Cost: $2.00
Getting the original press out of a bargain bin was a spectacular find, but even this was largely overshadowed by another find from the day's haul, which I'll try to post about shortly...
My first exposure to Tourniquet was hearing Psycho Surgery (and I think maybe Pathogenic...) years ago, and I don't remember being particularly impressed, thinking they were a bit too technical for my taste. Sometime later I saw the video for "Ark of Suffering," which was a pretty cool song, and made me far more interested in checking out the debut. Now, Christian metal can be kind of a weird realm to explore, as it's often terribly overrated within the Christian metal community itself, and often severely derided elsewhere as being poor clones of secular bands. I personally think the debut albums of all the bigger Christian thrash bands (Deliverance, Living Sacrifice, Mortification, Vengeance Rising, Believer) are all pretty good and in every single case represent the band's best material.
So no surprise that I liked this. Of course the really unique factor here is Guy Ritter's vocals. His lower register vocals remind me quite a lot of J.D. Kimball, maybe with a little bit of Mark Shelton's deeper vocals mixed in. Then there are the high falsetto vocals, which often get multitracked and have a somewhat theatrical air to them...So yes, as you will be able to read in any other review or commentary on this album, they do sound quite a lot like a certain King.
Also, robotic arms restraining a snake in chains.
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