Review by Brian on November 30, 2013.

It has been almost a decade since the last Fates Warning release and almost twenty years since their last great release. Not since Inside Out have they recorded anything worthy of a spot in my year end top ten. After two mediocre offerings and one absolute flop, maybe they needed the nine year break to recharge their batteries. It seems that the break is exactly what the doctor ordered.

Darkness in a Different Light is the eleventh studio album in the storied career of the band. From the opening track "One Thousand Fires", they prove that they are back and in a big way. Displaying all the progressive touches that have made Fates Warning the leaders of the genre, with the heaviness that brings back the glory days of No Exit. "One Thousand Fires" is the perfect opener and the albums best song. However, the other nine do not disappoint. This release has everything the Fates fan would want. From the crushing heavy songs as the above mentioned opener along with "Firefly", "I Am" and "Into the Black". The ballads "Falling" and "Lighthouse" and the epic closer "And Yet It Moves" clocking in at just over fourteen minutes, mixing the best of both worlds.