06/24/03 - DT/QR/FW Tour dates :

All dates will be equal set lengths from co-headliners Dream Theater and Queensryche. The show closer is noted in ( ) 


Mon 6/23/03 - Houston, TX - Verizon Wireless (QR)
Tues 6/24/03 - Tulsa, OK - Brady Theater (QR)
Wed 6/25/03 - Grand Prarie, TX - Nextstage (QR)
Fri 6/27/03 - Orlando, FL - House Of Blues (QR)
Sat 6/28/03 - Pompano Beach, FL - Pompano Beach Amphitheater (QR)
Sun 6/29/03 - Tampa Bay, FL - Tampa Bay P.A.C. (QR)
Mon 6/30/03 - Atlanta, Georgia - The Tabernacle (QR)
Wed 7/2/03 - Columbus, OH - Promo West Pavillion (QR)
Thurs 7/3/03 - Pittsburgh, PA - Amphitheater at Station Square (DT)
Fri 7/4/03 - Barrie, Ontario - Barrie Molson Center (DT)
Sat 7/5/03 - Montreal, Quebec - Verdun Auditorium (DT)
Sun 7/6/03 - Quebec City, Quebec - Agora (DT)
Tues 7/8/03 - Wallingford, CT - Oakdale Theater (DT)
Wed 7/9/03 - Boston, MA - Fleet Pavillion (DT)
Thurs 7/10/03 - Holmdel, NJ - PNC Bank Art Center (DT)
Fri 7/11/03 - Wantagh, NY - Jones Beach (DT)
Sat 7/12/03 - Wilmington, DE - Kahuna Summerstage (DT)
Tues 7/15/03 - Baltimore, MD - Pier Six (DT)
ed 7/16/03 - Cleveland, OH - Tower City Amphitheater (DT)
Thurs 7/17/03 - Clarkston, MI - DTE Music Theater (DT)
Fri 7/18/03 - Cincinnati, OH - Annie's Outdoors (DT)
Sat 7/19/03 - Chicago, IL - Aragon Ballroom (DT)
Mon 7/21/03 - Kansas City, MO - The Uptown Theater
Tues 7/22/03 - Denver, CO - Universal Lending Pavillion (DT)
Thurs 7/24/03 - Universal City, CA - Universal Amphitheater (QR)
Fri 7/25/03 - San Diego, CA - Humphrey's (QR closing - DT & QR only)
Sat 7/26/03 - Concord, CA - Chronicle Pavilion (QR)
Sun 7/27/03 - Sacramento, CA - The Cove at Cal Expo (QR)
Mon 7/28/03 - Las Vegas, NV - The Joint
Wed 7/30/03 - Spokane, WA - Opera House (QR) **
Thurs 7/31/03 - Boise, ID - Big Easy (QR) **
Fri 8/01/03 - Portland, OR - Arlene Schnitzer Hall (QR)
Sat 8/2/03 - Seattle, WA - The Paramount Theater (QR)

All dates and running order subject to change...

05/21/03 - The Long Awaited Return of John Arch :

New John Arch MP3 available at metalblade.de
03/28/03 - Fates Warning/Dream Theater/Queensryche Tour :

Posted on the FW Board by Jim Matheos:

Good news: It's official, we'll be opening for Dream Theater and Queensryche on this summer's tour. Bad news: Due to prior personal commitments Mark Zonder will not be able to be with us. Substitute soon to be announced. Good news: We will be joined on stage by non other than Frank X Aresti!

Lastly, I'd like to personally and publicly thank Mike Portnoy for making this happen. Thanks buddy!

02/01/03 - John Arch returns :

As reported by HardRadio.com:
Metal Blade has inked a deal with former FATES WARNING vocalist JOHN ARCH and will be releasing a 20-minute long EP called A Twist Of Fate, later this year featuring guitarist Jim Matheos, bassist Joey Vera and drummer Mike Portnoy.
02/01/03 - OSI Website :

Don't miss the official OSI Website.
02/01/03 - Dragonspoon :

Frank Aresti's Dragonspoon is finally available for 'public consumption'. I've got mine, do you have your's???? See Hook N Mouth Records for more info.
02/01/03 - OSI :


Oh, it's coming... See the latest news at Inside Out
02/01/03 - Fates Warning - The View From Here DVD :

includes the like of The Making of "Disconnected", The Making of "Parallels", Interviews with original members Joe DiBiase and Frank Aresti, Photo gallery, Complete discography and Complete video archive. In US stores: 3/11/03, Europe stores: Feb 24.
11/13/02 - Frank Aresti / Dragonspoon news :

The debut album from Dragonspoon is finally available. Dragonspoon is the brainchild of former Fates Warning Guitarist Frank Aresti. Please visit www.hooknmouthrecords.com for more info (don't miss the free Dragonspoon MP3s!).
11/13/02 - Frank Aresti / Dragonspoon news :

Dragoon spoon will be playing at the Webster theater in Hartford, CT on Friday Dec 20. Please visit the www.webstertheatre.com web site for info, directions, listings, etc.
08/31/02 - Jim Matheos and OSI :

OSI have just finished mixing their debut, "Office of Strategic Influence". The CD will be released early in 2003. Tracks include: The New Math, OSI, When You're Ready, Horseshoes and B52's, Hello, Helicopter, and shutDOWN (featuring Steven Wilson from Porcupine Tree on vocals). There are also plans for a limited edition two disc set with the second disc including videos and bonus tracks. Check out www.insideoutmusic.com for future updates on OSI.
08/30/02 - Police Lineup? No, it's the originals!:

Check out the photo from the recent get together of the original Fates lineup during work on the reissues
08/30/02 - New Fates Warning news!:

Fates have just agreed to a new deal with Metal Blade and will start writing for their 10th studio album in the next few weeks.
08/30/02 - Metal Blade re-releases:

Metal Blade will be re-issuing Night on Brocken and The Spectre Within. Both releases have been remastered and will include bonus tracks. Bonus tracks for N.O.B are Last Call (unreleased song from the original Misfit demo), Kiss of Death (Live at L'amour 1985) The Calling (rehearsal from 1983) and a rehearsal recording of Iron Maiden's Flight of Icarus from 1983. The Spectre Within will include Radio Underground (live early version of Pirates of the Underground), The Apparition (rehearsal from 1985), and early demos of both Kyrie Eleison and Epitaph. Release date is set for 9/24/02.
08/30/02 - new DVD:

Work on the DVD, The View From Here, is almost complete. The DVD will include all of the "MTV" videos, some live footage, and some documentary footage from the Disconnected recording sessions. Release looks to be early in 2003.
08/24/02 - Eric Zimmerman / Mark Zonder news:

Be sure to check out Eric Zimmerman's project known as Under-Radio. Info and CD are available at http://www.ericzimmermann.com.

The musicians are:
Bass - Matt Bissonette, Mike Valerio, Eric Zimmermann
Drums - Chris Howard, Mark Zonder
Guitars - Eric Zimmermann
Vocals - Robbie Wyckoff

More info to follow.

08/24/02 - Lot's o' Warlord news:

Okay, I'm terribly late with this. Sorry folks, and a big apology to Mark Zonder!

Warlord is handling internet orders for their release: Rising Out of the Ashes. Orders can be placed on www.warlord.ws

Drakkar Records is handling sales for the new Warlord release in Europe. (buy it now!)

Century Media was slated to handle the USA sales of the new Warlord, but I couldn't find it on their site.

07/31/02 - Warlord at Wacken:

Warlord performed live at Wacken Open Air 2002! The largest heavy metal festival in Europe, AND the first major Warlord show "ever."
07/09/02 - Mark Zonder / Warlord:

Look here for news about Mark Zonder and Warlord in the next day or so.

05/11/02 - Ray Alder/ Engine:

Straight from Metal Blade Records: In support of their new release 'Superholic', Engine has announced the following tour dates:

6/21/02 The Roadhouse, Sacramento, CA
6/25/02 The Galaxy Theatre, Santa Ana CA
6/26/02 Brick By Brick, San Diego CA
6/29/02 Pink E's, Las Vegas NV

Also check out Engine's website for more information!

05/09/02 - Engine featured in Yahoo's Launch:

Check out Engine being featured in the Yahoo Launch photo section. direct link to photos
05/07/02 - FW stuff for your computer:

Ever wanted a Fates Warning background for your computer? Check out the awesome background pics from Ryan Lee in the Media section. A big thanks to Ryan for giving me permission to put these up. (and for the great work!)
05/06/02 - Jim Matheos /Gordian Knot update:

There's a preview video trailer for Gordian Knot's "Emergent" at http://www.seanmalone.net . Jim Matheos recorded solos for the songs "Fischer's Gambit"(acoustic), "Some Brighter Thing" and "Singing Deep Mountain". The "Emergent" release is slated for June.
05/06/02 - Ray Alder / Engine update:

The new Engine album: Superholic is scheduled for a 5-21-2002 release date. Don't miss it! See http://www.sorcerystudios.com/engine for more information!
05/06/02 - Mark Zonder / Warlord News:

The new Warlord album is mixed, mastered, and completed. As promised, it is a metal masterpiece of epic proportions. Warlord fans will be astonished, and every power epic metal fan will be blown away. Warlord has just "raised the standard" for what power epic metal ought to be! Stay posted to http://www.warlord.ws for release dates. 


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When you've started a revolution, what's left to do? Start another one. The seminal progressive metal stalwarts FATES WARNING, virtually created the genre back in 1984, by combining elements of pure metal, classically inspired crescendos and interludes with jazz fusion like chops. Now with the release of the bands 9th studio album, "Disconnected", they have reinvented themselves - yet again.

Having spent most of 1999 on opposite ends of the country pursuing other creative endeavors, FATES' regrouped at Carriage House Studios in rural Connecticut in January 2000. Each member had just come off creatively satisfying musical endeavors, breathing new life into a chemistry that has inspired fans, critics and musicians alike. Founding member, guitarist and main songwriter Jim Matheos had released "Away With Words", a fusion project inspired by the likes of Shadowfax and Montreux, while vocalist Ray Alder tackled ENGINE, a heavier straight forward approach that included bassist Joey Vera and one time FATES' touring guitarist Bernie Versailles. Ray sees his time in Engine as an asset to FATES WARNING, "(Engine) broadened my horizons with the way I sing. I realized there were other ways to use my voice." Opting for a much heavier sound that is reminiscent of group's seminal fifth album "No Exit", "Disconnected" will not surprise the staunchest FATES" fan but may be a curveball to others.

When you listen to the band's body of work every album is one completely different aural experience from the next. "Disconnected" is yet another chapter in a highly prolific career. Matheos explains the albums' impetus simply, "We just keep trying todo different things to keep our fans and ourselves interested." Having just come off the critical success of his side project ENGINE, Ray entered the recording process with a different frame of mind. He sees the album as a welcome return to the band's earlier style "A lot of people wanted us to be heavier. People would always ask us if we were going to make a heavy album".

Helping the band create the vision in the studio, Matheos again enlisted the assistance of former Dream Theater keyboardist Kevin Moore, and FATES hired gun bassist Joey Vera who will once again join the band on any live outings.

Produced by Fates Warning, Terry Brown and Phil Magnotti