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ARTIST : Fates Warning STOREDATE : 00-00-1997
ALBUM : Perfect Symmetry RIPDATE : 07-20-2015
YEAR : 1997 RUNTIME : 42:01 min
GENRE : Heavy Metal LANGUAGE : English
LABEL : Metal Blade Records GRABBER : EAC Secure
SOURCE : CDDA ENCODER : FLAC 1.2.1
QUALITY : 891 kbps Avg 44.1kHz 2 channels SIZE : 280.6MB
URL : http://is.gd/wCKSin TRACKS : 8 Files
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01 Part Of The Machine 6:15
02 Through Different Eyes 4:22
03 Static Acts 4:28
04 A World Apart 5:03
05 At Fates Hands 6:59
06 The Arena 3:18
07 Chasing Time 3:38
08 Nothing Left To Say 7:58
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42:01 min
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│ The release of Perfect Symmetry signalled a much needed change of │
│ direction for Jim Matheos Fates Warning, one that divides fans of │
│ the band to this day. On one side of the fence you have those who │
│ hark back to the days when the band were a lot more metallic, │
│ aggressive and fronted by John Arch. The other camp disagrees and │
│ prefers the more mature, mainstream direction that began on this │
│ album. This is the school of thought that Im on board with. One of │
│ the main reasons for this is the new(ish) frontman. │
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│ After an impressive debut album on No Exit, Ray Alder really comes │
│ into his own on this one. I defy anyone to listen to his aggressive │
│ wailing on Static Acts or his impassioned cries on Nothing Left To │
│ Say and not be amazed by the emotional range of this man. From start │
│ to finish, Alder drives this album harder than any other vocalist │
│ you care to mention. Like his contemporaries Geoff Tate and James │
│ LaBrie, everything revolves around Ray. By that I mean that he is │
│ perfectly capable of turning an average song like A World Apart into │
│ a great song simply through the power of his performance. Enough │
│ cannot be written about his contribution to this album, but he is by │
│ no means the only reason why this gem shines. │
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│ Jim Matheos deserves endless plaudits for the way in which he │
│ reinvented himself and his band on this record. He took what was │
│ essentially a rather uneven style of songwriting that he was │
│ employing on previous albums and focused it into a series of catchy │
│ yet substantial tracks that hook you in and keep you listening. Gone │
│ is the rather frustrating inconsistency of the old Fates Warning and │
│ in is a new found efficiency and smoothness that never fails to │
│ impress. This is truly the first really cohesive Fates Warning album │
│ and it hits in a big way. │
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│ Benefiting greatly from this change of direction is bassist Joe │
│ DiBiase. ItÆs very noticeable that his place in the mix has become │
│ more prominent on this album and he takes advantage of that. The one │
│ word I throw back at people when describing his style is infectious. │
│ His style just infiltrates your brain to the point where you find │
│ yourself isolating the bass in your head all the time while │
│ listening to his work on this and subsequent albums. If youÆre a fan │
│ of bass guitar you need to hear this man work. Individually heÆs │
│ brilliant but in tandem with new drummer Mark Zonder who makes his │
│ debut on this album, we rise to a different level of greatness │
│ entirely. │
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│ Mark is surely one of the most underrated metal drummers of all │
│ time, but for those who are familiar with his work he is much loved. │
│ Nothing is a better representation of his work than the opening │
│ track on this album, Part Of The Machine. His unique double bass │
│ intro to this track is wonderful and not only sums him up but sums │
│ up this album as a whole. You know right then and there that youre │
│ about to hear something special. And as if I need to say it, youre │
│ not disappointed. │
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│ This album when looked at as a piece of prog metal has it all. ItÆs │
│ got catchy hook laden metal in Through Different Eyes, itÆs got two │
│ breathtaking prog epics in At Fates Hands and Nothing Left To Say, │
│ aggression in Static Acts and balladry in Chasing Time. If you are │
│ at all interested in the progressive metal sub-genre or if you want │
│ to hear a mature, intelligent heavy metal album I suggest you get │
│ out and buy this NOW. You need this album. │
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