The Spectre Within

The Spectre Within

Track Listings

1. Traveler in Time

2. Orphan Gypsy

3. Without a Trace

4. Pirates of the Underground

5. Apparition

6. Kyrie Eleison

7. Epitaph

Tracks:

Traveler In Time
Orphan Gypsy
Without A Trace
Pirates Of The Underground
The Apparition
Kyrie Eleison
Epitaph
Radio Underground (Live Underground)
The Apparition (Rehearsal 1985)
Kyrie Eleison ('Dickie' Demo 1985)
Epitaph ('Dickie' Demo 1985)

Album Description

Digitally remastered reissue of the 1985 album from the top selling progressive metal band of all time with 4 bonus tracks added 'Radio Underground' (Live), 'The Apparition' (Rehearsal 1985), 'Kyrie Eleison' ('Dickie' Demo 1985) & 'Epitaph' ('Dickie' Demo 1985). Metal Blade.

Customer Reviews:

A piece of metal history.......2005-12-10

This is a good album and in my opinion an album that was ahead of it's time. Some of the people reviewing this album negatively were probably not even born when this album came out. It is unfair to compare Korn with Fates Warning- there is decade of differance between the two. Fates were pioneers of metal (like tons of the 80s'bands that get zero credit). Metal was a new world in the 80s'- bands like Fates Warning laid the groundwork for bands like Korn etc. Have a little respect for your elders and listen to this stuff with a sense of perspective. Compare Spectre Within to other titles that were around at the time (1985) and I believe you will see that Fates Warning were breaking new ground.

RESPONSE TO GERGELLOR BELOW.......2005-08-17

Your review might be the single most lame-brained pathetic excuse for a review I have ever read. My grandma is more metal than you because even she knows that "The Spectre Within" wasn't even remotely cliche for 1985. And for you to make the absurd comment that "Awaken the Guardian" is much more progressive than "Spectre..." just proves that you've never heard either album, as FATES WARNING didn't become TRULY progressive until the dawn of the 90's. "The Spectre Within" is UNDENIABLY one of the GREATEST metal LP's of the 80's and the BEST LP of 1985. It IS a product of its time(the mid-80's) but illustrates an up and coming band with amazing potential. John Arch's vocals are amongst the best metal vocals of all-time and the guitar work on "Spectre Within" is legendary(check out track 3 "Without A Trace"!!!!). So basically I think YOU Mr. Gergellor are a PATHETIC EXCUSE FOR A METALHEAD. You probably listen only to lame crap like Limp Bizkit, etc. In some ways I'm GLAD you HATE "The Spectre Within" so much because I WOULDN'T WANT TO LIKE THE SAME ALBUM AS YOU. YOU DON"T DESERVE TO LISTEN TO CLASSIC ALBUMS LIKE "THE SPECTRE WITHIN"!!!

Silly, stupid heavy metal album.......2005-07-28

This album is so weak, so cliched, so perfunctory, that it plagues the iamge of metal. Arch's screaming voice is ridiculous, the songs have no identity at all. FATES WARNING first work to be taken seriously was AWAKEN THE GUARDIAN. Their first two albums are useless pieces of copies of hundreds of much better heavy metal albums. And, even with AWAKEN THE GUARDIAN, it was their change of cocnept (going more progressive) that really made them to be around until today.

'' HEAVINESS AND HARMONY '' ! !.......2005-01-13

AFTER HAVING THIS RELEASE FOR SO MANY YEARS, I DECIDED TO GIVE IT THE CREDIT IT RICHLY DESERVES..WHILE BACK IN THE 80'S ,AS WELL AS NOW-THERE WERE JUST SO MANY BANDS OUT THERE.SOME WERE GREAT,SOME WERE GOOD,SOME WERE OK,AND SOME WERE JUST SIMPLY TERRIBLE.MANY AWESOME BANDS GOT LOST IN THE SHUFFLE,AND FADED INTO OBSCURITY.OR THEY TENDED TO GET VERY COMMERCIAL
LIKE'' QUEENSRYCHE '' AND SORRY TO SAY '' FATES WARNING '' AS WELL.THE FIRST FEW RELEASES WITH JOHN ARCH ON VOCALS WERE AN AWESOME DISPLAY OF WHAT METAL WAS ALL ABOUT!!THE SHEER HEAVINESS OF THE MUSIC !!AND THESE GUYS PLAYED IT HEAVY,AND MIXED COOL MELODIES IN THEIR MUSIC AS WELL.. JOHN ARCH AT TIMES SOUNDS A LOT LIKE BRUCE DICKINSON OF '' IRON MAIDEN ''.. THE LATER RELEASES WITH RAY ALDER WERE GOOD BUT AFTER '' PERFECT SYMMETRY '' THEY JUST LOST THEIR TOUCH IN MY OPINION..MANY BANDS OF TODAY , NO DOUBT HAVE SIMILAR SOUNDING RIFFS VERY SIMILAR TO '' FATES WARNING '' OF THE 80'S.SO IF YOU WANT A FRESH STYLE OF METAL,THAT IS LONG GONE THAN GET THIS CD.AND ALSO CHECK OUT ANOTHER CLASSIC OF THEIRS CALLED '' AWAKEN THE GUARDIAN'' ..TRUST ME ,YOU WILL NOT BE DISAPPOINTED AT ALL!!!

plain, generic mainstream b.s........2004-12-25

wow I never thought I'de be saying this but this music is just a disgrace to the real metal gods like Slipknot, Crazy Town, Sevendust, Sum 41, and Sir Mix-a-lot. When I first heard the 1st song on this album I was completely disgusted and appauled by how horrible the song was too many cheesy solos, the lyrics probably all about death, satan, hell like every mainstream metal band. There's no talent here just a bunch of money hungry guys who wish they could impress real metal bands with their brittle acts. It all just doesn't fit well and plus these guys are extremely overrated probably more mainstream than Necrophagist or Katatonia I don't recommend this indefinetely to anyone at all check out better more talented bands for example The Black Eyed Pease, limp bizkit and public enemy

Average customer rating:

Sounds like MAIDEN
People lie like if their lives depended on it...
Best Album Ever
The Spectre Within
A Band Showing Enormous Potential (Mid 80s recording)

The Spectre Within
Fates Warning
Manufacturer: Metal Blade
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Tracks:

Traveler In Time
Orphan Gypsy
Without A Trace
Pirates Of The Underground
The Apparition
Kyrie Eleison
Epitaph

Customer Reviews:

Sounds like MAIDEN.......2005-06-27

And I'm not gonna complain at all. "Epitaph" and "The Apparition" are some of their best songs ever.

People lie like if their lives depended on it..........2005-01-22

Unbeliavable the rviwe we read here.... Saying this is the best metal album EVER.... .. You must be making a bad, very bad joke...
This early effort by Fates Warning is totally lackluster... This Geoff Tate wanna-be singer has an annoying voice. The songs are pedestrian, mediocre at best. And they are not similar AT ALL to Iron Maiden or Judas Priest. I would be glad if they were.... This a a talented band in their beginnings, tryind to do the best metal they could, but this album has absolutely NOTHING special about it.

Best Album Ever.......2003-05-02

John Arch is God and this is the greatest album ever made in the history of the entire universe.

The Spectre Within.......2002-09-01

I've been a Fates Warning fan since the beginning. The Spectre within is without a doubt my favorite Fates Warning Album. If you've never had a chance to listen to them, this CD is worth checking out!

A Band Showing Enormous Potential (Mid 80s recording).......2001-10-30

This was Fates Warning's second album. At the time the album was released, the term 'Progressive Metal' hadn't really entered the English language in any substantial or meaningful way. Listening to the first track, one could tell there was something very special brewing! 'Traveller in Time' was an exceptional choice as an opener, and is still among the best compositions this band has written.

This album showcases the band's first use of odd meter and 'power polychords' i.e. playing G5 over E5 on separate guitars with distortion to make an E-7 sound. These techniques would become somewhat a Fates Warning signature on most of their future releases.

Although this album has some exceptional moments, one can hear very strong Iron Maiden influences in many of the songs, particularly the use of 'galloping' rhythmic figures and John Arch's occasional Bruce Dickinson vocal inflections and timbre. Also, one occasionally hears interludes that are reminiscent of some of the more awkward moments on 'Night on Brocken', their debut album.

As a mid-80s metal album (forget prog. for the moment), this is an exceptional release. As a progressive rock/metal album it is best described as 'emerging'.

For anyone who wants an excellent audio documentation of very well written mid-80s metal influenced in equal parts by the 'New Wave of British Heavy Metal' and progressive rock, this is a highly recommended release.

The Spectre Within
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The Spectre Within
Fates Warning
Manufacturer: Restless Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00008FPQD
Release Date: 1993-07-01