Arch/Matheos is an American

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project.

History

Arch/Matheos began as a reunion between founding

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members John Arch and Jim Matheos, who had not collaborated since Arch's 2003 EP ''A Twist Of Fate'' and had not fully collaborated for a whole album since 1986's ''

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''. In 2010, the duo began working on an album together and brought along three Fates Warning members to the fold. The five members would in turn release their debut album "Sympathetic Resonance" in 2011, under the name Arch/Matheos. The album, while only 6 tracks, clocked at 55 minutes. On August 17, 2018, they re-signed with Metal Blade records. In August 2018, a follow-up album was announced for release in 2019. On March 29, 2019, Metal Blade announced the name of the album would be ''Winter Ethereal'', and was released on May 10. To emphasize the project's distance from Fates Warning, ''Winter Ethereal'' featured numerous guest performers such as former Fates Warning members Joe Dibiase and Mark Zonder as well as musicians

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), Cynic's Sean Malone, and drummer

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Discography

* ''

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'' (2011,

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) * ''Winter Ethereal'' (2019)

Performers

''Sympathetic Resonance''

John Arch John Arch (born John Maurice Archambault; May 15, 1959) is an American singer most well known for his work with the progressive metal band Fates Warning. Fates Warning Arch co-wrote the majority of the band's songs with guitarist Jim Matheos ...

− vocals *

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 ...

− lead and rhythm guitars *

Frank Aresti Frank Aresti is an American guitarist and composer and former member of progressive metal band Fates Warning. Background Aresti was in a metal band called Demonax before joining Fates Warning. His first appearance was during the tour of 1985, pr ...

− lead guitar *

Joey Vera Joey Vera (born April 24, 1963) is an American bassist who is known as a member of the heavy metal band Armored Saint and progressive metal band Fates Warning. During 2004 and early 2005, he toured with Anthrax as a fill-in for Frank Bello, w ...

− bass guitar *

Bobby Jarzombek Bobby Jarzombek is an American musician of Polish and German ancestry who is currently the drummer for country music legend George Strait. Bobby also has been a drummer for Sebastian Bach, and progressive metal band Fates Warning. Guitarist ...

− drums

''Winter Ethereal''

* John Arch − vocals * Jim Matheos − lead and rhythm guitars * Joey Vera − bass guitar on "Wanderlust", "Never in Your Hands" * Bobby Jarzombek − drums on "Wrath of the Universe", "Straight and Narrow" * Frank Aresti – guitar solos in "Never in Your Hands", "Kindred Spirits" * Joe DiBiase − bass guitar on "Solitary Man" *

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− drums on "Wanderlust", "Tethered" * Steve Di Giorgio − bass guitar on "Vermilion Moons", "Wrath of the Universe", "Straight and Narrow" *

Sean Malone Sean Malone (April 12, 1970 – December 7, 2020) was an American musician who played primarily fretless bass guitar and Chapman Stick. He was most famous for his work with progressive metal band Cynic (band), Cynic, in which he developed a st ...

− bass guitar on "Pitch Black Prism", "Kindred Spirits" * George Hideous − bass guitar on "Tethered" * Matt Lynch − drums on "Kindred Spirits" * Thomas Lang – drums on "Vermilion Moons", "Solitary Man", "Pitch Black Prism" * Baard Kolstad – drums on "Never in Your Hands"

References

External links

The official Arch/Matheos site
{{DEFAULTSORT:Arch Matheos American progressive metal musical groups Musical groups established in 2010 Metal Blade Records artists 2010 establishments in California