Fates Warning and Arch/Matheos guitarist Jim Matheos ... to form Kings of Mercia. The band's first single, "Wrecking Ball," is available now, and you can check it out in the video below.

Fates Warning have been back at work on new material ... For the latter, there will be a bonus acoustic CD featuring six songs including covers of Toad the Wet Sprocket's "Pray Your Gods," Joaquin ...

In advance of the album's release, the group has debuted the first single, "Scars." Although singer Ray Alder cautioned fans that the album is loaded with some atypical moments from Fates Warning ...