Control and Resistance is the second album by progressive metal

Progressive metal

Progressive metal is a subgenre of heavy metal originating in the United Kingdom and North America in the late 1980s...

 band Watchtower

Watchtower (band)

WatchTower is an American progressive metal band based in Austin, Texas. The band were influenced by late 1970s progressive rock and acts such as Rush and UK as well as the burgeoning New Wave of British Heavy Metal...

, released in 1989.

Track listing

1. "Instruments of Random Murder" – 4:06
2. "The Eldritch" – 3:17
3. "Mayday in Kiev" – 5:48
4. "The Fall of Reason" – 8:01
5. "Control and Resistance" – 6:58
6. "Hidden Instincts" – 3:51
7. "Life Cycles" – 6:48
8. "Dangerous Toy" – 4:20

tracks 1, 2, 4 & 5 written by Doug Keyser and Billy White

tracks 3, 6, 7 & 8 written by Doug Keyser and Ron Jarzombek

Acclaim

'Control and Resistance' was hailed by Guitar World magazine as one of ‘The Top Ten Shred Albums of the 80’s’ in a retrospective feature. “Sounding like the twisted scion of Metallica and the Mahavishnu Orchestra, WatchTower was the most brilliant weird band of its time. Guitarist Ron Jarzombek, with his complex harmony solos, strange scales and furious staccato lead bursts, performs tricks on his guitar that will leave you more than sufficiently breathless.”