JOHN ARCH — A Twist of Fate (review)

JOHN ARCH — A Twist of Fate album cover EP · 2003 · Progressive Metal Buy this album from MMA partners
5/5 ·
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A twist of fate...

Genre: progressive metal

Upon first listen, I was totally taken by this EP, which immediately earned a place up there as one of my favorite progressive metal releases.

Here is why: the voice!

John Arch's voice is phenomenal, and it's much better on this EP than on any of the Fates Warning albums he fronted. Especially the vocals of the track Cheyenne are fantastic. The two tracks are epic and complex in structure making great use of dynamics, yet quite easy to listen to for fans of non-progressive music.

Another thing that I like is that, while the musicians performing on the EP are members of Fates Warning (Matheos and Vera) and Dream Theater (Portnoy), the EP sounds like neither Fates Warning nor Dream Theater, I think, but strikes me as being very original.

I hope John Arch will find the time to release more albums now and then!
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