Perfect Symmetry
| Band | |
|---|---|
| Type | Album (Studio full-length) |
| Released | August 1989 |
| Genres | Progressive Metal |
| Labels | Metal Blade Records, Enigma |
| Length | 42:08 |
| Ranked | #30 for 1989 , #883 all-time |
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Perfect Symmetry Information
Track listing (Songs)
| title | rating | votes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Part Of The Machine | 6:16 | 92.5 | 4 | |
| 2. | Through Different Eyes | 4:22 | 88.8 | 4 | |
| 3. | Static Acts | 4:28 | 90 | 4 | |
| 4. | A World Apart | 5:04 | 87.5 | 4 | |
| 5. | At Fate's Hands | 7:00 | 93.8 | 4 | |
| 6. | The Arena | 3:18 | 85 | 4 | |
| 7. | Chasing Time | 3:39 | 92.5 | 4 | |
| 8. | Nothing Left To Say | 7:59 | 91 | 5 |
[ Rating detail ]
Line-up (members)
- Ray Alder : Vocals
- Jim Matheos : Guitars
- Frank Aresti : Guitars
- Joe DiBiase : Bass
- Mark Zonder : Drums
Perfect Symmetry Reviews
(1)
Date : Nov 1, 2020
Most people consider “Awaken the Guardian” to be Fates Warning’s shining moment, but the album that outshone everything else by miles to me is “Perfect Symmetry.”
Perfect Symmetry is the band’s transition from a fantastical, proggy almost-Power Metal band into a full fledged modern Progressive Metal band, and one of the first albums ever to conceptualize this sound. Gone are the tales of high fantasy and abandoned are the speedy and uplifting metal epics that iconized their earlier sound. Here, they have traded their swords and steeds in acceptance of the reality that the world is a cold, unfriendly place that eats dreamers alive. They have become part of a machine of finely tuned skill and technicality – here the whole band play incredibly complex parts, alone but in unison, creating a cacophony of different melodies and rhythms that never play against each other.
One mistake you could make in reading that is to think they have become technical cogs incapable of producing melodies of beautiful passion. This couldn’t be further from the truth. Vocalist Ray Alder commands his voice like an instrument, but never shies away from simply crying out the sorrows of being smothered in the constraints of modern society. The lyrics across the board sound like those of a man who dreamed of grandeur as a child, but had those dreams quashed by reality. The only options are to hold out a last shred of hope that tomorrow holds something new, or allow oneself to die int ... See More
Perfect Symmetry is the band’s transition from a fantastical, proggy almost-Power Metal band into a full fledged modern Progressive Metal band, and one of the first albums ever to conceptualize this sound. Gone are the tales of high fantasy and abandoned are the speedy and uplifting metal epics that iconized their earlier sound. Here, they have traded their swords and steeds in acceptance of the reality that the world is a cold, unfriendly place that eats dreamers alive. They have become part of a machine of finely tuned skill and technicality – here the whole band play incredibly complex parts, alone but in unison, creating a cacophony of different melodies and rhythms that never play against each other.
One mistake you could make in reading that is to think they have become technical cogs incapable of producing melodies of beautiful passion. This couldn’t be further from the truth. Vocalist Ray Alder commands his voice like an instrument, but never shies away from simply crying out the sorrows of being smothered in the constraints of modern society. The lyrics across the board sound like those of a man who dreamed of grandeur as a child, but had those dreams quashed by reality. The only options are to hold out a last shred of hope that tomorrow holds something new, or allow oneself to die int ... See More
1 likePerfect Symmetry Comments
(6)
Sep 4, 2024
이게 바로 20세기 프로그레시브메탈이며 이후 프로그메탈밴드들에게 길을 제시한 아주 대단한 메탈앨범이라 생각이 든다
3 likes
Sep 25, 2023
Despite the fact that Fates Warning release one quality album after another with iron regularity, their fame is quite small (compared to, for example Dream Theater). They definitely deserve more attention.
1 like
Dec 31, 2019
1세대와 2세대 프로그레시브를 연결하는 가교. 힘보다 정교함을 강조한 리프 위에 얹어진 케빈 무어의 키보드 라인의 조화가 인상적이며, 최소한의 밴드 사운드로 보여줄 수 있는 연주의 극대화로 완성된, 페이츠 워닝의 저력이 유감 없이 표출되는 작품입니다. 그 연주력이 잘 묻어나오는 5번 트랙이 베스트.
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Fates Warning Discography
| Album | Type | Release date | Rating | Votes | Reviews |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Night on Brocken | Album | Sep 1984 | 85.1 | 7 | 0 |
| The Spectre Within | Album | Oct 1985 | 87.8 | 32 | 2 |
| Awaken the Guardian | Album | Nov 1986 | 90.9 | 24 | 4 |
| No Exit | Album | Mar 23, 1988 | 84.4 | 9 | 2 |
| ▶ Perfect Symmetry | Album | Aug 1989 | 94.3 | 7 | 1 |
| Parallels | Album | Oct 29, 1991 | 94.4 | 8 | 1 |
| Inside Out | Album | Jul 26, 1994 | 89 | 5 | 0 |
| A Pleasant Shade of Gray | Album | Apr 22, 1997 | 87.3 | 6 | 0 |
| Still Life | Live | Oct 6, 1998 | 90 | 3 | 0 |
| Disconnected | Album | Jul 25, 2000 | 96.7 | 3 | 0 |
| Fates Warning X | Album | Oct 5, 2004 | 89.4 | 5 | 0 |
| Darkness in a Different Light | Album | Sep 27, 2013 | 85 | 3 | 0 |
| Theories of Flight | Album | Jul 1, 2016 | 95 | 3 | 0 |
| Awaken the Guardian Live | Live | 2017 | - | 0 | 0 |
| Live over Europe | Live | Jun 29, 2018 | - | 0 | 0 |
| Long Day Good Night | Album | Nov 6, 2020 | 93.3 | 11 | 0 |
