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Released | August 12, 1997 | |||
Genre | Instrumental rock, progressive metal | |||
Length | 48:37 | |||
Label | Dream Circle EclecticElectric | |||
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Ink Complete is progressive instrumental band Spastic Ink's debut album, released in 1997 via Germany's Dream Circle label and re-issued in 2000 on EclecticElectric, with 25 minutes of 'work tapes' added as bonus tracks.
Watchtower is an American progressive metal band based in Austin, Texas, active from 1982 to 1990 and again, occasionally, since 1999; they are currently on an indefinite hiatus. The band was influenced by a number of acts, such as Pink Floyd, Black Sabbath, Led Zeppelin, UFO, Rush and U.K., as well as the burgeoning new wave of British heavy metal scene. Although Watchtower never reached mainstream success, they have been cited as an influence by many other progressive metal bands, such as Dream Theater, Death, Atheist, Sieges Even and Spiral Architect. The band is also notable for featuring vocalist Jason McMaster, who left after the release of their debut album to form Dangerous Toys. Watchtower has released two studio albums―Energetic Disassembly (1985) and Control and Resistance (1989)―as well as one compilation album, four digital singles, one EP and three demo cassettes, and has been featured on many compilation albums.
Ron Jarzombek is an American guitarist best known for his work with WatchTower, Spastic Ink, and Blotted Science, featuring Alex Webster of Cannibal Corpse. His most recent project is Terrestrial Exiled. He released a brand new song, "Beyond Life And Cosmic Kinetics" (B.L.A.C.K.), as an interactive six-track multi-tracking app in November 2012.
Riot V, formerly known as Riot until 2012, is an American heavy metal band founded in New York City in 1975 by guitarist Mark Reale. Reaching a peak in popularity in the early 80s, the band has continued a long-running successful career.
Spastic Ink was a progressive metal band from the United States.
Bobby Jarzombek is an American musician of Polish and German ancestry who is the drummer for progressive metal band Fates Warning and vocalist Sebastian Bach.
Christopher James Adler is an American musician, best known as the founder and longtime drummer of heavy metal band Lamb of God from 1994–2019, and Grammy Award winning member of Megadeth.
Gordian Knot is the debut album of Sean Malone's progressive rock project of the same name.
Ink Compatible is the second full-length album from Spastic Ink. It was released in 2004 after a four-year process via Ron Jarzombek's EclecticElectric label, except for Japan and Southeast Asia where it was released by Avalon/Marquee. It was released in Russia on Iron d.
Riverhead Raceway is a quarter-mile oval race track with a Figure 8 course, located in Riverhead, New York. It is the only auto racing venue on Long Island since Westhampton Raceway closed down in 2003. It started being built in 1949 and opened as a dirt track in 1951, before permanently changing to asphalt in 1955. The raceway was also well known for featuring a towering statue of a Native American, dubbed "Chief Running Fair", at its entrance until it was destroyed in 2012 due to Hurricane Sandy but rebuilt by Christmas and still standing at original location.
Control and Resistance is the second album by progressive metal band Watchtower, released in 1989. This was the band's final album before disbanding in 1990 after touring in support of it, and their first release with vocalist Alan Tecchio and guitarist Ron Jarzombek. Control and Resistance combines elements of thrash metal, progressive metal and jazz fusion, and has been cited as one of the most influential albums in the technical thrash metal genre, as well as a major influence on the then-emerging technical death metal scene.
Blotted Science is an instrumental progressive metal supergroup headed by Ron Jarzombek, bassist Alex Webster and drummer Hannes Grossmann. They formed under the name Machinations of Dementia, but later changed their name to Blotted Science.
Metal God Essentials Vol. 1 is a compilation album released by Halford in 2007. It was released as a standard CD with a bonus DVD, and also as a limited edition Digipak including a bonus remix CD and Rob Halford's autograph.
Demonstrations in Chaos is a 2002 archives release by progressive metal band Watchtower, containing various early recordings that span the years 1983 to 1987.
Riot in Japan – Live!! is the second live album by the American heavy metal band Riot, recorded in June 1990 in Osaka and Tokyo, and first released in 1992 by Sony Music Japan. It marks the debut by bassist Pete Perez who replaced Don Van Stavern at the end of the U.S. leg of The Privilege of Power tour. This album was taken from Front Of House console mixes by sound man George Geranios. There was no multi-track recording made.
Play My Game is the debut solo album by vocalist Tim "Ripper" Owens. Many well known musicians perform on the album. Play My Game was released by Steamhammer/SPV on May 15, 2009 in Germany, May 18, 2009, in Europe and May 19, 2009 in the US and Canada.
The Brethren of the Long House is Riot's ninth studio album. It was first released in Japan on November 11, 1995 in Germany in 1996 and eventually in the United States in 1999. The album is dedicated to the lost culture of American Indians.
Hannes Grossmann is a German drummer who plays for the US death metal band Hate Eternal, German progressive band Alkaloid, and for the U.S based prog metal outfit Blotted Science. He was also the drummer during Necrophagist's Epitaph era and played with Obscura.
Sons of Society is the eleventh studio album by American heavy metal band Riot, released in Japan on July 15, 1999 and in the USA on September 7, 1999 with a missing track.
Shine On is third live album by American heavy metal band Riot, released in 1998 in Japan by Zero Corporation and in the US by Metal Blade Records.
Concepts of Math: Book One is the first EP by the American progressive metal band Watchtower, and was released on October 7, 2016. An anticipation of Watchtower's upcoming third album Mathematics, the EP contains four previously-released tracks and one brand new song. "The Size of Matter" was previously released in 2010 as a digital single, and "M-Theory Overture", "Arguments Against Design" and "Technology Inaction" were digitally released separately in 2015.
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