They sound like a Black Sabbath/Iron Maiden kinda thing, and a little bit of Queensrÿche.’ I forget how it happened but they came to my studio. You should meet with them, I think you’d really like their stuff. The artist recalls, “ Pete calls me and says, ‘there’s this local band, Fates Warning, and I told them about you. The back cover connects even deeper to the music, depicting “The Apparition”: “In the four corners of life are the golden mirrors, reflecting what you are and what you are to be.” The imagery of the horned wanderer, surveying a cold foggy blue landscape, with an omen bird and circular glass portals in the background, evoked the mystical metal inside. And with album cover number two, they upped that game considerably.īack in Connecticut, the guys contacted Connecticut artist Ioannis Vasilopoulos in the hope he could deliver something befitting of their new material. Perhaps it stood for something greater: an effigy burned in commitment to never again settle for less than their music deserves.
At some point, they took a break from shooting and, in a rather casual ceremony, set the ugly thing ablaze on the sidewalk in front of the photographer’s house. One evening, during a photo shoot for the new album in Long Beach, the band arranged for someone at Metal Blade to bring the original Night on Bröcken artwork to them.
Let’s burn the Bröcken artwork! The original was sitting in Brian Slagel’s office, and even he was on board with the immolation idea. While in Los Angeles, an idea was formulated over beers and perhaps more illicit substances: The Spectre Within is going to have a great album cover. And now you can try before you buy, via this exclusive book excerpt recounting the time following the recording of the band’s landmark second LP, The Spectre Within. Veteran metal author Jeff Wagner ( Mean Deviation: Four Decades of Progressive Heavy Metal and Soul on Fire: The Life and Music of Peter Steele) releases his new book, Destination Onward – The Story of Fates Warning, today! The 400-page behemoth chronicles virtually every facet of the progressive metal heroes’ 40-year history with the cooperation of every single member of Fates Warning, past and present.
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