Fates Warning

Awaken The Guardian

1986 · Heavy Metal · Metal Blade Records

Europe · RR 9660

Credits

Producer: Brian Slagel, Fates Warning
Written by: Jim Matheos, John Arch, Frank Aresti
Engineer: Dave Obrizzo, Kevin Beauchamp, Scott Campbell, Steve Himelfarb, Bill Metoyer
Mastered by: Eddy Schreyer
Cut by: Maarten De Boer

Bay Area Thrash Metal

Riffs cut like machine tools, tempos past 200bpm, and a garage circuit that rewrote American metal.

West Midlands Metal

Downtuned riffs from a factory city — Sabbath to grindcore, four decades of Birmingham making music heavier.