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.
Contents
Track listing
"Meltdown" - 4:03
"Asylum" - 4:00
"Argonne Forest" - 4:52
"Social Fears" - 4:43
"Tyrants in Distress" - 6:00
"Energetic Disassembly" - 5:21
"Cimmerian Shadows" - 6:44
"The Eldritch" (demo version) - 3:10
"Instruments of Random Murder" (demo version) - 3:50
"Hidden Instincts" (demo version) - 4:43
"The Fall of Reason" (demo version) - 6:55
"Control and Resistance" - 7:02
"Cathode Ray Window" - 6:06
"Ballad Assassin" (live) - 4:12
"Meltdown" ('Cottage Cheese From the Lips of Death' version) - 3:58
All songs composed by Doug Keyser and Billy White; 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
Jason McMaster - vocals
Billy White - guitars (tracks 1–7; 12–15)
Ron Jarzombek - guitars (tracks 8–11)
Doug Keyser - bass
Rick Colaluca - drums