D
SwanDust 6 months ago 4
So far today... The toughest song on my voice (on a few of them really high notes). I use to know about 1/4 of this song on guitar. These guys were always so hard for me to figure out on guitars! Fortunately, I can also sing, so I'm more than 1/4 ahead! :D
FreedomSector 7 months ago 2
One of those perfect albums
TakeoYumako 7 months ago
THUMP UP IF YOU THINK THAT ZONDER HAS THE SAME FUNNY CHIN THAN LENO
mqmqmwmw 7 months ago
I thought you might be interested to check these two new songs by the Arch-Matheos-Aresti team here in youtube. (from the new Arch/Matheos project to come out in september):
watch?v=5MmzNo0dSFw&feature=youtu.be
watch?v=TSpp0Gz5hc8&feature=youtu.be
It is nice to hear John singing again after 25 years of almost complete retirement (with the exception of a Twist of Fate)
m3bmuadib 7 months ago
Why does metal all have to sound the same?
MrRyanbard 8 months ago
@MrRyanbard Do you know many singers that sound (from a vocal and melodical perspective) similar to John Arch? Please tell me who they are! I can only think in Rick Mythiasin during some early steel prophet songs and Øyvind Hageland in Spiral Architect (which both made covers of Arch songs).
m3bmuadib 7 months ago
@MrRyanbard Ehmm... are you deaf? Does this sound like Pantera or like Megadeth? This sounds really different... and most metal does. It's like when people say all Jazz sounds the same... you just show your ignorance :(
MrRicardoChango 6 months ago
@MrRyanbard Why do all ignorant people sound the same?
VolcomInfinity 4 months ago
FATA MORGANA! SHE WILL TAKE YOU!
nerothos 8 months ago
Best intro ever...
MateusCTR 8 months ago 18
@citizen773 Now you are just trying to be funny !!!!
kleidaras 8 months ago
1 negative??? OMG some jealous other band member from 1986 must have done this!!!!!!
kleidaras 8 months ago
Arch will release an album with the rest of FW members !!!! (except Ray)
floxus 9 months ago
@MrEpiclyrandom
i 100% agree man. There is just something that was different back then with recording equipment that had a unique sound that I love.
tom5coat 11 months ago
This Album is a real MASTERPIECE
HBWizzard 11 months ago 2
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yukons95 1 year ago
I always think how amazing some of these albums would sound with today's digital production values. I can only imagine.
darksaga80 1 year ago
I have yet to get tired of any Fates Warning Album. I always find myself rocking out to Fata Morgana when I bust out Awaken the Guardian...Just Epic!
ryuradeon 1 year ago
Favorite song off my favorite album. Where, oh where are you John Arch?
1foggy 1 year ago
My favorite Fates Warning disc . This is one of my favorites , love it till this day .
double42 1 year ago
I'm relatively new to this band... are the harmonic guitar duets common? Or is it just this song?
dorkandproudofit 1 year ago
@dorkandproudofit If anything is common for Fates Warning, it's the uncommon
TheCubanDude88 1 year ago
Best metal album of all time.
antreas72 1 year ago 2
Love the album, but the cover art looks like a really cheesy air brushed fantasy painting you'd see on the side of old van from the 70's .
cyclone2591 1 year ago
@cyclone2591 It wouldn't be Fates without the crappy cover art...personally I like it. And if you think this is bad, check out the original artwork on their first album, Night on Broken....not the incredibly lame picture of the moon, but the illustration that looks like a 6th grader did it.
Lengsel7 1 year ago
@Lengsel7 Znowhite's Act of God owns all shitty album covers...
supmayne1 7 months ago
@supmayne1 Obviously you've never seen the cover of Riot's Fire Down Under
emadhatter 7 months ago
@emadhatter Act of God is the worst for sure. Fire Down Under never really bothered me lol.
supmayne1 7 months ago
Great song Epic Voice too
PPCBEANZ 1 year ago
one of my favorite fates warning songs!
ryuradeon 1 year ago
a very good song thumbs up!
sodomilas 1 year ago
GOD !
QOTSA3s7s 1 year ago
GOD !
QOTSA3s7s 1 year ago
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Before his vocal, I love John Arch's poesy... everyone speaks about his singing... but to me, this album is primarily a composer's masterpiece from the duo Arch/Matteos... never grew tired of listening to it.
Even if the singing style is different between those 2 guys, his departure from Fates Warning always reminded me of Paul Di'anno's departure of Iron Maiden... it was entirely something else afterwards, the discourse became less mystic, more epic, and it showed in the ambiance of the music
castelnuovomtl 1 year ago
Before his vocal, I love John Arch's poesy... everyone speaks about his singing... but to me, this album is primarily a composer's masterpiece from the duo Arch/Matteos... never grew tired of listening to it.
Even if the singing style is different between those 2 guys, his departure from Fates Warning always reminded me of Paul Di'anno's departure of Iron Maiden... it was entirely something else afterwards, the discourse became less mystic, more epic, and it showed in the ambiance of the music.
castelnuovomtl 1 year ago 2
epic vocals
frostygrapes 1 year ago
@Zambior Preference, my son, preference.
adventseph 1 year ago
Damn...
I like this :D
olevrijenhoek 1 year ago
@Zambior Then I guess i'm not into metal, good day sir.
adventseph 1 year ago
hes voice is skilled but its kinda boring to listen to the same hight note all the time..isnt it?nice music btw
MrHellaspit 1 year ago
the prog-period just started
panagiotis444444 1 year ago
Are any other metal singers like this? That sing in high pitched notes like all fuckin day... Kinda like Kiske
supmayne1 1 year ago
@supmayne1 Try King Diamond / Mercyful Fate .. vocalist of all time for pitching highs and lows. As for Fates Warning? They lost this guy and got a vocalist with "No Exit" that had a cleaner and broader spectrum. But to me.... I love Fates Warnings first three albums the best making it very difficult to decide between "Awaken The Guarisn and The Spectre Within". Amazing fucking albums and probably the best I've ever soaked in. There are so many I love, but, nothing ever moved me like these!!
YMrulez 1 year ago
@YMrulez He sings in Falsetto... But I still listen to Mercyful Fate
supmayne1 1 year ago
@YMrulez From these 2 albums you mentioned I'd choose...Night on Brocken!
evermetal2 1 year ago
@supmayne1
John Arch and Michael Kiske were two gods who left us much too early. The metal world still misses both of them.
PhoenixJasmine 1 year ago
these guys come from my home town ..i remember them skipping school to go and practice ..and practice they did morning noon and night and it showed in everything they ever played.it no longer the origanal line up but if you realy want to learn more about them go to wikipedia and get the facts
bnlp28 1 year ago
@Zambior
I agree 100%
TheZenproject 1 year ago
American metal on his best form! this album is a true classic. This band is just perfect!
TheZenproject 1 year ago
ray alder is king!
bigtwin85 1 year ago
@bigtwin85
That would make John Arch god, I think.
oooooooooorly 1 year ago
@bigtwin85
So ? This is John Arch ! Personally I like the period with John much more.
Bridge1961 1 year ago
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John arch. the original vocal acrobat!! fates warning should bring him back. their other singer has pretty much blown his voice out. if you watch some of their more recent live videos. you will see exactly what i mean. i could never get tired of listenening to john arch. thanks for posting these great songs.
actionrepo 1 year ago 2
@actionrepo its not that he blown his voice out but hes just gotten older as you age your vocal chords are not as flexible as when you where younger
motleycrue24 1 year ago
@motleycrue24 My Vocals are still the same as a singer. as they we're when i was in my twentie's. so i don't buy the when you get older. i mean Ozzy still sounds the same to me as he did when he was younger. John Arch is still the best!! that is in my opinion. and the real voice of Fates Warning and alway's will be.
actionrepo 1 year ago
@actionrepo well thats because ozzy aint fibrato it only really affects singer that are know with great range
motleycrue24 1 year ago
@motleycrue24 I have vibrato and a high register that is still the same. so sorry no cigar. he probably blew his voice from smoking. that is probably it. i have never been a smoker. so never had a problem. i know a local vocalist that use to sound like rob halford. now from smoking he can't sing anymore. oh well. he recently did a dio cover and it was really bad. so the argument is over. Out!!!!
actionrepo 1 year ago
@actionrepo its a medical fact believe what you want your in denial
motleycrue24 1 year ago
@motleycrue24 Oh it's a medical fact is it? Are you a professional in the field of medicine? simply put my vocal range is the same with high register and vibrato as when i was in my twenties. I think it's you that is in denial. I am 42 years old. and still have the same voice range as i did then. enough said!!!! I am done with this silly argument. please do not comment back. OUT!!!!!!!!!
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@actionrepo go play with your dolls creep
motleycrue24 1 year ago
joshmattg Hell yeah Crimson Glorys first 2 are 2 of my favorit albums.
MrSomonestolemyname 1 year ago
@MrSomonestolemyname
pfeltovich 1 year ago
@pfeltovich Yes?
MrSomonestolemyname 1 year ago
this is what metal is all about, raise those fuckin fists in the air!
joshmattg 1 year ago
heavy and beautiful.
voyager479 1 year ago
3:01
cliffburton333 1 year ago
I remember buying this albums back in the 80's, it totally blew me away, musically they were totally on another level than 95% of the other metal bands at the time . This albums passes the test of time especially this song. JA vocals are unique and classic. For all of you young metal pups, if you haven't already added this album and Fates No Exit to your collection GET IT and respect the metal elders.
hoagie1417 1 year ago 2
@hoagie1417 i dont only respect metal elders i envy them haha for being brought up in such the golden age decade of metal
joshmattg 1 year ago
@hoagie1417
this is the kind of album that went a step further at that time. I remember that day too, i was confused but please & totally amaze.
TheZenproject 1 year ago
A fucking Classic!
VolaticusDiabolus 1 year ago
the starting riff is perhaps the best metal riff ever.
heavymetal1983 2 years ago
amazing tune from an amazing album !
georgecoyote79 2 years ago 4
I am listening now to all the vids of the 1st 3 albums and almost with every number shivers all over my body ! Unbelievable, metal of the highest possible quality.
So glad I have all this albums on vinyl.
Bridge1961 2 years ago
John Arch ..Best Metal singer ever...just like that...doesnt matter if we have not many albums of him...and this song the best ever...it gives me chills....!!!!
Ieronymous 2 years ago 4
To my fellow Fates Warning enthusiast musician brothers- If anyone can play this on guitar-PLEASE POST IT. This song RIPS, but somewhat of a mystery on guitar... I would love to see it played. I can play most of Kyrie Eleison, but this one is a RIDDLE!
neurosisfan 2 years ago
who remembers the days when guitarists were separated between left and right speakers and the two harmonized and the song would not be the same without one or the other!!!
ghufnagel 2 years ago 4
I do... I got to discuss it one night with Kerry King from Slayer, in the parking lot of an Arco gas station. I told him how much I loved how he came out of one speaker, and Jeff Hanneman came out the other, so when they traded leads, it shredded through the listener's skull like a bullet. And the harmonies are very separate and distinct that way, making it easier to decipher on guitar. Kerry's response? He nodded, smiled, and said "Yeah, that's headphone shit..." Keep rocking to Fates Warning!
neurosisfan 2 years ago 2
Fates Warning Kicks Ass
PPCBEANZ 2 years ago 4
Puro talento!
MoonlitKnight91 2 years ago 4
One of the all-time metal masterpieces/music&lyrics-10
OnlyAPawn1970 2 years ago 5
If you like Fates Warning, check out Crimson Glory. They've got some great songs. Dream Dancer is one of them.
jcdenton7 2 years ago 5
@jcdenton7 ye man 'transendence' is a great album :)
joshmattg 1 year ago
@joshmattg CG's first two recordings are definitely classics..RIP Midnight..
pfeltovich 1 year ago
When I first heard Dream Theater on the radio (Pull me Under) I was fuck yeah John Arch is back with a killer band. I was wrong but when i bought the album the sleeve says they worked with him. I like James a lot but John is the shit
sarys73 2 years ago 8
@sarys73, I'm not sure how you could possibly think James Labrie could be John Arch. They sound nothing alike, but Dream Theater DID really want John Arch to join the band as their second vocalist. He auditioned, but turned it down because of personal reasons (time, etc) and they hired James Labrie.
shred5 5 months ago in playlist fates warning
@sarys73 I am so confused! To put it bluntly, I think John Arch's voice is horrible. However so many people love it and I want to hear what they hear. LaBrie is my second favorite vocalist ever and I hear no similarity. Please explain why so many like him so much.
lehmanpolarbear70 4 months ago
Awesome! One of the best songs ever in Metal Music. John Arch is truly brilliant. I loved his new 2 song demo.
spoony2112 2 years ago 4
Imagine Your Queen...Take her, she's Yours!
John Arch, simply the best vocalist and lyricist! \m/
Ouphenos 2 years ago 4
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Ouphenos 2 years ago
What can i say..Words fail..This is one of the greatest songs ever written..John Arches vocal capability is unrivalled...!!!
Ieronymous 2 years ago 5
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Ieronymous 2 years ago
Talent never dies it grows arch/ matheos as good a pairing as I've ever heard I havent stopped marveling over the efforts of this album for 23 years and still jam to it weekly such a sraight forward display of sheer will and power,all bands would be better if they set their standards as high as fates warning.
blitzspeer 2 years ago 3
i was turned on this band when i was 13 and i got to say john arch opend my eyes to what metal was. everything about this band is so unique. John is by far my favorite singer by far! his voice at the end of epitaph was just utterly amazing. i wish he was still around.
jahovawitnesssmasher 2 years ago 2
The vocals on this song are truly something to be marvelled. John Arch is a truly gifted individual. Shame more people don't know about him.
RedBarchetta91 2 years ago
Amazing, after all these years this never gets old.
Gimpslayers 2 years ago 3
Excellent ! A really genius album from one of the
best metal - bands.
TheosophicalCommie 2 years ago 3
Unbelievable melodies ..
AsphyxGr 2 years ago 4
Unbelievable so fucking good. The level of this album is so high, every time a listen to these tracks I wonder how on earth it was possible to be able to produce such an epic album.
Bridge1961 2 years ago 30
Amazing....just amazing.
Best singer / lyricsist EVER.
John Arch is the BEST.
nathantim 2 years ago 5
Arch's vocal arrangements were unbelievable. Genius, in my opinion.
DrShrinker 2 years ago 6
I like this singer better than the other one. Great track by the way. Thanks for posting.
ChildoftheCorn666 2 years ago 2
Not thrash at all. There are some power metal overtones because of the "Dungeons and Dragons" fantasy themes, but this is progressive metal by definition, because of the technicality, odd time signatures, and the obvious RUSH and Watchtower influences. Dream Theater tries to be Fates Warning so bad! But FATES WARNING RULES!
neurosisfan 2 years ago 5
"METAL BLADE" 4 be more precise, my friend....I invite U to listen "the best of Metal Blade Vol. 1 & 2" U'll find other fucking great bands like this.
BanOxyCred 2 years ago
I doubt Fates Warning was influenced by Watchtower, man. Their first album came out before Watchtower's.
strade32 2 years ago
You are right in the sense that Night on Brokken was released before Watchtower's 1st album,but Watchtower are recognized as the godfathers of Technical metal, so they were influencing their contemporaries. Bands that are contemporaries of each other sight each other as influences all the time. Watchtower's influence on FW was something FW said in an interview in Power Metal magazine, in probably 88 (Ray Alder, No Exit era)... I didn't make it up. You certainly know your dates though.
neurosisfan 2 years ago
Nope
This particular album is US progressive-power..
pumpkingr 2 years ago 3
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ur all wrong this technical thrash metal
bjjank 2 years ago
its not at al a combination of hardcore punk one bit. thrash metal is Hardcore with Heavy Metal.
TheJonMaster 2 years ago
I went through a lot of things with this album. Alot of great memories! thanks
daveshouse1000 2 years ago
If you don't like this song, someone's dad should touch you inappropriotely.
Glyvxx 2 years ago 4
They were great with Arch!
futuretense84 3 years ago 5
seven! thats how many fingers i have. but now i have 4 because of a tragic accident =(. it happened right now. my mom cut them off with a bike
StandardBunnies 3 years ago
This was the last of the great FW releases. When John left, the band never recovered. Ray just isn't in John's class. They went from thunder to a light spring rainstorm. How sad.
PhoenixJasmine 3 years ago 2
yes john arch is the man no exit was good but siren voice after a few songs just kept screetchin my ears like fingernails on a chalkboard john arch has more of a storyteller slash opera song style perfect for the awesome musical shifts thruought the songs
gungamer67 3 years ago
THIS IS HEAVY EPIC METAL with progressive indfluences.
brucetheking 3 years ago
No modern band comes close to this. They fade all current power metal.
carcosa 3 years ago 2
They're not power metal, and it's not a melody, it's a harmony.
Orbit91 3 years ago
Don't tell your daddy what power metal is. I was going to Fates Warning shows when you were 3.
carcosa 3 years ago
Er, correction, two years before you were born.
Power metal was kind of a larger genre back then than what it's considered to be now. It was kind of taken over by happy crappy bands like Dragonforce. I don't know what you'd call Fates if not powermetal-- they aren't thrash, they certainly aren't death metal.
Maybe doom metal, really, but there I go again with the old-style definitions...
carcosa 3 years ago
It's progressive metal, I think time has eroded your memory.
Orbit91 3 years ago
no, there wasn't such a thing as prog metal in 1986-87.
carcosa 3 years ago
That has to be the most ignorant thing you've ever said, which is surprising.
Queensryche, Majesty (Dream Theater), and Fates Warning, there's 3 PROG METAL bands off the top of my head.
Orbit91 3 years ago
Nah, the term just didn't exist back then...
AdolfderApfel 3 years ago 2
It did ;)
Orbit91 3 years ago
No, it didn't.
Fates Waring were the top US power band at the John Arch era.
Antiquus 3 years ago 6
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They're not Power Metal, learn your music.
Orbit91 3 years ago
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thirdhorde 3 years ago
Nope, classic Prog Metal.
Orbit91 3 years ago
This song really showcases the vocal genius of John Arch.
67meangreen67 3 years ago 5
The intro twin guitar melody is one of my favorite moments on the whole album.
Xeretix 3 years ago 2
Great song! Never heard until today but I always liked the No Exit album...underrated band
JonniDDR 3 years ago
check out Valley of the Dolls, and also Spectre Within. Some amazing shit on both of those.
carcosa 3 years ago
arch = best of the best
nathantim 3 years ago
My Fav of all time... Long live Fates Warning- Long live John Arch
unity200 3 years ago
thank you for posting the video again
dude111111111110 3 years ago
lo mejor vendria en los albunes posteriores...
sin embrago no deja de ser un clasico del heavy metal... fates warning... uno de esos grupitos que realmente merecieron mas atencion
ProzaKc88 3 years ago
wow. haha. lol
savannahily12 3 years ago