Looking for bands in the vein of John Arch-era Fates Warning

krokus wrote:

Temple of Blood wrote:

SCREAMER - "Target: Earth"
DEADLY BLESSING - "Ascend from the Cauldron", "An Eye to the Past"
TALISPHERE - "3 song demo" (vocalist Chris Cronk was the original replacement for John Arch)
MYSTIC FORCE - "A Step Beyond"
CAULDRON BORN - "Born of the Cauldron", "And Rome Shall Fall"
STEEL PROPHET - "Dark Hallucinations"

Ohhh, i realy love that first DEADLY BLESSING album. Pure US METAL the way i love it. CAULDRON BORN were great too(are they still around?), specialy GOD OF METAL in my opinion.

CAULDRON BORN broke up about 3 or 4 years ago I think. I still talk to the guitarist Howie through email every once in a while.

DEADLY BLESSING rule!!! One of my favorite bands of all-time. Can't wait to hear Ski's new band FAITH FACTOR, who I think may be releasing an EP pretty soon.

So Required Fields, did you ever check out any of the albums that people recommended here?

Yes, I've checked a couple of them out so far. I plan to check out more. Zion's Abyss seem really interesting, I can't wait to hear them. They're in my wishlist on Soulseek now.

Just curious, Required Fields -- did you ever get to hear the Zion's Abyss CD?

I have it on my wishlist at Soulseek, but have never got to download it. No one seems to have it.

How about

Fifth Angel
Hittman
Obsession
Heir Apparent

So Required Fields, why don't you report back and tell us what you checked out and what you thought about them?

Early HADES from the USA were also very much in the vein of FATES WARNING

Barren Cross-Atomic Arena and State of Control for sure.

Some Whitecross too.

T-Roy wrote:

Barren Cross-Atomic Arena and State of Control for sure.

Some Whitecross too.

They sound like Arch-era FATES WARNING?

Same era, Fates Warning-No Exit, musically is very similar I think. Not vocally. classic meats power metal.

Also, Bride would be a great pick. Whiskey Seed is one of my favorite Bride songs and Hell No.

I would say try to pick up Leige Lord's "Burn To My Touch" album. It's not as great as the Arch-era albums, but it's pretty awesome, methinks.