Fates Warning is an American progressive metal band, formed in 1982 by vocalist John Arch, guitarists Jim Matheos and Victor Arduini, bassist Joe DiBiase, and drummer Steve Zimmerman in Hartford, Connecticut. Fates Warning has experienced numerous line-up changes. From 1982 to 1996 -- and temporarily in 2010 -- Matheos and DiBiase were the only original members of the band, with Matheos being the only constant member. Their current lineup consists of Matheos on guitar, Ray Alder on vocals and Joey Vera on bass. Drummer Bobby Jarzombek has been part of Fates Warning since 2007 but is only a live member. As a pioneer of the American progressive metal movement, Fates Warning rose to international fame in the 1980s and was ranked as one of the early "flagship bands of progressive metal" along with Queensryche and Dream Theater, who were responsible for creating, developing and popularizing that genre.
Fates Warning has released ten studio albums, two live albums, one compilation album, one VHS, three DVDs (each of them features live concerts) and four demo tapes. The band experienced major American commercial success with the 1986 release of their third studio album,
Awaken the Guardian, which peaked at number #191 on the
Billboard 200, and became the first album released on Metal Blade to enter that chart. Their next three albums,
No Exit (1988),
Perfect Symmetry (1989) and
Parallels (1991), were also successful; the first two peaked at #111 and #141 on the
Billboard 200 respectively. Fates Warning's most recent studio album,
FWX, was released in 2004. As of June 2011, they are working on a follow-up to
FWX, which is due for release sometime in 2012.
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