Very good album for its time, and even today, Fates Warning were lumped in with the thrash lads, but what this band do actually do is write progressive metal. Think of a mix of Queensryche, Maiden, Priest, Rush, with a thrashy edge - huge cult act, although sales certainly didn't clock up for this type of techno-metal. Often alienating for your average metalhead, soaring vocals, cleverly constructed tracks, riffs and solo's all over the place, kinda like sitting in a dark room of cold steel walls. To some this is bewildering, perplexing yet brilliant..others may find it uneventful, self-indulgent and tricky. I'm not sure where I stand, it's not got the appeal of say Watchtower or Cynic, and I've never been a fan of Rush, Queensryche etc, but like Progressive Rock in the late '60s and early '70s, Prog' Metal is an acquired taste, but if you can sit through the twelve-minute 'Epitaph' then maybe this is for you. For me, I'm always searching for sex or Satan on a record.
6.5/10
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