Demonstrations in Chaos


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. and its label, Rainforest Records, went under. All 7 tracks, plus "Violent Change", were re-cut for the 1985 Zombo Records release.

Track listing

  1. "Meltdown" - 4:03
  2. "Asylum" - 4:00
  3. "Argonne Forest" - 4:52
  4. "Social Fears" - 4:43
  5. "Tyrants in Distress" - 6:00
  6. "Energetic Disassembly" - 5:21
  7. "Cimmerian Shadows" - 6:44
  8. "The Eldritch" ' - 3:10
  9. "Instruments of Random Murder" ' - 3:50
  10. "Hidden Instincts" ' - 4:43
  11. "The Fall of Reason" ' - 6:55
  12. "Control and Resistance" - 7:02
  13. "Cathode Ray Window" - 6:06
  14. "Ballad Assassin" ' - 4:12
  15. "Meltdown" ' - 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