![]() “Falling” is a short tender, acoustic track not too many unexpected surprising here, but features impressive, heartfelt vocals from Ray. Yet again, as unexpectedly as before, the track takes a dramatic turn halfway through, and is almost sounding like something from early TOOL. “Desire” is a slower, much more relaxed track, which features some ambient atmospherics as a distant, discorded guitar wah that is almost hypnotising. However, about halfway through one is reminded that Fates Warning are masters of Prog, and the track takes on a completely different mood, set in stone by a blistering solo section. “Firefly” is another highlight of mine, and apparently begins much closer to an atypical Hard Rock track, with a surprisingly heavy intro riff. The opening riff sounds like something typical of early QUEENSRŸCHE and is the dominant feature, and overall is rife with complicated rhythms upon rhythms, and is never once repetitive. The opening track, “One Thousand Fires” is for one thousand reasons a classic Prog track. It certainly feels like the band is at a peak, and I personally hope this peak lasts for a long time, for this album is a true work of art. ![]() Today, the band wields a different form of Prog to the former (is that not the whole point), and their latest release, “Darkness In A Different Light” is in a significantly different light from their early Heavy Metal releases. How does one critique a band that started and pioneered a genre? Is one even worthy? Progressive metal giants FATES WARNING have been around since the early 80’s, starting out as a traditional Heavy Metal act, but together with QUEENSRŸCHE and DREAM THEATER kicked off the progressive metal genre in full force.
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