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Years active
  
1984–present


Name
  
Frank Aresti

Role
  
Guitarist

Frank Aresti

Instruments
  
Guitar, bass, programming

Associated acts
  
Fates Warning, Dragonspoon, Demonax, Dark Day Sunday, Arch/Matheos

Music groups
  
Fates Warning, Arch/Matheos

Albums
  
Similar People
  
Jim Matheos, Ray Alder, John Arch, Joey Vera, Bobby Jarzombek

Occupation(s)
  
Musician, songwriter

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Frank Aresti is an American guitarist and composer in the progressive metal band Fates Warning.

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Background

Aresti was in a metal band called Demonax before joining Fates Warning. His first appearance was during the tour of 1985, promoting the album The Spectre Within. The following year, he became an official member of the band. He co-wrote "Giant's Lore (Heart of Winter)" along with John Arch. During the following albums, Aresti wrote lyrics to various songs on Fates Warning's albums.

On the No Exit album, he was the primary lyricist for three songs: "Anarchy Divine", "In a Word" and "Shades of Heavenly Death".

On the Perfect Symmetry album, he wrote lyrics to three songs: "Static Acts", "A World Apart" and "The Arena". He also co-wrote "At Fate's Hands" along with Matheos and bassist Joe DiBiase.

Between 1991–1994, Aresti only wrote one song which was "The Strand" on the Inside Out (1994) album. After a year and a half from the release of the album and the compilation Chasing Time, Aresti left the band.

Aresti has kept a very low profile throughout the years since his departure. During this time, Aresti began experimenting with other genres such as industrial music and electronic.

During the early 2000s, Aresti began recording and producing material for a band he would create under a program called audio computing. His creation would be Dragonspoon, which he released as an album in 2002, the instruments in the album are all by the programming software except the guitar parts.

Since 2003, Aresti came back to Fates Warning but as a touring guitarist only, not an official member of the band.

In 2005, he played guitar on one song from Icarus Witch's album Capture the Magic.

In 2011, Aresti along with Fates' members Matheos and Joey Vera would reunite with John Arch to form the band Arch/Matheos. They released their self-titled album the same year.

Aresti is now a full-time member once more of Fates Warning, who released their eleventh studio album Darkness in a Different Light in September 2013, which was their first one with Aresti on guitar since Inside Out (1994).

For the 2014 tour, Aresti would not participate until an unknown date due to personal activities which would not permit him to tour.

With Demonax

  • Play That Metal Mean (Demo) (1985)
  • Demonax (2001)
  • With Fates Warning

  • Awaken the Guardian (1986)
  • No Exit (1988) (Reissued 2007)
  • Perfect Symmetry (1989)
  • Parallels (1991)
  • Inside Out (1994)
  • Chasing Time (1995)
  • Darkness in a Different Light (2013)
  • Theories of Flight (2016) (performs only two tracks)
  • With Dragonspoon

  • Dragonspoon (2002)
  • With John Arch (Arch/Matheos)

  • Sympathetic Resonance (2011)
  • Equipment

    One piece of equipment Aresti uses is a Hamer Silver Sparkle Vanguard guitar.

    References

    Frank Aresti Wikipedia


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