On April 30th, legendary prog metal legends Fates Warning headlined the Keep It True Festival 2016 with special 30th anniversary performance of their Awaken The Guardian album. The band line-up for the show featured  John Arch (vocals), Jim Matheos (guitar), Frank Aresti (guitar), Joe DiBiase (bass) and Steve Zimmerman (drums). 

Fan-filmed video footage of the concert can be seen below, and drum legend Mike Portnoy (The Winery Dogs, Dream Theater) has weighed in on the performance:

"My God! Fates Warning NAILED IT!! Sooooo happy to see this. I've been waiting for DECADES for them to reunite this line-up and play this music again! I have a soft spot for the Arch-era stuff as I absolutely love The Spectre Within and Awaken The Guardian (two of my all-time fans prog/metal albums of the '80s). I am also so proud of them as they are such dear old friends of mine. Congrats Jim, John, Frank, Bones and Steve! I just hope I can see one of these shows myself one day..."

Scheduled for release via Inside Out on July 1st, legendary prog metallers Fates Warning’s new album, Theories Of Flight, the long-awaited follow-up to 2013's Darkness In A Different Light.

Guitarist and main composer Jim Matheos comments about the title and the artwork for the album: "The working title for the album was The Ghosts Of Home and the song with that name was first called ‘Home Again’. When I started searching for artwork I came across the piece that's now the cover and it was called ‘Theories Of Flight’. In fact, the title you see on the cover is part of the original art, not something we added. There's a loose theme running through a lot of the lyrics, and this developed organically and separately, where Ray and I are often writing about various uprooting, escapes....flights. So I was immediately drawn to that phrase as being a better description of what some of the songs are about."

Theories Of Flight will be available in the standard version and a two disc, Mediabook edition, which will include a trio of unreleased originals, as well as three additional, never heard, cover tunes. A double-LP version will also be available. The bonus disc is entirely acoustic.

The tracklisting is as follows:

CD 1
“From The Rooftops”
“Seven Stars”
“SOS”
“The Light And Shade Of Things”
“White Flag”
“Like Stars Our Eyes Have Seen”
“The Ghosts Of Home”
“Theories of Flight”

CD 2 – Acoustic Bonus Disc:
“Firefly”
“Seven Stars”
“Another Perfect Day”
“Pray Your Gods” - Toad The Wet Sprocket cover
“Adela” - Joaquin Rodrigo cover
“Rain” - Uriah Heep cover