Fates Warning - The Ivory Gate Of Dreams

[Papa Josh]

I am sitting down with a cup of coffee, a bowl of ____ and partaking of the 21 minutes and 25 seconds that is 8 part epic The Ivory Gate Of Dreams. Absolutely amazing. The different moods that they captured, the fucking leads are pure class.

JayKeeley have you picked up the No Exit cd yet??? If and when you do, skip past everything and listen to this track first.

The only thing lacking is a remastering job. Metal Blade????

 

[JayKeeley]

On my want list: No Exit and Awaken the Guardian.

 

[ProgMetalFan]

yeah... that thing is in serious need of remastering...

 

[Papa Josh]

On my want list: No Exit and Awaken the Guardian.

Oh, that will be a super duper sweet haul, my friend. But, sadly those are are among the 4 cds in Metal Blade's catalog that need remastering more than any other.

Fates Warning- Awaken The Guardian
Fates Warning- No Exit
Helstar- A Distant Thunder
Helstar- Nosferatu

 

[Demonspell]

A difficult transitional album (due to the Ray being thrust into the hole left by Arch) that just happened to have some of their best songs...too bad the drumming sucks ass.

 

[ProgMetalFan]

yeah... the drumming is pretty terrible... i have trouble listening to pre-Zonder Fates...

 

[IOfTheStorm]

The drumming is excellent and totally unique and unpredictable. Ideal for the music
And about Fates Warning (ALL THEIR ALBUMS) - No Exit - Ivory Gate Of Dreams:

 

[JayKeeley]

So far only Night on Brocken and Spectre Within have been remastered I think. I have the remastered version of Spectre Within.

I don't think I can wait for Awaken the Guardian to be remastered....

 

[BenMech]

No Exit and The IGoD "epic" get a lot of hype by nostalgia clad noodleheads who forgot that IGod is actually a rather bad rewrite of the Rush "song" The Fountain of Lamneth.

Epic Length != good song always, and Rush did it better.

Ray fails on the album because the songs were all written with Arch in mind to sing them. Ray's style is very different

 

[Papa Josh]

Alright assmunch, now you've done it. Are you trying to open the gates to a full scale war? Ivory Gate Of Dreams sounds nothing like Rush's Fountain Of Lamneth. The only similarity would be the length and the way they divided the song in parts. There is no pointless drum solo like Rush's track. And Ray sings football fields around Geddy Lee.

While the album may have been written with Arch in mind, I still think Ray did an excellent job.

 

[IOfTheStorm]

BenMech you are deaf, right?

 

[Dick Sirloin]

I'm totally hearing this for the first time RIGHT NOW... and it's on cassette!

 

[IOfTheStorm]

Best song ever etc

 

[Chromatose]

for the.... first time? enjoy!!!!!

 

[Dick Sirloin]

I can't quite keep up with it yet. No doubt the leads are fucking terrific. Alder is pretty great too. Too much to handle at first, I think. First time I heard "Supper's Ready" it went in one ear and out the other

 

[Papa Josh]

Yep, that album was Alder's first, he was in the stratosphere. That was very much a transitional album, in that they still sounded musically like they did with John Arch. After No Exit, when they put out Perfect Symmetry, with Mark Zonder on drums, their sound changed a bit.