Jim and I spent practically every day for the last year writing this album. Sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn’t, but you at least have to try it just so you know that in the end you’ve done everything possible to make it as good as it can be. Sometimes you think you’re done with it, then you hear something else and you have to try that. It’s quite a process to go from the idea to the actual finished song. Despite their long history of making records, Alder makes it clear that the songs take a lot of work to realize.
We tried to give the listener a host of different things to listen to, as opposed to an album where every song sounds the same.” As such, the album is something of a rollercoaster ride, moving through various moods and making for perhaps their most vital release to date.įollowing touring with Queensrÿche, guitarist Jim Matheos began writing the album in mid-2019, working closely with Alder for about a year, honing the songs, completing 13 for their 13th full-length – which un-coincidentally has a total running time of 72:22. And there are also some pretty heavy songs. “ There are some songs with electronics and some with a nice ethereal feel, as well as some pretty straightforward grooves, at least for us. “ The styles of music we’ve written distinguish this record from the rest of our catalogue,” states vocalist Ray Alder. They return in 2020 with Long Day Good Night, the most epic and longest album of their storied career. Fates Warning have been a formidable presence in progressive metal for more than 35 years, helping to shape and drive the genre without ever compromising their integrity or losing relevance.
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