Energetic Disassembly

by Watchtower

Energetic Disassembly cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 2 February 1985
  • Label: Zombo
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 37:45
  • Community rating: 3.43/5 from 3 ratings

Artists on this release: Doug Keyser, Alan Tecchio, Ron Jarzombek

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Recorded on a meager budget and self-released through their own label, this debut from the Texas quartet is widely considered a foundational pillar of progressive and technical metal. 'Energetic Disassembly' completely fragmented standard thrash structures, implementing dizzying time signature changes, chaotic jazz-inspired basslines, and shrieking vocals. Its labyrinthine composition heavily influenced an entire generation of technically minded extreme metal musicians.

Genres

Descriptors: complex, lo-fi, uncommon-time-signatures, technical

Tracklist

  1. Violent Change (3:23)
  2. Asylum (3:48)
  3. Tyrants in Distress (5:59)
  4. Social Fears (4:41)
  5. Energetic Disassembly (4:37)
  6. Argonne Forest (4:38)
  7. Cimmerian Shadows (6:37)
  8. Meltdown (3:58)

Credits

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