Demonstrations in Chaos is a 2002 archives release by progressive metal band Watchtower, containing various early recordings that span the years 1983 to 1987.
The first 7 songs on the album were recorded in the summer of 1983 for the intended original version of Energetic Disassembly; it was scrapped when B.O.S.S. (short for Bob O'Neill Sound Studios) and its label, Rainforest Records, went under. All 7 tracks, plus "Violent Change", were re-cut for the 1985 Zombo Records release.
Track listing "Meltdown" - 4:03 "Asylum" - 4:00 "Argonne Forest" - 4:52 "Social Fears" - 4:43 "Tyrants in Distress" - 6:00 "Energetic Disassembly" - 5:21 "Cimmerian Shadows" - 6:44 "The Eldritch" (demo version) - 3:10 "Instruments of Random Murder" (demo version) - 3:50 "Hidden Instincts" (demo version) - 4:43 "The Fall of Reason" (demo version) - 6:55 "Control and Resistance" - 7:02 "Cathode Ray Window" - 6:06 "Ballad Assassin" (live) - 4:12 "Meltdown" ('Cottage Cheese From the Lips of Death' version) - 3:58
All songs composed by Doug Keyser; except 10. "Hidden Instincts", which is composed by Ron Jarzombek and Doug Keyser, and 14. "Ballad Assassin", which is composed by Watchtower.
Band line-up Jason McMaster - vocals Billy White - guitars (tracks 1–7; 12–15) Ron Jarzombek - guitars (tracks 8–11) Doug Keyser - bass Rick Colaluca - drums
References
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