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Christian metal. Like it or not, it's a reality. Tourniquet
have surely been one of the best of the Jesus scene to date, and looked to
gain some fresh attention with the addition of Marty Friedman for this 9-song
outing. As far as the musical aspects go, this is above average thrash, as Ted
Kirkpatrick lays down both the drum tracks and the rhythm guitars with
considerable skill. Skank beats and down picking reign supreme in "Drawn and
Quartered", unfortunately accompanied by the vocals stylings of Luke Easter.
This guy goes for the multi-track, many-voiced approach, much of his time
being spent on the yelled/spoken front. Judeo-Christian lyrics aside, there is
some balls to the music, and a different choice of singers could really help
as far as I'm concerned. There is a good chance that Tourniquet wants their
message to be clearly understood, hence Easter's inclusion, but you can look
at someone like Immolation's Ross Dolan, for example, and see that
enunciation and an aggressive vocal delivery can actually be done at the same
time. Kirkpatrick lays down some dynamic low-volume blastbeats in
"Architeuthis", and some slick solo fills on "Healing Waters of the
Tigris", where Marty Friedman also displays his already well-known talents
with fittingly exotic leads. Many tears flowed from my eyes as the mighty
"Rust In Peace" came flooding back with each Friedman fret run, all of which
take Tourniquet out of the realms of most, if not all, thrash
bands.
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1. Where |
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Moth And Rust Destroy 2. Restoring The Locust Years 3. Drawn And |
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Quartered 4. A Ghost At The Wheel 5. Architheuthis 6. |
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Melting The Golden Calf 7. Convoluted Absolutes 8. Healing |
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Waters Of The Tigris 9. In Death We Rise |
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