FATES WARNING: Disconnected

This is what metal should be like; not being loud for its own sake, but adding to the music. The Who understood. King Crimson, Dream Theater, Queensryche, they understand. And so does Fates Warning. Disconnection. Alienation, separation, loneliness. The subject has been dealt with many times before, true, but at least Fates (mostly) isn't resorting to cliches here. The lonely feeling is palpable throughout, from Ray Alder's dead-on vocal delivery to Jim Matheos's guitar wails that open and close the album. (Has he been listening to a little too much Robert Fripp lately? Nevermind.) Though Ray contributes a lyric or two, this is mostly Jim's baby. Hard to believe how far they've come since the D&D days of Awaken the Guardian, isn't it? There's hardly any soloing or showing off here, no wild screaming or frenzies of 64th notes. Like their previous A Pleasant Shade of Gray this is an album full of tones and textures, a recording where the production and ambiance is just as important as the music.
This will also come as a relief to those who disliked the valium-induced-coma approach of PSoG. Though the mood is dark and dreary as ever - I still find Disconnected impossible to listen to if I'm in a happy mood - they've brought fire and energy back to the mix. Mark Zonder's wonderfully understated drumming gives everything just the punch it needs, and they've remembered to turn up the tempo again. The one exception is "So;" Ray sings tiredly and everyone else seems practically numb. And for that track, that's exacty how it should be.Is this album worth buying? That probably depends on what you're looking for. If you just want heavy metal, probably not. If you prefer subtlety in music you have to hear several times to appreciate, come right in. Welcome. --- By spiral_mind

Tracks
1. Disconnected, Pt. 1
2. One
3. So
4. Pieces of Me
5. Something from Nothing
6. Still Remains
7. Disconnected, Pt. 2

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