was the first album release since 2004вЂ™s FWX, its own follow-up took considerably less time toД®merge.

With hooky, melodic burners such as вЂњSeven StarsвЂќ and вЂњSOSвЂќ leading to the more involved вЂњThe Light And Shade Of Things,вЂќ and even more light and shade beyond that, until the dramatic title track concludes the journey, Theories Of FlightвЂ™s 53 minutes is definitive Fates Warning. With the aforementioned core four providing most of the performances, occasional Fates member Frank Aresti performs guitar solos on вЂњFrom The RooftopsвЂќ and вЂњWhite Flag,вЂќ while current touring member Michael Abdow also has a guitar solo spot on the latter tune. Subdued parts are that much more lush, while other moments strike with ferocity not heard on a Fates album in quite some time. It even pushes the goalposts of the previous album out a bit further in each direction. Performed by the core lineup that returned to form with 2013вЂ™s Darkness In A Different Light (guitarist Jim Matheos, vocalist Ray Alder, bassist Joey Vera, and drummer Bobby Jarzombek), Fates WarningвЂ™s twelfth album, Theories Of Flight, is a new facet of the bandвЂ™s signature mix of melodic finesse, high-level performance and brooding melancholy. One listen to the textures, momentum, attack and emotion in вЂњFrom The Rooftops,вЂќ and itвЂ™s apparent that the band who defined progressive metal with albums such as Awaken The Guardian, Perfect Symmetry, Parallels and A Pleasant Shade Of Gray has plenty of new paths to travel.

Right from the impressive first minutes of their new album, Fates Warning proves itself to be one of those rare veteran bands capable of delivering new material as poignant and powerful as their many high points of the past.

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