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We locked up the date this weekend with Greg Stafford at Prog Palace Radio, the Release Party for our new album "The Chaise" will be during his Prog Metal Show on Saturday December 5th, 2009, 7:00pm Eastern standard time. Greg will play the album  in its entirety starting around 9:00pm EST

S. Lee, Paul & Richard will be in the Chat Room hanging out answering questions and partying with those that attend.  PPR has done the album release for the other albums and it has always been one hell of a good time.

So come join us in Chat, and hear the new album...

First off we have picked up two endorsement deals, one with AcmeBarGig Software, and the other with Wyre's custom strings. So big thanks to them for showing us support.

So here is all the skinny on the new album, .

The record is to the vocals, solos and harmony gtr parts stage, what that means basically is all the instrument tracks are finished along with rough mixes for S. Lee and Paul to get that parts ready. For S. Lee this involves writing lyrics, vocal melodies, harmony vocals, and then tracking, for paul its recording his solos, and writing the guitar harmony parts, and tracking his harmony parts. I still have my solos, harmony lines, and vocals to complete. We are hoping to start tracking vocals in late July. and have the record finished for final mixing and mastering in October.

Here is the generic titles of the songs, and their approximate lengths to give you an idea of where this album is headed. at least musically, since I myself gave no clue on lyrics, theme, etc at this point.

Fateless Tears IV (working Title)

1. Opener - 10 minutes two part riffer

2. BIGDIG - 5 minutes possible single,

3. Liger - 8 minutes a roller coaster ride of Riffs

4. Retro Pt 1 - 5 minutes power ballad, possible single

5 Retro Pt 2 - 6 minutes the counterpart, the angry side of Pt 1

6. Riff Mania - 10 minutes 3 part tune with many twists and turns

7. D-Tuna - 5 minutes. possible single in true FT fashion

8. Piano/Trio - 5 minutes the closing ballad for this album, to further develop the end of album story that has been developing sicne IMS.


The overall vibe of the album is heavier, moodier, and darker than Doom Box, yet also has a bit of a retro vibe going on to the early 90s. Just how the tunes came out this time, in my writing process.

We are really looking forward to finishing this album and letting you all hear it in its entirety.

you can get a sneak peak of BIGDIG minus vocals at the link below

http://www.rmsrecords.com/resources/FatelessTears_DIG_Demo.mp3

Richard

We are proud to be ABG VST software's Artist of the Month.

They are a very cool company that offers high quality VST plugins for recording studio applications.

On the AOM page there is a cool writeup from them about us, and also a sneak peak into the new FT album....

so check it out...

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if that doesn't work here is the link:

http://www.acmebargig.com/featureartists/may09/index.php

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Well, they say that the third time is the charm and after two spectacular releases, I kind of was steeling myself for a small letdownwith the latest release from New Mexico’s favorite progressive metal band, Fateless Tears, and boy howdy, was I ever wrong.  For those not familiar with them, Fateless Tears consists of fantastic vocalist S. Lee, guitarist extraordinaire Paul Evans, and multi-instrumentalist and all around good guy, Richard Baysinger.  There are going to be a lot of folks that would call this a goth or femme metal release and while I would agree that those nuances are in abundance, this is more of a straight ahead progressive metal release to these old ears. 

I’ll throw out a couple of real standouts for me and let you pick this one up and decide for yourselves.  Don’t blame me if you don’t pick up your own copy and miss out on some truly great metal music! 

The album starts off with the track “Cages” – and gives a very good idea of what it to follow.  Exceptional guitar work by both Paul and Richard is followed by the ethereal vocals of S Lee and Rich’s nicely understated doom metal growling.  Overall, a great way to start the show.

Next up is “Mercury Dreams” and is a personal favorite for
me.  The great vocal harmonies nailed this one for me.  Well, that and some very nicely understated keyboard work.  Again, the growls act in a kind of After Forever fashion and that is to compliment rather than overpower the female vocals.  Also, more exceptional guitar work throughout this track.

Next track is “My Endarkened Self” and the band really calms it down for this one.  This is one track that I associate more with the “Goth” aspect of Fateless Tears and no, I can’t tell you why exactly, it
just does.  S Lee’s vocals are really showcased on this one as well as Richard doing some pretty cool clean vocals as well before throwing down some of the best growls on the entire album.

Three of the remaining tracks, “Mind Box,” “Since Nascence,”
“Mesmerized” are all outstanding examples of what extremely talented musician’s with a true desire to bring their work to the world can do.  I need to say that one of the most impressive things (for me anyways) is that this release is self produced, self recorded, and pretty much self marketed and I, for one, am as impressed with that as the fact that there are bands like Fateless Tears brave enough to commit to a project like this and then make it available for the rest of us.

Now, I get to write about the last track on “My Doom Box”.  ”Annwyn”, more than any of the other tracks on this cd, is the one that really struck me as being the true stand-out.  Nothing more than synthesizers, S Lee and Richard’s voices, and voila, you get what is in my opinion the best song of the entire cd, hands down.   What an unbelievable way to close out an unbelievable release!

Well, that’s about enough out of me.  Go to www.progpalaceradio.com and request something from “My Doom Box” and decide for yourselves.  If you are a fan of the likes of Nightwish, After Forever, Leave’s Eye, and other female fronted goth/progressive metal bands, you need to treat yourself to the one band I hope will be someday mentioned with these others, Fateless Tears. Treat yourselves and then treat your friends!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=23pMviFvjm0

A slideshow video for our song, done by Karl, of Temujin. Thanks Karl...

We were honored to be part of this list of the top progressive albums released in 2008.

"My Doom Box" came in a 25.

the list for those interested...

40 Birds And Buildings - Bantam To Behemoth
39 7for4 - Diffusion
38 Coste Apetrea - Surprisingly Heavy
37 Martin Orford - The Old Road
36 Presto Ballet - The Lost Art of Time Travel
35 Frost - Experiments in Mass Appeal
34 Cloudscape - Global Drama
33 Cosmics - The Cosmic Year
32 Rusty Cooley - Rusty Cooley
31 Avantasia - Scarecrow
30 X-World5 - New Universal Order
29 Xystus - Equilibrio - A Rock Opera
28 Amaseffer - Exodus-Slaves for Life
27 Gates Of Winter - Lux Aeterna
26 Empyrios - This Glorious Sickness
25 Fateless Tears - My Doom Box
24 Venturia - Hybrid
23 Brave - Monuments
22 Evergrey - Torn
21 Zero Hour - Dark Deceiver
20 Spaced Out - Evolution
19 Souljourners - Mind Control
18 Soul Secret - Flowing Portraits
17 Ayreon - 01011001
16 Alkemyst - Through Painful Lanes
15 Six Minute Century - Time Capsules
14 Scar Symmetry - Holographic Universe
13 Serenity - Fallen Sanctuary
12 Andromeda - The Immunity Zone
11 Tomorrow's Eve - Tales From Serpentia
10 Shadrane - Temporal
9 Votum - Time Must Have A Stop
8 To-Mera - Delusions
7 Cynic - Traced In Air
6 Mindwarp Chamber - Delusional Reality
5 Opeth - Watershed
4 Disturbed - Indestructible
3 Dominici - 03 A Trilogy, Part III
2 Suspyre - When Time Fades
1 Seventh Wonder Mercy Falls

Some really good albums on that list, also some omitted, but that is the freedom of choice and press for you.

A new interview with S. Lee is available at the Femme Metal Webzine.

We would like to think Caz and Erwin for the opportunit.

 here is the linky for it.


 S. Lee, Richard & Paul

You can order "My Doom Box" from these fine online stores.