Perfect Symmetry
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Perfect Symmetry was an album by progressive metal
band Fates Warning
released in 1989. It was the first album with Mark Zonder on drums. The album has been re-released as a special edition remaster in June 2008 with a bonus disc of studio demos and a DVD featuring live performances from the 1989-90 Perfect Symmetry world tour http://www.fateswarning.info/news/. The track "Nothing Left To Say" is featured on the soundtrack to the 1991 film, Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare
Disc Three: Live DVD
Allentown, PA December 2, 1989
Houston, TX April 26, 1990
Amsterdam, Netherlands December 16, 1989
Philadelphia, PA March 27, 1990
New Haven, CT December 11, 1989
Promotional video: "Through Different Eyes"
Progressive metal
Progressive metal is a subgenre of heavy metal originating in the United Kingdom and North America in the late 1980s...
band Fates Warning
Fates Warning
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...
released in 1989. It was the first album with Mark Zonder on drums. The album has been re-released as a special edition remaster in June 2008 with a bonus disc of studio demos and a DVD featuring live performances from the 1989-90 Perfect Symmetry world tour http://www.fateswarning.info/news/. The track "Nothing Left To Say" is featured on the soundtrack to the 1991 film, Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare
Track listing
- "Part of the Machine" (Matheos) - 6:16
- "Through Different Eyes" (Matheos) - 4:22
- "Static Acts" (Aresti) - 4:28
- "A World Apart" (Aresti) - 5:03
- "At Fate's Hands" (Aresti/DiBiase/Matheos) - 6:59
- "The Arena" (Aresti) - 3:19
- "Chasing Time" (Matheos) - 3:38
- "Nothing Left to Say" (Matheos) - 8:00
2008 Deluxe Edition Bonus Tracks
Disc Two: Studio Demos- "Part of the Machine" - 7:03
- "Through Different Eyes" - 4:20
- "Static Acts" - 4:27
- "A World Apart" - 5:38
- "At Fate's Hands" - 6:11
- "The Arena" - 3:52
- "Chasing Time" - 4:06
- "Nothing Left to Say" - 8:06
- "Part of the Machine" - 8:03
- "Nothing Left to Say" - 4:51
Disc Three: Live DVD
Allentown, PA December 2, 1989
- "Fata Morgana"
- "Part of the Machine"
- "Silent Cries"
- "Static Acts"
- "Through Different Eyes"
Houston, TX April 26, 1990
- "Fata Morgana"
- "Static Acts"
- "Anarchy Divine"
- "Silent Cries"
- "Nothing Left to Say"
- "Quietus"
- "Damnation"
Amsterdam, Netherlands December 16, 1989
- "Fata Morgana"
- "Part of the Machine"
- "Silent Cries"
- "The Apparition"
- "Through Different Eyes"
- "Nothing Left to Say"
Philadelphia, PA March 27, 1990
- "The Arena"
New Haven, CT December 11, 1989
- "Through Different Eyes"
- "The Apparition"
- "Damnation"
- "Exodus"
- "Drum Solo"
- "Nothing Left to Say"
- "The Ivory Gate of Dreams"
Promotional video: "Through Different Eyes"
Charts
Album - Billboard (North America)Year | Chart | Position |
---|---|---|
1989 | The Billboard 200 | 141 |
Personnel
- Ray AlderRay AlderRay Alder has been the lead vocalist of the progressive metal band Fates Warning since their 1988 release No Exit. He has released two albums Engine in 1999 and Superholic in 2002 with Engine....
- Lead vocals - Frank Aresti - Guitars and backing vocals
- Joe DiBiase - Bass
- Mark ZonderMark ZonderMark Zonder is the drummer of American heavy-metal band Warlord. When the band was in a hiatus, he joined Fates Warning. His artistic name in Warlord is "Thunder Child"...
- Acoustic and electronic drums - Jim MatheosJim MatheosJim Matheos , is the American guitarist and primary songwriter for the progressive metal band Fates Warning. As of bassist Joe DiBiase's departure in 1996, he is the band's only permanent member...
- Guitars - Phil Magnotti - Engineer, Mixing
- Max NormanMax NormanMax Norman is a retired record producer and recording engineer in the 1980s and 1990s. He produced many acclaimed heavy metal releases, and was renowned for his top notch production. Max got his "big break" while he was the resident engineer at Ridge Farm Studios in London, England...
- Mixing
Guest musicians
- Kevin MooreKevin MooreFor the blues singer, see Keb' Mo'.Kevin Moore is a keyboardist, vocalist and composer and founder of the Chroma Key music project. He is also a former member of the American progressive metal band Dream Theater, co-founder of the progressive rock supergroup O.S.I. and has composed film soundtracks...
- Keyboards - Faith Fraeoli - Violins