Fates Warning

Any fans? If so what era do you prefer best? Favorite singer? Favorite albums?

Paralells, Perfect Symmetry and Spectre Within are my favourite albums and I used to have FWX and it's boring. With singers I prefer the singer on Paralells than than the singer on Spectre Within.

1. Yes
2. 80s
3. Arch
4. Awaken the Guardian, Perfect Symmetry, The Spectre Within, A Pleasant Shade of Gray

Arch! Though I like them both. I think I just prefer the heavier music that Arch sang on.

Top 3 are the same as Temple of Blood's:
The Spectre Within
Awaken the Guardian
Perfect Symmetry

I like the early stuff but I started with the Alder voiced material and I guess I prefer it. favorites would be:

No Exit
Perfect Symmetry
Parallels
Disconnected

I like Alder too, but Arch was magical.

The best opening band I have ever seen, more than a dozen times !

I like Disconnected a lot, maybe because it was my first FW album. I just love the atmosphere it has.

Great band. No Exit is my personal favorite .

This thread was recently started, the topic was Parallels:
https://heartofmetal.niceboard.com/heart-of-metal-f1/fates-warning-parallels-t10367.htm?highlight=fates+warning

This was my response:

"I dig Parallels alot, although I like their '85-'87 years better, as well as Perfect Symmetry. The vocals and lyrics I like much better in the Ray Alder years, no more of that silly "dancing with the banshee" stuff and Ray Alder rules.

But I love the guitars from "Spectre", Guardian" and "No Exit" the most."


My faves are probably "Guardian" and "No Exit", to me those were the peak years but I like the direction they took in the 90's and 2000's. Still, the 80's were legendary.

Big fan!!! Prefer Ray Adler. Favorite Album - Perfect Symentry

The Alder era slightly over Arch and I actually liked FWX. No Exit is my favorite though.

The Arch era for me. I bought The Spectre Within on vinyl when it first came out...because I liked the album cover. Fortunately, the album kicked ass too.

One of my favorite metal songs from the 80's is "Kyrie Eliason", CLASSIC tune.

I like all the Arch albums and No Exit, I never really got into the later stuff.

The Arch era. Awaken The Guardian, The Spectre Within and No Exit are my favorites.

Wasn't into metal when metal was in. As a result I can't really speak for different eras. Howver, I have never heard anything by Fates Warning that I don't like. But then I like a lot of stuff that other people say is terrible. I also disagree with 99% of all negative reviews on Metal Archives.

I like it all.

I own hard copies of The Spectre Within, Night on Brocken, and Parallels. And digital copies of most of the rest of their discography

The only two I actually have are Night On Brocken and No Exit. Pretty good stuff.

The first album I owned by Fates was No Exit, and finally got around to upgrading it to CD last year when the deluxe expanded re-release came out. Damn good timing I must say. Out of all their albums although it's a hard call I'd say No Exit is a fav.

I'm honestly not familiar w/ the John Arch era, so obviously Ray Alder gets my vote by default. LOVE his voice! Favorites in this order:

1. Parallels
2. Perfect Symmetry
3. No Exit

Love these guys. Slight preference to Alder but Arch is awesome!!! Favorites:
1.) Awaken The Guardian
2.) Spectre Within
3.) No Exit
4.) Pleasant Shade Of Gray
5.) Parallels

My favorite FW track is probably "Prelude To Ruin".

Also faves are "Pirates Of The Underground", "Exodus", "Shades Of Heavenly Death", and the 21 minute epic "The Ivory Gate Of Dreams".

I prefer the Alder era over the Arch era...there's not a bad album in the lot. Ray remains one of my favorite singers ever....

I like Alder's voice better, but I like them both.

TheNazgul wrote:

The Alder era slightly over Arch and I actually liked FWX. No Exit is my favorite though.

FWX is a great album!!!!!!

thejokeriv wrote:

TheNazgul wrote:

The Alder era slightly over Arch and I actually liked FWX. No Exit is my favorite though.

FWX is a great album!!!!!!

It had to grow on me, but I love it now...great vibe.

Im the only one who likes Night On Brocken, eh?