Man vs Myth
It can’t be easy being John Arch. His short-but-sweet period with Fates Warning positioned him as progressive metal’s ultimate could-have-been contender. The US group’s first vocalist and co-writer had an astonishingly wide-range and seemingly ever-developing power, but left the band in 1987 after the release of the tantalising fan favourite Awaken The Guardian. A year on, his former bandmates, led by guitarist Jim Matheos, would recruit replacement Ray Alder and go on to release their breakthrough record No Exit, cementing their place alongside Dream Theater and Queensrÿche as part of progressive metal’s founding trinity.
Matheos stayed in touch with his former collaborator, but Arch never toured again and instead busied himself with life in the’s 30th anniversary?
