I dont understand...10,9,9,9 and overall 7.9?

Well that's my overall impression, it's a little bit inaccessible - that kept me very sceptical, nothing to do with the band's performance & the effort as artists. It was difficult for me to "approach" -compared also with the other albums. It was just the result!

This album almost made me quit listening to one of the greatest progressive metal bands ever. It's so disappointing on so many levels I don't even know where to begin. There's maybe one or two good tracks but as a whole it blows. John Arch is GOD. Isn't this almost techno metal? Blehk!

Written by ponderer on 26.10.2009 at 17:54

This album almost made me quit listening to one of the greatest progressive metal bands ever. It's so disappointing on so many levels I don't even know where to begin. There's maybe one or two good tracks but as a whole it blows. John Arch is GOD. Isn't this almost techno metal? Blehk!

..Yes i understand your point (I see that there is mixed reception). The only i would say is that, maybe the artists were in a somehow "depressive mood" era back then...& the concept of the album (concerning "weird" psycho theme)

- check that:

On the first of October 1960 a voice manifested in space in the seance-room of British medium Leslie Flint which claimed to be that of the late Dr. Gordon Cosmo Lang, the former Archbishop of Canterbury (1864 - 1945). It was the third time that his voice came through. The spoken dialog in "disconnected (part 2)" is from a recording of this occurance. For more information check this link: www.xs4all.nl/~wichm/archbish.html

Anyway i really don't think that it is outside the "Progressive metal" field..

I love the album but I am a Fates Warning fanboy - if you are a prog metal enthusiast the last two tracks alone will expand your opinion and ideas on what prog metal could and should be in the future...

So is a pretty depressing song...its slow and just chugs along with lyrics like "so tired..." like damn...that song put me to sleep...

I love this album, so creative IMO, amazing musicianship; Kevin Moore is guest again and collaborates amazingly with Matheos and Co.

Ahhh...nice to see some other FW fans speak up!

Hard to read an earlier comment because for me, while I'm also a big fan of John Arch and his Fates Warning era, Disconnected is one of Fates Warning's best overall albums. As with the predecessor, the amazing in its own right, A Pleasant Shade of Gray, I do not consider this as a mere collection of songs, nor good shuffle material, but a contiguous audible work of art. The second track, "One", may stand on its own (and it does), but to really appreciate this album, ideally you listen to it from the beginning, in order, completely through until the end, including the last word, fittingly "disconnected". Then "One" becomes the next step in the progression that is mind altering. The feeling you get after the epic "Something From Nothing" concludes, and you still have the even more epic "Still Remains" remaining I can not find the proper words to describe. Again, this really works best if you have had the proper build-up from track one. And finally Disconnected Part 2, which disguises itself at first as a simple outro rehash of part one, but then transforms into instrumental, spoken-word ominous piano genius.

Good, but not great.

It lacks something else.