Fates Warning News

Drummer Bobby Jarzombek has issued the following update "Been a while since I updated you on my goings on but I thought I'd put this up now before I leave town and hit the road all the way through early February with only a Christmas/New Year's break in between.

Unfortunately there isn't much in the way of highly-anticipated albums this week, but there are a number of releases to be aware of.

DC4 a ' the Los Angeles-based hard rock band featuring Rowan Robertson alongside brothers Jeff Duncan on lead vocals and guitar, Shawn Duncan on drums and Matt Duncan on bass a ' will enter the studio in December/January to begin recording its new album for a tentative late spring release.

A customized, one-of-a-kind 1987 Jackson Randy Rhoads Flying V guitar once owned by FATES WARNING guitarist Frank Aresti is currently up for auction on eBay .

SLAVIOR , the hard rock progressive act featuring former FATES WARNING / WARLORD drummer Mark Zonder , MICHAEL SCHENKER GROUP guitarist/keyboardist Wayne Findlay , RING OF FIRE / STEVE VAI bassist Philip Bynoe and ex- TRIBE OF GYPSIES vocalist Gregg Analla , has commenced the recording process for its second album.

Guitarist/songwriter Nicolas van Dyk of the Los Angeles-based progressive metal band REDEMPTION has been diagnosed with multiple myeloma, which he describes as "a particularly bad form of blood cancer which is generally considered incurable and which has a five-year survival rate of 34%." Nicolas ' lengthy online post regarding his condition and ...

Current and former members of SHADOWS FALL , FATES WARNING , ALL THAT REMAINS and DARK DAY SUNDAY have joined forces in a new project called KOBRA KAI .

DC4 a ' the Los Angeles-based hard rock band featuring Rowan Robertson alongside brothers Jeff Duncan on lead vocals and guitar, Shawn Duncan on drums and Matt Duncan on bass a ' has parted ways with Chavis Records and has begun writing material for the follow-up to its latest release, "Explode" . To "turn the knobs to 11," DC4 has enlisted the ...

Ever since his split from Dream Theater, Kevin Moore has marched to the beat of his own drum.