Fates Warning – Awaken The Guardian Enigma/Metal Blade 1986 EX/EX Metal Classic
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Fates Warning – Awaken The Guardian Enigma/Metal Blade 1986 EX/EX Prog Metal Classic 🎸🔥


CVNH Catalog Number: EN-217


🔥 Awaken The Guardian is a defining statement from progressive metal pioneers Fates Warning, released in 1986 through Metal Blade and Enigma Records. Featuring the soaring, mystical vocals of John Arch and the intricate guitar work of Jim Matheos and Frank Aresti, this album fused heavy metal intensity with progressive ambition years before the genre exploded. Tracks like “The Sorceress” and “Guardian” still stand among the band’s most powerful moments. Essential for any serious metal or progressive rock collection.

Tracklist Highlights

• The Sorceress – majestic and haunting album opener

• Guardian – a sprawling epic with massive hooks and shifting dynamics

• Prelude To Ruin – dark, twisting progressive masterpiece

• Giants Lore (Heart Of Winter) – complex, frigid storytelling in riff form

• Exodus – emotional, thunderous album closer

Label & Release Info

• Label: Enigma – ST-73231 / Metal Blade Records – ST-73231

• Year: 1986

• Country: U.S.A.

• Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo

• Recorded at: Stagg Street Studios & Preferred Sound, California

• Mastered at: Sheffield Lab Matrix

• Rights: ℗ & © 1986 Metal Blade Records

Personnel

• Vocals: John Arch

• Guitars: Jim Matheos, Frank Aresti

• Bass: Joe DiBiase

• Drums: Steve Zimmerman

• Producer: Brian Slagel and Fates Warning

• Engineering: Bill Metoyer

• Mastering: Eddy Schreyer

Condition

• Vinyl: EX – glossy, plays clean, minor visual marks not affecting sound

• Jacket: EX – crisp edges, strong spine, light shelf wear only

• Includes original custom printed inner lyric sleeve (EX condition)

• Stored in a poly outer sleeve with fresh poly-lined inner for preservation

Collector’s Notes 🎯

• Final album featuring original vocalist John Arch — a fan-favorite era

• Early, critical moment in progressive metal history

• Includes “Guardian,” considered one of Fates Warning’s most iconic tracks

• A must-have for collectors of early prog metal, U.S. heavy metal, and underground ’80s classics

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