FATES WARNING ‎THE SPECTRE WITHIN 12" LP ALBUM VINYL

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The album: "FATES WARNING – The Spectre Within" was produced by: Brian Slagel, Bill Metoyer

  Brian Slagel is the founder and CEO of Metal Blade Records. Slagel is known for giving Metallica their first break in 1982, with an appearance on Metal Massacre, a compilation album on Metal Blade, and has since released seminal albums by Slayer, Mercyful Fate, Cannibal Corpse, Fates Warning, Amon Amarth and The Black Dahlia Murder, among others. Use this link to access a list of heavy metal albums produced by Brian Slagel during the 1980s

Bill Metoyer during the 1980s he was Vice-President and in-house sound-engineer of Metal Blade Records. As such he has produced and taken care of the sound of many Heavy Metal bands. Most notable: Flotsam and Jetsam, Fates Warning, Helstar, Savage Grace, Tyrant, Slayer, Trouble, Sacred Reich, Armored Saint, Atrophy, Abattoir, Bitch, D.R.I, Dark Angel, Cryptic Slaughter, Lääz Rockit, Morbid Angel, Omen, Lizzy Borden, Mentors and many others.

Brad Vance - Mastering Engineer

Don Adkins Jr. - Photography

Ioannis - Album Artwork

Ioannis Vassilopoulos a graphics artist from Athens, Greece who has during the 1980s illustrated a dozen of album covers for heavy metal bands like: Hallows Eve, Fates Warning and others.

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Personnel/Band Members and Musicians on: FATES WARNING - The Spectre Within

Band-members, Musicians and Performers
• John Arch – vocals, arrangement, production

  John Arch - Kead Vocals, one of the founding members of the American Heavy Metal bands Misfit and "Fates Warning". He has been with "Fates Warning" from 1984 until 1987 and other bands he has played guitars together with his mate "Jim Matheos", are "John Arch (band)" and "Arch / Matheos". This is a chronology of the bands he has been with Misfit 1982-1984, Fates Warning 1984-1987, Arch / Matheos 2010-Today, John Arch (Band) 2003-Today.

• Victor Arduini – guitar, arrangement, production

  Victor Arduini - Guitars, and one of the founding members of "Fates Warning", bands he has played guitars in are Misfit 1982-1984, Fates Warning 1984-1985, Freedoms Reign 2013, Entierro 2016-Today, Arduini/Balich 2017, Eleventh Hour.

• Jim Matheos – guitar, arrangement, production

  Jim Matheos - Guitars, one of the founding members of the American Heavy Metal bands Misfit and "Fates Warning". He has remained with "Fates Warning" since 1984 and other bands he has played guitars together with his mate "John Arch", are "John Arch (band)" and "Arch / Matheos". This is a chronology of the bands he has been with Misfit 1982-1984, Fates Warning 1984-Today, Jim Matheos (Band) 1993-2014, OSI 2002-2013, John Arch (Band) 2003-Today, Arch / Matheos 2010-Today.

• Jim Arch – keyboard, arrangement

  Jim Arch (real-name Jim Archambault) - keyboards, is the brother of John Arch and has been guest musician on the two "Fates Warning" albums "The Spectre Within" and "Awaken the Guardian".

• Steve Zimmerman – drums, arrangement, production

  Steve Zimmerman - Drums, co-founder of the band "Fates Warning" and also coming from "Fates Warning" predecessor the "Misfit" band, timeline of "Steve Zimmerman": Misfit 1982-1984, Fates Warning 1984-1988, Image Beyond 1995, Enemy Remains 2005-Today, Eleventh Hour.

• Joe DiBiase – bass, arrangement, production

  Joe DiBiase - Bass, one of the founding members of "Fates Warning" and has also played in "Fates Warning" predecessor band "Msifit".

Complete Track-listing of the album "FATES WARNING - The Spectre Within"

The detailed tracklist of this record "FATES WARNING - The Spectre Within" is:

Track-listing :
1. "Traveler in Time" Jim Matheos, Victor Arduini, John Arch 7:13
2. "Orphan Gypsy" Arduini, Arch 5:59
3. "Without a Trace" Arduini, Arch 4:49
4. "Pirates of the Underground" Matheos, Arduini, Arch 7:07
5. "The Apparition" Matheos, Arch 5:50
6. "Kyrie Eleison" Matheos, Arch 5:25
7. "Epitaph" Matheos, Arch 11:57