Spastic Ink is the solo project for Watchtower guitarist Ron Jarzombek. Ink Complete specializes in super-complex instrumental fusion metal, with a lot of this stuff making even Watchtower sound simplistic. Jarzombek's distinctive style is in top form here, as both his soloing and riffing is unbelievably tight, and yet the rhythm section of brother Bobby and Pete Perez matches him every step of the way -- there is no other band alive today that possesses such technical and musical prowess. Completely un-radio-friendly, and utterly brilliant in its complexity.

Work on the followup, Ink Compatible, had been ongoing for several years, and was finally completed in early 2004. Contributing to the album is a veritable who's who of prog metal, including fellow Watchtower members Jason McMaster and Doug Keyzer, Sean Malone (Cynic), Jens Johannsson (Stratovarius), Daniel Gildenlow (Pain Of Salvation), Marty Friedman (Megadeth), and several others.