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The 13th Warriors

“We went on tour, thrashed about like idiots and had the time of our lives, but few people really got it.”

In the summer of 2019, having returned to their respective homes following a tour with fellow US progressive metallers Queensrÿche, Fates Warning began mapping out plans for a 13th studio album. Over the coming months, guitarist Jim Matheos and vocalist Ray Alder collaborated on its material, although gradually the band began to sense a gigantic problem: Covid-19 was heading their way.

Alder had moved to Spain some years previously. On the day that speaks to him he bemoans the fact that his adopted homeland is going into quarantine for a second time. Earlier this year, with mixer Joe Barresi (Tool/Coheed And Cambria) booked for a very specific window

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