Fates Warning - Parallels

Possibly Fate Warning's biggest commercial, if not artistic success, 1991's Parallels was ironically also the closest the Connecticut natives ever came to sounding like their nemesis, the wildly popular Queensryche. Of course most old-school fans were none too pleased at the group's increasingly concise and restrained song writing style; but this change actually represented an important sign of maturity (if in a reverse kind of way) as it proved that the band was learning to appreciate the merits of forgoing wild showmanship in the best interest of a seamless, well constructed song. Read More