DEMONSTRATIONS IN CHAOS

Watchtower

Tech/Extreme Prog Metal

3.39 | 14 ratings

From Progarchives.com, the ultimate progressive rock music website

FruMp
Prog Reviewer

Interesting but non essential

Demonstrations in chaos is essentially a collection of demo songs from WATCHTOWER's (widely considered the first ever progressive metal band) 2 studio albums with about 2 previously unreleased tracks. It does contain some value in that it does sound a lot more thrashy than the albums (probably not a plus from a progressive point of view) and the drums sound more organic. Some of the songs are slightly better than their album counterparts (some of them are just funny like the version of meltdown with a cockney english accent in the chorus) mainly due to the sheer rawness and energy however it has to be said that a lot of the guitar solos are very unbridled and messy - pretty much just shred, the album versions are much more musical and contain more musical merit.

Overall recommended to fans of the band obviously and anyone wanting to investigate the roots of the progressive metal genre it is worthwhile but you'd be much better off getting one or preferably both of their albums.

FruMp | 3/5 | 2007-10-5

MEMBERS LOGIN ZONE

As a registered member (register here if not), you can post rating/reviews (& edit later), comments reviews and submit new albums.

You are not logged, please complete authentication before continuing (use forum credentials).

Share this WATCHTOWER review

Social review comments () BETA

Review related links

Send comments to FruMp
Report this review (#142207)
Buy WATCHTOWER music online with PA partners
Show all WATCHTOWER MP3/Stream
Go to WATCHTOWER page for videos, full discography with ratings, reviews and much more
Go to Demonstrations in Chaos page for more details, where to buy and ratings/reviews
Search the Forum for WATCHTOWER related discussions