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| Date | Events |
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| 1983 | Fates Warning formed in Connecticut. The song Soldier Boy is released on Metal Massacre 5. |
| 1984 | Signed to Metal Blade Records. Release of Night On Brocken. |
| 1985 | Release of The Spectre Within. |
| 1986 | Victor Arduini replaced by Frank Aresti. Release of Awaken The Guardian. |
| 1987 | Ray Alder replaces John Arch. |
| 1988 | Released No Exit, reaches #111 on Billboard. First video, Silent Cries. First full American tour. Mark Zonder replaces Steve Zimmerman. |
| 1989 | Released Perfect Symmetry. Video for Through Different Eyes. First European tour. |
| 1990 | Second leg of Perfect Symmetry tour. Second European tour. |
| 1991 | Released Parallels. Video for Point Of View. |
| 1992 | U.S. tour for Parallels. Video for Eye To Eye. |
| 1993 | Jim Matheos solo album, First Impressions released. Fates Warning headlines Wacken festival in Germany. |
| 1994 | Special appearance by John Arch at Fates Warning gig in Connecticut. Released Inside Out. Video for Monument. U.S. tour with Dream Theater. |
| 1995 | Released Chasing Time, a compilation featuring two previously unreleased songs. |
| 1996 (Click for archived news items) |
"The Best of Fates Warning" guitar TAB book is released by Cherry Lane Music to coincide with the domestic release of Chasing Time. Frank Aresti and Joe DiBiase leave the band. Joey Vera (ex-Armoured Saint) takes over bass duties. The band cuts the track Closer To The Heart for the Working Man Rush tribute album. Also cuts Saints In Hell for the Tribute to Judas Priest - Legends of Heavy Metal album (Volume I, European Version). Work begins on new album comprising one 60 minute song. |
| 1997 (Click for archived news items) |
Released A Pleasant Shade Of Gray Toured Europe and the United States. Ed Roth played keyboards during the first leg of the tour, with Jason Keazer (Divine Regale) playing ont he second leg. |
| 1998 (Click for archived news items) |
Released A Pleasant Shade Of Gray live/conceptual video. (See the Videos page for details.) A third leg of APSoG tours occurred, with Jason Keazer (Divine Regale) on keys and Bernie Versailles (Agent Steel) on guitar. Live album Still Life is released, bonus track for the Japanese market is a cover of In Trance (originally by The Scorpions). |
| 1999 (Click for archived news items) |
The band covered the Black Sabbath song Sign Of The Southern Cross for a Dio tribute album (Century Media). Jim Matheos releases Away With Words on September 7, Ray Alder releases Engine on September 21. |
| 2000 (Click for archived news items) |
Released Disconnected Released Live At The Dynamo (video/DVD) (See the Videos page for details.) Engine performed at both the Dynamo Open Air Festival and Wacken Festival in Europe. |
| 2001 (Click for archived news items) |
Toured in support of Disconnected with Savatage |
| 2002 (Click for archived news items) |
Engine releases their second album, Superholic on May 12. Jim Matheos appears as a guest musician on Gordian Knot's Emergent album. Mark Zonder records a new Warlord album. Frank Aresti launches his Dragonspoon project (www.dragonspoon.com). Jim Matheos works on the O.S.I. project. Metal Blade re-issued Night on Brocken and The Spectre Within albums (remastered with bonus tracks). Engine tours the U.S. |
| 2003 (Click for archived news items) |
Released The View From Here (DVD) on May 6. O.S.I.'s "Office of Strategic Influence" is released. John Arch releases his first ever solo album with Jim Matheos, Joey Vera and Mike Portnoy on June 17. Fates Warning tours the U.S. with Dream Theater and Queensrÿche. Ray Alder performs with Redemption at ProgPower USA in Atlanta. |
| 2004 (Click for archived news items) |
Mark Zonder announces his decision to leave Fates Warning. Released FWX on October 5. |
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