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John Arch (born John Maurice Archambault; May 15, 1959) is an American singer most well known for his work with the
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band
Fates Warning Fates Warning is an American progressive metal band, formed in Hartford, Connecticut, in 1982 by vocalist John Arch, guitarists Jim Matheos and Victor Arduini, bassist Joe DiBiase, and drummer Steve Zimmerman. There have been numerous lineup ch ...
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Fates Warning

Arch co-wrote the majority of the band's songs with guitarist
Jim Matheos Jim Matheos (born November 22, 1962) is an American guitarist and the primary songwriter for the progressive metal band Fates Warning, in which he has been the only consistent member since the group's beginning. Matheos also plays in OSI alongs ...
, and was the band's sole lyricist. After their third album, '' Awaken the Guardian'', was released, Arch was asked to quit his job or leave the band. Financial obligations made it impossible for Arch to quit his job, and he argued that he had shown 100% commitment to the band throughout the years. However, the band informed him that they had to let him go and started to look for another singer. In one interview with John Arch, he said that he would have quit his job if he were asked, but the rest of the band never asked him to.


Later career

Arch kept himself out of the metal scene for seventeen years (he currently works crafting custom furniture), with the exception of an audition as singer for the progressive metal band
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and a few others. He decided to get out of music and pursue other interests. He made his return in 2003, when his EP '' A Twist of Fate'' was released. The EP includes musicians
Jim Matheos Jim Matheos (born November 22, 1962) is an American guitarist and the primary songwriter for the progressive metal band Fates Warning, in which he has been the only consistent member since the group's beginning. Matheos also plays in OSI alongs ...
,
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and Joey Vera, all of whom Arch worked with at some point in the past. The EP shows that Arch's vocal ability had not decreased over the years, likely due to his long break from touring. The album contains only two songs, although these total nearly half an hour (one written solely by Arch, one co-written by Arch and Matheos – marking the first time the two wrote a song together since '' Awaken the Guardian''). Arch has a naturally high
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range. He is very proficient at
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when singing. On January 19, 2011, it was announced that Arch had reunited with Jim Matheos and the rest of the members in Fates Warning (minus Ray Alder) to record a full-length for a new band, simply titled Arch/Matheos. The band's debut full-length album, ''
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'', was released on September 9.


Discography


Solo albums

*'' A Twist of Fate'' (2003)


With Fates Warning

*''
Night on Bröcken ''Night on Bröcken'' is the debut studio album by the American progressive metal band Fates Warning, released in September 1984 through Metal Blade Records. The title of the album is apparently a reference to the Brocken, a mountain in Saxony- ...
'' (1984) *''
The Spectre Within ''The Spectre Within'' is the second studio album by progressive metal band Fates Warning, released in October 1985 through Metal Blade Records. It has been reissued three times: first as a double album together with ''Night on Bröcken'' (1984) ...
'' (1985) *'' Awaken the Guardian'' (1986) * ''Awaken the Guardian Live'' (2017)


With Jim Matheos (Arch/Matheos)

*''
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'' (2011) * '' Winter Ethereal'' (2019)


References


External links


Encyclopaedia Metallum – John Arch
{{DEFAULTSORT:Arch, John Progressive metal musicians 1959 births Living people Musicians from Colorado Springs, Colorado Fates Warning members American people of Irish descent