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    Posted: August 05 2015 at 03:46
Best prog metal band along with Voivod. Much better than Dream Theater. My fav album is The Spectre within but Awaken the Guardian is a close second.
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Points: 1195 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 05 2015 at 05:43
Said band rules.

Awaken The Guardian is my personal fave.
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Points: 12938 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 05 2015 at 06:44
My favourite Metal band. Perfect Symmetry, Awaken The Guardian and Disconnected are my top three in no particular order. All so different from one another but all 5 star albums in my opinion. Love "A Twist Of Fate" by John Arch as well wiith Portnoy on drums.
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Points: 15006 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 05 2015 at 16:45

The No Exit–Perfect Symmetry–Parallels–Inside Out arc is grand. The songs are fantastic, Ray Alder's singing is unbelievably good, Jim Matheos' guitar artistry is stellar, and then the band boasted one of the best rhythm sections in metal in drummer Mark Zonder (who started on Perfect Symmetry) and bassist Joe DiBiase.

Required listening for anyone who considers themselves a fan of prog-metal.
 
 
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Points: 39 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 06 2015 at 11:04
Listening to Perfect Symmetry on Amazon Prime right now. Good record so far. 
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Points: 5898 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 07 2015 at 08:24
First three albums are quite good, never really warmed to the stuff after John Arch left. Their masterwork Awaken the Guardian takes a long while to really "click", I think it is more or less where they become more and something else than an exceptionally ambitious power metal group.
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Points: 1125 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 04 2016 at 08:36
I really enjoy The Specre Within and Awaken the Guardian
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Points: 3010 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 04 2016 at 09:19
I second the opinion that Fates Warning is a great band. I like how subtle yet still pretty sophisticated they can be (Parallels and Inside Out).
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Points: 1774 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 04 2016 at 12:28
I love No Exit, but I still need to hear the rest of their stuff.
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