NORTH SEA ECHOES DEBUT LP LANDS

Fates Warning alumni Ray Alder and Jim Matheos head into new sonic territories.

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North Sea Echoes – the new project from Fates Warning vocalist Ray Alder and guitarist Jim Matheos – have announced the release of their debut album Really Good Terrible Things on February 23 via Metal Blade. “Jim was writing another solo album and he thought that it needed vocals,” says Alder of the album’s origins. “He came to me to see if I’d be interested. I said, ‘Send me the music.’ He did and I said that I’d love to do it.” Immediately apparent is the marked difference in sound from what fans of Fates Warning might expect. Here, electronics, ambience and an ethereal atmosphere infuse the album’s 10 tracks. This, says Alder, was a conscious decision by the duo. “It wasn’t a case of, ‘Let’s do everything we can not…

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