Watchtower - Control And Resistance (1989)
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"Watchtower is an obscure technical thrash band that only released two albums, their debut “Energetic Disassembly” and this one. Both are thrash gems and maintain more or less the same quality. Alan Tecchio was brought in to replace Jason Mac Master on vocals and Ron Jarzombek was brought in to replace Billy White handing the guitar.
The album kicks off with “Instruments Of Random Murder” is a hellish thrash song with a nice mid paced break, shrieky vocals and a great solo section with the bass playing behind. “The Eldritch” has again some more ripping and complex soloing, complimented with pounding drum work and insanely high pitched vocals. Next is “Mayday In Kiev” which is another cool song with a remarkably nice chorus, an intense and accurate solo section and notable bass lines. “The Fall Of Reason” is an impressive song with lots of time changes, precise and technical laid solos and a really fast bridge.
The title track, “Control And Resistance”, will kill you and resurrect you just to kill you again. These guys obviously thought out this song well, from the way the vocals and solos blend with the riffs it is all planned out so that you may never need to stop your headbanging. “Hidden Instincts” is an utter thrasher that slays with the punishing riffing and an excellent solo section. All I have to say is: fucking Bravo. Next is “Life Cycles” which alternated some mellow moments with heavy parts, it is just another Watchtower average song. Finally the album ends with “Dangerous Toy” that is a really complex slice of thrash with intense and quick soloing.
The guitar leads and solos are mesmerizing, courtesy of Ron Jerzombek, and the bass is given a chance to fully shine on the album. The double bass drumming at times sounds more like a Gatling gun pound every ounce of energy out of the faster parts, and Alan Tecchio is at the very peak of his powers, shrieking like a banshee at every opportunity.
Conclusion: Great thrash album. If you don’t have it, you truly don’t know just what you’re missing."
Watchtower - Energetic Dissassembly
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"Released in early 1985 this may be not only Watchtower’s first album if not one of the first tech Thrash albums of history. 8 songs pit out together to form an excellent Thrash Metal album with Jason McMaster’s high pitched and over-the-top vocals, some complex and foreboding thrashy riffs, prominent bass lines and manic drum work.
The album starts off with “Asylum” which is a thrashy as fuck song with a great bass driven middle break, a goddamn strong riff and Jason singing over the solo to give a killer effect. Next is “Meltdown” that is another thrash song with a cool riff, a catchy chorus and excellent soloing. “Tyrants In Distress” has an evil intro with good bass lines and McMaster delivering an insanely high pitched scream “AAAAAAARRRGGGHHHH”. The song moves at mid pace showing a good riff and an excellent solo. The fourth track is “Argonne Forest” which is a total straightforward thrash assault with again prominent bass lines, fantastic soloing and wailing vocals.
The title track “Energetic Disassembly” is another technical thrashterpiece featuring intense drum work, a thrashy riff and that banshee wailing screams. “Violent Change” and “Social Fears” are both ripping thrash metal attacks with colossal riffs and haunting solos. The last song is ”Cimmerian Shadows” which starts with an awesome guitar shredding and then it morphs into a controlled thasher song with an average heavy riff, great soloing and ferocious drum work.
One of the things you will probably notice is that the drum work is very loud on the mix and that can probably be a minor flaw to some of you but I personally like that dirty and raw 80´s thrash sound. Also McMaster high pitched vocals can be a bit annoying to some of you but I really love them. He is one of the many high pitched thrash vocalists in the 80´s (Kayton from Hirax, Neil Turbin, Russ Anderson, etc).
Conclusion: One of the finest technical thrash metal albums out there."
(Reviews from Encyclopedia Metallum)
