Biography

Formed in 1983, Hartford, Connecticut’s Fates Warning (alongside Seattle’s Queensrÿche) spearheaded a musical movement known as “thinking man’s metal,” which later evolved into “progressive metal.” In fact, the band served as a primary influence on the definitive progressive metal band, Dream Theater. Consisting of core members Ray Alder (vocals), Jim Matheos (guitar), and Joey Vera (bass) for much of the band’s career, Fates Warning’s catalogue became more complex and diverse as it expanded. Having never truly broken into the mainstream like its successor, Fates Warning’s albums are nonetheless reissued every few years, as an appreciation for the band’s work grows.

Top Tracks

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• At Fate's Hands

• Damnation

• Don't Follow Me

• Eye To Eye

• Guardian

• Leave The Past Behind

• Monument

• Nothing Left To Say

• Point Of View

• Prelude To Ruin

• Simple Human

• Stranger (with A Familiar Face)

• Through Different Eyes

• We Only Say Goodbye

Discography

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• FWX

  Metal Blade

  2004

• Disconnected

  Metal Blade

  2000

• Still Life

  Metal Blade

  1998

• Pleasant Shade of Gray

  Metal Blade

  1997

• Inside Out

  Metal Blade / Scarface

  1994

• Parallels

  Metal Blade

  1991

• Perfect Symmetry

  Metal Blade

  1989

• Selections from Perfect Symmetry: Special Advance Promotional Cassette

  Metal Blade

  1989

• No Exit

  Metal Blade

  1988

• Awaken the Guardian

  Metal Blade

  1986