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High Roller Records, ltd 300, 425gsm heavy cardboard cover w/ silver hotfoil embossing, insert, 2 x insert, A5 photo card, poster, Mastered by Patrick W. Engel at TEMPLE OF DISHARMONY in January 2025. Cutting by SST Germany on Neumann machines for optimal quality on all levels... The ultimate audiophile reissue of this eternal classic! When Watchtower unleashed their debut album »Energetic Disassembly« unto an unsuspecting public in 1985, the world would never be the same again. It surely was one of the most innovative and also one of the musically most extreme works in the entire metal universe up until this point in time. People did not know what to make of it, calling it Inchtechno thrashInch or even Inchjazz metalInch. Watchtower were originally formed in Austin, Texas, in May 1982. That's when legendary singer Jason McMaster joined Doug Keyser on bass, Rick Colaluca on drums and Billy White on guitar. Initially inspired by the NWOBHM movement and playing cover songs by Iron Maiden, Angel Witch and Raven (plus Canadian prog gods Rush of course), the band started to write their own material. As time went on, Watchtower developed their own style, recorded a few demos and shipped them around to record companies but nobody was interested. As a result, they pressed »Energetic Disassembly« on their own Zombo Records (3, 500 vinyl albums and 1, 000 cassettes). InchThese numbers and actions are all true, Inch confirms singer Jason McMaster. InchI do remember sending out cassette demos to fanzines and wrote letters almost daily to people who were tape trading. I received letters from Gen Hoglan, Mike Portnoy, Jason Newsted and even Alan Tecchio. The reactions were fantastic, but we were so different, record companies felt they would not really know where to market it at the time. Were we a bit extreme? Sure. I believe.Inch As well as the re-issue of the original album, whi
