sounds intriguing, however I'm not going to assume anything per the songwriting for me often is key.
Sadly, every project Zonder's done outside of FW has done very little for me. The most recent, the ZW Band, I honestly got terribly bored by it.
Slavior was quite forgettable as well.
It's a plus having Ray sing in this band, but I guess I tend to see Jim Matheos being a huge part of the quality of the Fates songs (and also Terry Brown in some instances).