It almost took 10 years till FATES WARNING released a new album. But finally it is done. Just right now Darkness In A Different Light got released. To me it sounds warmer, more organic but also darker with a strong melancholic note. And I wonder how the new material might sound live as I know the Prog Metal veterans as a very lively and energetic live band. It seems FATES WARNING want to know that too and immediately started touring, a little bit more extensive than in 2011. And FATES WARNING of course made a stop at the • Turock Club • in Essen, Germany. No question, a must-be-there event!

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As in 2011 there was a special guest announced but no one knew which band would support till we arrived at the club. Tada… this band was :: DIVIDED MULTITUDE :: Never heard of? Me neither ;) And around? Puzzled looks. Ok. That’s Norwegian guys, already having 5 records up their sleeves, the latest one, Feed On Your Misery, released in spring, where they played most of the songs from. Musically they were quite appealing but the singer was lacking power and volume in his voice. No revelation but a solid show.
Setlist: Esperanto, Feed On Your Misery, Scars, Promised Land, The World Is Watching, Enter Paradise, 2 4 7, What I See

The support band had hardly left the stage as everybody was pushing towards. It’s gonna be cuddly in the front row ;) The Turock is well-filled and the crowd noticeable in high expectations. :: FATES WARNING :: took it easy while we were joking about the lyric notepad for Ray Alder on the bottom of his micro stand. Clock strikes 9 and the band gets into its set powerfully with the opener of the new album One Thousand Fires. Right after a best-of set follows with two more new songs embedded (Firefly and I Am). Mood is great and emotions turning up. As for me personally I have to say that I’m not that touched as in 2011.
Guitarist Frank Aresti had to sit out the European tour dates and got replaced by Mike Abdow, who most time was hiding in the right corner. But he often got a backslapping from the band members and an overwhelming applause when he got introduced.
As expected FATES WARNING once again play an almost 2 hrs show including an encore and release the fans happy into the night. Yep, great show!
Setlist: One Thousand Fires, Life In Still Water, One, A Pleasant Shade Of Gray Part 3, Another Perfect Day, Down To The Wire, A Pleasant Shade Of Gray Part 6, Pieces Of Me, I Am, The Eleventh Hour, Point Of View, Firefly, Through Different Eyes, A Pleasant Shade Of Gray Part 11, Monument // Still Remains

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