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Fates Warning
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Product Details

  • Audio CD (April 26, 1994)
  • Original Release Date: 1989
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Label: Metal Blade
  • ASIN: B000001C78
  • Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.com Sales Rank: #94,915 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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5.0 out of 5 stars One of the best Prog rock albums of all time, January 15, 2003
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People who say Dream Theater is better or true prog metal is full of it. It's all in the songwriting, this band does a much better job than Dream Theater who plays a bunch of scales 16 notes. This album is there all time high and one of the best Fates albums there is. THe new drummer Mark Zonder is amazing. May not be as heavy, but it farpasses anything in intensity
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5.0 out of 5 stars Melodic Ray Alder., July 31, 1999
If your new to Fates Warning, you should know that of the progressive metal genre', Fates is a band that features one of the leading rock vocalists in the world today. Ray Alder has a vast range, clean tone, controlled vibrato, poetry, and angular melodies. On a canvas of very heavy oriented Metal.

This album has a moderate, more melodic and dynamic feel to it. Perhaps Fates Warning's most "beautiful" recording. Reminds of their recent release, Shades of Grey.

You'll love the vocals.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Hard to turn off., October 2, 1999
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Perfect Symmetry was my first experience with this kind of rock/metal, and I've listened to it for almost 11 years now. The music and the lyrical content of their music is timeless, it will still maintain it's relevance far in the future. I was so enthralled with Perfect Symmetry when I first heard it, and all these years later I still have to close my eyes when I hear At Fates Hands. I feel very lucky that I've gotten to listen to these guys for so many years, and I've managed to enjoy all of their different "era's". I deeply respect these guys for being so inventive and refreshing, even in the face of vast changes in their music or band members.
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5.0 out of 5 stars A True Landmark in the History of Prog Metal
Fates Warning's Perfect Symmetry is a truly historic and genre-defining recording in progressive metal. Up until the late 80's, a term as "progressive metal" didn't even exist. Read more
Published on February 21, 2005 by Murat Batmaz

3.0 out of 5 stars A Major Letdown
I had always heard that this was the best and most definitive of Fates Warning's sound. I was so excited when I ordered it from Amazon; I put it in and was disappointed. Read more
Published on January 19, 2005 by Mike

4.0 out of 5 stars Don't listen to Bozo Pedroza
This is a great cd. Part of the Machine is fantastic-intricate drum and guitar interplay. Alder sings great throughout, namely
A World Apart. Read more
Published on March 2, 2004 by rcbr

1.0 out of 5 stars What Happened?!
If you like No Exit you probably won't like this sad collection of songs. This is by far the most disappointing album I've EVER purchased. This is NOT hard rock. Read more
Published on March 15, 2003 by srv1440

2.0 out of 5 stars Disappointing.
Perfect Symmetry is hailed as one of the definitive progressive metal albums, but at times it's hard to see why. Read more
Published on December 6, 2001 by Lord Chimp

4.0 out of 5 stars Wise musicianship. Solid and progressive, but...
I really like this album, but I find it not enough energetic. Except in the masterpiece "Part Of The Machine", the band shows class without emitting too much power. Read more
Published on July 18, 2001 by I. MUNOZ

4.0 out of 5 stars Prog-Metal Classic
Perfect Symmetry is a classic in the prog-metal genre, and rightly so. The opener Part of the Machine is a good song with some fine guitar playing from Jim Matheos and Frank... Read more
Published on October 6, 2000 by VoodooLord7

3.0 out of 5 stars Has some moments.
This album is quite different than Fates Warning's previous album No Exit. Perfect Symmetry is a bit more in the progressive hardrock vein, and not so much in the metal vein... Read more
Published on August 15, 1999

5.0 out of 5 stars Ray Alder's Best Vocal Tracks
Fates has a world class vocalist. "perfect symmetry" & "no exit" have the most impressive vocal tracks in their dicography. Read more
Published on August 13, 1999 by Robert Lunte

3.0 out of 5 stars As far back as I go.......
Having discovered Fates Warning after their Pleasant Shade of Grey CD, I started working my way backwards in the long list of releases they have put out. Read more
Published on July 2, 1999 by Douglas Tidwell

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