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Perfect Symmetry

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TypeAlbum (Studio full-length)
Released
GenresProgressive Metal
LabelsMetal Blade Records, Enigma
Length42:08
Ranked#30 for 1989 , #1,018 all-time
Reviews :  1
Comments :  5
Total votes :  6
Rating :  94.2 / 100
Have :  11       Want : 1
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Perfect Symmetry Information

Track listing (Songs)

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1.6:1692.54
2.4:2288.84
3.4:28904
4.5:0487.54
5.7:0093.84
6.3:18854
7.3:3992.54
8.7:59915

Line-up (members)

Perfect Symmetry Reviews

 (1)
Reviewer :  level 12   100/100
Date : 
Most people consider “Awaken the Guardian” to be Fates Warning’s shining moment, but the album that outshone everything else by miles to me is “Perfect Symmetry.”

Perfect Symmetry is the band’s transition from a fantastical, proggy almost-Power Metal band into a full fledged modern Progressive Metal band, and one of the first albums ever to conceptualize this sound. Gone are the tales of high fantasy and abandoned are the speedy and uplifting metal epics that iconized their earlier sound. Here, they have traded their swords and steeds in acceptance of the reality that the world is a cold, unfriendly place that eats dreamers alive. They have become part of a machine of finely tuned skill and technicality – here the whole band play incredibly complex parts, alone but in unison, creating a cacophony of different melodies and rhythms that never play against each other.

One mistake you could make in reading that is to think they have become technical cogs incapable of producing melodies of beautiful passion. This couldn’t be further from the truth. Vocalist Ray Alder commands his voice like an instrument, but never shies away from simply crying out the sorrows of being smothered in the constraints of modern society. The lyrics across the board sound like those of a man who dreamed of grandeur as a child, but had those dreams quashed by reality. The only options are to hold out a last shred of hope that tomorrow holds something new, or allow oneself to die int
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Perfect Symmetry Comments

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level 9   95/100
Despite the fact that Fates Warning release one quality album after another with iron regularity, their fame is quite small (compared to, for example Dream Theater). They definitely deserve more attention.
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level 9   95/100
My 1553rd most played, 2nd most played Fates Warning.
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level 11   90/100
1세대와 2세대 프로그레시브를 연결하는 가교. 힘보다 정교함을 강조한 리프 위에 얹어진 케빈 무어의 키보드 라인의 조화가 인상적이며, 최소한의 밴드 사운드로 보여줄 수 있는 연주의 극대화로 완성된, 페이츠 워닝의 저력이 유감 없이 표출되는 작품입니다. 그 연주력이 잘 묻어나오는 5번 트랙이 베스트.
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level 21   90/100
podarený album
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level 1   95/100
Very good!
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