Watchtower Concepts of Math: Book One

Watchtower was a fantastic technical metal band that consisted of Ron Jarzombek (Blotted Science, Spastic Ink) on guitar, Doug Keyser on bass, vocalist Alan Tecchio, and Rick Colaluca on drums. The band was supposed to release an album called Mathematics in the early 1990s to follow up its previous two records, Energetic Disassembly in 1985 and Control and Resistance in 1989, but that never happened.

After years of silence, Watchtower gave us three new songs in 2015 and said something was coming. Everyone got excited, time passed, nothing happened, and the Watchtower hype died down again.

Except for when I got a press release from Prosthetic saying the new EP, Concepts of Math: Book One, is coming out later this year. Then the hype was very real.

The release will consist of the three songs we've already heard, a song called "The Size Of Matter" that was released digitally in 2010, and a seemingly longer closer called "Mathematica Calculis."

The Size Of Matter
M-Theory Overture
Arguments Against Design
Technology Inaction
Mathematica Calculis

Legendary 1980’s Texan progressive-metallers WATCHTOWER return with the release of a new MCD on Prosthetic Records this Autumn. Four previously digital-only tracks are combined with one brand new song, creating the 29 minute long MCD, 'Concepts of Math: Book One', and will be released on limited edition vinyl (strictly only 300 worldwide.) and CD on October 7th. WatchTower was formed in 1982 in Austin, TX and has been hailed as the first jazz inspired progressive metal band. They have released two full length albums to date: Energetic Disassembly in 1985 and 1989’s Control and Resistance, which is often hailed as the benchmark for progressive metal and has influenced a countless number of heavy, technical bands.