Buy: http://www.indiemerch.com/metalbladerecords/item/11432iTunes: http://itunes.apple.com/album/id56827633Fates Warning "The Apparition" from the album "The...
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02. The Apparition
113 Punkte, 16 Nennungen
(The Spectre Within, 1985)
"I can remember clearly, it was winter, late 1985. I sat in my room, guitar in hand, and next to me a copy of "The Spectre Within" spun around on a turntable, the stylus dropping then lifting in ten seconds intervals, so I could learn the songs on that album. This is how most of my days at that time were spent as I had just joined the band and was cramming for a tour that was rapidly approaching. I particularly liked 'The Apparition' because of all the backing vocals I got to do. Not to mention, of course, that it's such a cool tune." (Frank Aresti)
"Fates Warning contacted me in the hope I could deliver something befitting of their new material. I could and did. 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. 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”. I remember when they came to my studio, it was the middle of the summer and half of them were in shorts and bare- footed. They looked homeless! The guys who stood out immediately were John Arch and Jim Matheos. There was, like, lightning coming out of their eyeballs. Joey and Vic were pretty laid back and Steve was one of the funniest people I’ve ever met. All he would do was make jokes. But John was very serious about everything. He told me about the lyrics and started to describe the whole concept of "The Spectre Within". At that timeI had started to experiment with black ink and airbrush on paper to see if I could imitate his technique. Jim spotted one of the drawings, an early version of the Spectre character who was actually a character in my script. Matheos asked if they could use the piece—originally titled "Dark Angel"— for the album. I told him to come back in a week so I could fine tune it. When the band saw the final version, measuring 30 inches square, they were stunned. It was shipped to Metal Blade, who also loved it. The days of shoddy watercolor cover artwork faded into the ether. Brian Slagel wanted me to do a back cover, too. He offered me 900 bucks and overnighted me the check. John described to me his idea about what the back cover could be (based on the lyrics of 'The Apparition'). A lot of people like the back cover, but if you look at it, it’s not as good as the front cover because I’m not a guy that’s good at drawing figures. I’m good at drawing the character but trying to draw an old man and a baby and all the ideas John had, with the mirrors and all that, it wasn’t my schtick, you know?" (Ioannis)
""The Spectre Within" was terminally unfashionable and yet it’s duelling guitars – with echoes of the mighty Iron Maiden – and layered vocals somehow took a disparate sound and made it work; no more so than on 'The Apparition'. John Arch’s banshee wail may be an acquired taste but there’s no denying the quality of the riffs, leads and the epic nature of this progressive metal masterpiece. The band would improve immeasurably on their next album, "Awaken The Guardian", but "The Spectre Within" is a strong enough collection to not be dismissed as a mere curio." (worshipmetal.com)
