Control and Resistance explained

Control and Resistance
Type:studio
Artist:Watchtower
Cover:Controlandresistance.jpg
Released:November 6, 1989
Recorded:August 1989
Studio:SkyTrak Studio, Berlin, Germany
Length:43:15
Label:Noise
Producer:Watchtower
Prev Title:Energetic Disassembly
Prev Year:1985
Next Title:Demonstrations in Chaos
Next Year:2002

Control and Resistance is the second and final album by progressive metal band Watchtower, released in 1989.[1] This was the band's last album before disbanding in 1993 while working on its never-released third album Mathematics, and their first release with vocalist Alan Tecchio and guitarist Ron Jarzombek. Control and Resistance combines elements of thrash metal, progressive metal and jazz fusion, and has been cited as one of the most influential albums in the technical thrash metal genre, as well as a major influence on the then-emerging technical death metal scene.[2] [3] [4]

Reception

Control and Resistance was hailed by Guitar World magazine as one of "The Top Ten Shred Albums of the 80's" in a retrospective feature, "Sounding like the twisted scion of Metallica and the Mahavishnu Orchestra, Watchtower was the most brilliant weird band of its time. Guitarist Ron Jarzombek, with his complex harmony solos, strange scales and furious staccato lead bursts, performs tricks on his guitar that will leave you more than sufficiently breathless."[5]

Track listing

  1. "Instruments of Random Murder" – 4:06
  2. "The Eldritch" – 3:17
  3. "Mayday in Kiev" – 5:48
  4. "The Fall of Reason" – 8:01
  5. "Control and Resistance" – 6:58
  6. "Hidden Instincts" – 3:51
  7. "Life Cycles" – 6:48
  8. "Dangerous Toy" – 4:20

tracks 1, 2, 4 & 5 written by Doug Keyser
tracks 3, 6, 7 & 8 written by Doug Keyser and Ron Jarzombek

Notes

Band line-up

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Control and Resistance review. Rock Hard. Thomas Kupper. 17 July 2019.
  2. Web site: Watchtower - Concepts Of Math : Book One EP - Album Review 2016. powerofprog.com. July 25, 2020.
  3. Web site: Agoraphobic News' Top 45 metal albums of 1989!. agoraphobic-news.com. July 25, 2020.
  4. Web site: "Control was just the natural progression for us". metalindex.hu. July 25, 2020.
  5. Kleidermacher . Mordechai . September 1999 . Speed Kings . . 72 .