DESTINATION ONWARD – THE STORY OF FATES WARNING

The authoritative account of Connecticut’s prog metal heroes.

ates Warning may never have attained the same level of commercial success was written with the participation of band members past and present. The result is a portrait that brings the group to life on the page in their own voices and is rich with small details, like Ray Alder recalling how Armored Saint’s John Bush introduced him to honey and lemon tea to help look after his voice on tour. The book really dives into how their creative process evolved over time, from album to album, exploring the pressures that Jim Matheos felt as the primary songwriter, alongside the forces that drove the changes in personnel, many of which related to the increasing ambition of Matheos’ compositions.