Wheel of Prog - Fates Warning (Albums Tier List) 

Finally! A Fates Warning episode!

Fates Warning is probably one of the most underrated bands ever. Love them!

This is my favorite RU-vid show of all times! F×ckin lovit! Just great! Thank you guys!

Always wanted to explore this band so the wheel of prog is the perfect start ! Best show of RU-vid. Spin the wheel spin the wheel

Still watching, so there may be more to this. I am 55 and Parallels was my introduction to FW and all things ProgMetal. Yes, I had heard QR's Empire, but nothing anywhere close to similar before that. I was recommended Parallels in late-1992/early-1993 and then DT's Images & Words when I went back to the same record store later, looking for more. Had to have MORE! FW have been one of my favorite bands for my entire adult life and I have always had trouble finding anyone else that has heard of them. My top picks would have to be Disconnected, APSoG, and Theories of Flight, with my all-time favorite song being The Light And Shade Of Things. Thank you SO much for finally spreading the word about Fates Warning! edit: Yes! Thank you, Kg! That is how I feel about Light/Shade. Ten minutes left in the world? That is the one. edit: Vic, yes! That 2003 tour with QR and DT was unfortunately my only time seeing FW live and it was SO great!

Really enjoyed this episode, all the impassioned comments about some of the lower tiered albums will push me to finally got beyond the favorites I've limited myself to in their catalog.

I've always loved Perfect Symmetry, Parallels and Theories of flight but this has made me check out everything and they are even more underrated than I originally thought. Amazing discography

8:56 Parallels 13:55 Inside Out 21:27 Awaken the Guardian 28:15 Night on Brocken 34:50 FWX 39:46 Darkness in a Different Light 44:48 The Spectre Within 49:02 Perfect Symmetry 53:45 Theories of Flight 58:30 Long Day Good Night 1:03:23 No Exit 1:05:29 Disconnected 1:11:48 A Pleasant Shade of Gray

Brilliant, can’t wait to watch

You guys did an amazing job with this one ! I truly enjoyed this episode, and we finally get some well-deserved coverage of the most underrated and under-appreciated band in the history of metal. If I had some suggestions for the upcoming wheels of rock or prog, it would be awesome to have for prog : Symphony X, Pain of Salvation, Marillion, King Crimson, IQ, The Flower Kings. For the more classic metal/rock side of things, I would love having one about Iron Maiden.

Now this should be fun. Love these shows keep them coming!

Wow! This is gonna be great! Paralles, Disconnected and Inside Out in S-Tier and FWX, Theories Of Flight and A Pleasant Shade Of Gray in A.

S- Awaken the Guardian, Parallels, Perfect Symmetry A- The Spectre Within, Disconnected, Inside Out B- A Pleasant Shade of Gray

Epitaph. Greatest ending of any song metal or otherwise, save perhaps Rainbow Stargazer

I need to buy that book!!!!

You guys need to do a "Camel" album's tier list

great band !! very underrated

“Emotional connection” with Fates’ music 🤘🤘

Great band. Could argue that FWX should be higher. Love it, love it all.

You guys mostly got it right, though PS is still S tier and their best. But the other three are also S tier. So that's a tough one. You guys forgot to talk about the Arch Matheos albums though. Fucking bummer. I remember meeting Jeff at ProgPower one year and him signing my Mean Deviation book. Maybe the year Fates played all of TIGOD? Super nice dude.

would really be interested in a beatles wheel!

Queensrÿche please!!

Awesome!!!!

I'm good with the rankings overall but I guess I must be the only Fates fan that doesn't think "A Pleasant Shade of Gray" is all that great. I mean, it's good, just like everything else but it doesn't stand out to me. Never has.

Parallels is by far the best production because it was recorded in QSpound

Where is wheel of rock of tool and marillion and pendragon?

MARILLION

APSOG

I know I’m in the minority here but I have a hard time listening to ATG due to Arch’s singing style.

DO PINK FLOYD!

Where the hell do you keep hearing Mercyful Fate influences here? Mercyful Fate are nothing more than early Maiden with absolutely horrible vocals and stupid stories and a ridiculous image. Musically quite ok, but I found the King's vocals unbearable. I witnessed the hype around Melissa first hand, as well as the release of Specter, on which I think John Arch is nowhere near as good as on Awaken. Early Fates Warning sounded a lot like Maiden, but with odd time signatures and more and more prog-heavy. Nothing else.

Hyde Park London coders are controlling your "wheel" ? It is controlled to stear the show ?

Rush are a metal band theres no "if" about it... So u think their not thats your right but its also my right 2 point out when your wrong... Its an ERRONEOUS bias TRANSITION MOVEMENT (Proto Prog Metal/Heavy Prog Rock)... Seeds... Led Zeppelin King Crimson Black Sabbath Deep Purple Mahavishnu Orchestra *Should really be the Big 5 Heavy Metal Pioneers *All are also Progressive/Avant Garde/Fusion... FOUNDATION WAVE (Prog Metal Pioneers)... King Crimson Rush Iron Maiden *Other Contributors to early Progressive Metal Scorpions - (Fly to the Rainbow - Animal Magnetism) Judas Priest - Sad wings of Destiny/Stained Class THE BIG 4 (Traditional Progressive Metal bands)... Queensryche that set the stage for...starts with The Warning (Rage is my favorite as well) Fates Warning - starts with The Spectre Within Dream Theater Mercyful Fate/King Diamond... are also a factor in this equation... *Other contributors (also belong in this Prog Metal discussion).. Van Halen/DLR 80' Ozzy Yngwie Malmsteens Rising Force Loudness Watchtower etc *Halford/Dickinson/Klaus Meine/Dio/Tate/King Diamond are all unique Not to mention Plant/Gillan & even Ozzy (to some degree/high just not as extreme) prior to them... Alder, Niihara, etc LATER ON (some Key Progressive Metal innovators/Alternative Heavy Prog)... Megadeth, Voivod, Psychotic Waltz... Tool, Mr Bungle, Janes Addiction, Alice In Chains, Soundgarden, RATM, Kings X, Smashing Pumpkins (thats right i said it), Atheist, Death, Cynic, Opeth, Katatonia, Porcupine Tree, Sigh, Enslaved, OSI, Kayo Dot, Giant Squid, Gorguts, Arch/Matheos, etc RECENT... noteworthy Avant Garde/Progressive Metal bands... Krallice, Ad Nauseam, Defeated Sanity, Pyrrhon, Imperial Triumphant, Ephel Duath, Khorada, Howls of Ebb, Ulcerate, Kvelertak, etc METAL IS THE ONLY TRUE EVOLUTION OF PROG/Fusion... *Metal was born DIVERSE (its more than a fraction of elitist... prejudices/from outside & inside the culture)