Control and Resistance
Occupation
- Vocals: Alan Tecchio
- Guitar: Ron Jarzombek
- Bass: Doug Keyser
- Drums: Rick Cola Luca
Control and Resistance is the second and so far last studio album by American progressive metal band Watchtower. It appeared in 1989 with Noise Records and is regarded as crucial to the development of the genre.
Creation and publication
After the debut album Billy White in 1986 and Jason McMaster in 1988 left the band, they were replaced by Ron Jarzombek and Mike Soliz. Latter, however, soon rose out again, so was Alan Tecchio of Hades resolved to just the singer for the second album. Control and Resistance was recorded in August 1989 in Berlin, the former were some song lyrics and compositions still of Billy White. In the year after the album's release left with Alan Tecchio for the third time a singer the band.
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Style
Watchtower play on the album, technical, thrash metal influenced by Progressive Metal with complex structures, many breaks and heavy riffs, catchy harmonies and some great vocals. Occasionally reminiscent of fusion and the contemporary style of bands like Rush, Queensrÿche, Mekong Delta, Sieges Even, Metallica or Yngwie Malmsteen are perceptible.
Reception
Control and Resistance in 1989 was well received by the press and is now considered classics of the progressive metal, but the band gave no financial success. On the Baby Blue Pages is sometimes criticized, Tecchios high vocals was inappropriate, but Nik Brückner says, "this album is more complex, frickeliger, restless, daring, faster - and at the same time confident and more permeable than the debut. The complexity is impressive, the virtuoso implementation even more. " Praises Thomas copper from Rock Hard, " this disk is the numerous premature praise that has already conceded the group, fairly impressive manner, " Boris Kaiser " discovered arsenals full of hooks and harmonies, their sustainability is likely [ ... ] no doubt common sense ". Both Rock Hard and the eclipsed magazine took Control and Resistance on in their respective list of the most important prog metal albums.