Various Artists "Doomsday News 2 (Germany, Noise International, N 0130-2)"

Doomsday News 2 is a sampler of early Thrash Metal bands, released in 1989.

Tracklist:

1. Coroner  "Hate, Fire, Blood"  1:19
2. Watchtower  "Dangerous Toy"    4:14
3. Midas Touch   "Aceldama - Terminal Breath"   4:14
4. Deathrow   "Machinery"   7:04
5. Mordred "The Artist"   4:18
6. Rage  "Mirror"   6:19
7. Vendetta  "War"   5:53
8. Mania   "Break Out"   4:32

Track 1 recorded at Skytrack Studio, Berlin, May 1988. Unreleased Track.

Track 2 recorded at Fire Station Studio, San Marcos, Texas, Jan 89. Unreleased Track.

Track 3 recorded at Skytrack Studio, Berlin, Sept 88 - Jan 89.

Track 4 recorded at Musiclab Studio, Berlin, Dec 88.

Track 5 recorded at Prairie Sun Studio, Cotati, California, Jan 89. Unreleased Track.

Track 6 recorded at Ege Studio, Bad Schussenried, Dec 88. Unreleased Track.

Track 7 recorded at Musiclab Studio, Berlin, June 88.

Track 8 recorded at Try Harder Studio, Hamburg, Feb 88.

Track 2 is an early demo, very different from the version eventually released on Watchtower's "Control And Resistance" album.

Made in West Germany.

Watchtower "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. (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

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" (demo version) - 3:10
9. "Instruments of Random Murder" (demo version) - 3:50
10. "Hidden Instincts" (demo version) - 4:43
11. "The Fall of Reason" (demo version) - 6:55
12. "Control and Resistance" - 7:02
13. "Cathode Ray Window" - 6:06
14. "Ballad Assassin" (live) - 4:12
15. "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.

Reissued on November 28, 2006 by Rockadrome, the label which succeeded Monster Records when it ceased to exist in 2005.

Recording information:

Tracks 1-7 are the Boss Studio demo of Energetic Disassembly. 8-11 are from a Control and Resistance demo with Jason McMaster on vocals. 12 and 13 are rehearsal records. 14 is an unreleased live track. 15 is the first demo recording of "Meltdown."

Watchtower "Energetic Disassembly"

Energetic Disassembly is the debut album by progressive metal band Watchtower, released in 1985. It contains a re-recording of the song 'Meltdown', first recorded in 1983 for the Cottage Cheese From the Lips of Death compilation.

An earlier version of Energetic Disassembly, recorded at B.O.S.S. (short for Bob O'Neill Sound Studios) for Rainforest Records (home to S.A.Slayer), was scrapped when the label closed its doors. These 'lost' recordings have since been released as part of the 2002 Demonstrations In Chaos archives release.

Energetic Disassembly was originally released on the band's own label, Zombo Records. Zombo was the name of the band's then-manager's mute dog. Financed by drummer Rick Colaluca, 3.000 LPs and 1.500 cassettes were pressed up at the time.

In 1993, Germany's Institute of Art label issued Energetic Disassembly on CD for the first time. A further IoA re-issue with slightly altered artwork followed in 1997. San Antonio, TX-based Monster Underground, formerly Monster Records, would re-issue Energetic Disassembly on October 5, 2004. The album was re-released for a fourth time in 2008 via Rockadrome, formerly Monster Underground.

Energetic Disassembly is also known to have been bootlegged both on vinyl and compact disc.

Energetic Disassembly was originally released on vinyl and cassette with about 3,000 vinyl copies and 1,500 cassettes made.

There is a bootleg vinyl set in circulation.

Institute of Art Records re-released the album on CD in '93. The re-release track order is:

1. Asylum
2. Meltdown
3. Tyrants In Distress
4. Argonne Forest
5. Energetic Disassembly
6. Violent Change
7. Social Fears
8. Cimmerian Shadows

Re-released again by Monster Underground (formerly Monster Records) in October 5, 2004. It contains a 10 page booklet, featuring lyrics, photos, liner notes from Doug and Jason and a collage of 80s magazine quotes/articles.


Re-released in 2012 by Back On Black on white vinyl in a gatefold cover.

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Watchtower "Control and Resistance"

Control and Resistance is the second (and last, thus far) album by progressive metal band Watchtower, released in 1989.

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."

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

The vinyl and compact disc versions of the album each feature distinctly different front cover artwork.
"Instruments of Random Murder" and "The Eldritch" were previously demoed in early 1987 at Cedar Creek Studios in Austin, TX. It was the first ever recording with Ron Jarzombek on guitar.
"The Fall of Reason" and "Hidden Instincts" were previously demoed by the band on a 4-track recorder in the fall of 1987.
Both 1987 demos are contained on the 2002 archives release Demonstrations In Chaos.
The original working title for "Hidden Instincts" was "Plastic Lasagna".
"Dangerous Toy" was previously recorded with Mike Soliz on vocals for the 1989 "Doomsday News 2" compilation.

Art direction by Birgit Nielsen.

Photography by Martin Becker.

Music videos:

- The Eldritch

Recording information:

Produced by Watchtower.

Drum engineering & drum recording by Alan Leeming.

Recorded and mixed at SkyTrak Studio, Berlin, August 1989.