TOURNIQUET - STOP THE BLEEDING (Metal Icon Series) (*NEW-BLACK CHERRY, 2022, Retroactive)
- Pressed at the same time as the red splatter, but held back until 2022 by both Ted Kirkpatrick and Retroactive Records with the plans to release the Black Cherry Vinyl in 2022
- The 2020 Red Splatter is almost sold out completely
- Vinyl reissue featuring the original artwork
- Part of the exclusive Retroactive Record’s Metal Icon Series
- 12x12 insert with lyrics and many never-before-seen band pics
- 2020 write-up by band leader and founder, Ted Kirkpatrick
- 2020 remaster by Bombworks Sound, Rob Colwell
- Limited to just a 300 unit pressing (get them while you can)
- Produced by Bill Metoyer (Metal Blade)
- Tourniquet has sold more than 300,000 albums
-
#5 on CMR Top 100 Christian Metal Albums Of All Time
- “Ark of Suffering” video voted favorite HM Magazine’s video of the year
Tracklist
1 The Test For Leprosy
2 Ready Or Not
3 Ark Of Suffering
4 Tears Of Korah
5 The Threshing Floor
6 You Get What You Pray For
7 Swarming Spirits
8 Whitewashed Tomb
9 Somnambulism
10 Harlot Widow And The Virgin Bride
RRV1546 TOURNIQUET - PSYCHO SURGERY (Metal Icon Series) 637405139808
Artist: Tourniquet
Title: Psycho Surgery (Metal Icon Series)
Label: Retroactive Records/Pathogenic Records
- Pressed at the same time as the Green/Purple Swirl Vinyl, but held back until 2022 by both Ted Kirkpatrick and Retroactive Records with the plans to release the Stereotaxic Blue Splatter in 2022
- The 2020 Purple/Green Vinyl is almost sold out completely
- Reissue featuring the original artwork
- Part of the exclusive Retroactive Record’s Metal Icon Series
- Full color 2-sided printed sleeve with lyrics & many never-before-seen pics
- Artwork by NoLifeTil Metal's Scott Waters
- 2020 write-up by band leader and founder, Ted Kirkpatrick
- Fresh remaster for vinyl by Bombworks Sound, Rob Colwell
- Produced by Metal Blade Records' Bill Metoyer
- Limited to just 500 copies
- #2 on Heaven’s Metal Magazine’s Top 100 Christian Metal Albums of All Time
- #18 on HM Magazine’s Top 100 Christian Rock Albums of All Time
- #16 on CMR Top 100 Christian Metal Albums Of All Time
ABOUT THE ALBUM
With Psycho Surgery, the band went in a more modern, experimental, and technical thrash-metal style, incorporating heavy doses of classical music-influenced guitar riffs, complex tempo changes, and virtuosic guitar solos. One reviewer described the album as "Slayer plays Beethoven...." Vocalist Guy Ritter also abandoned his King Diamond-like high-pitched falsetto in favor of a more melodic baritone register and the band went on to reach a level of popularity worthy of their excessive talent. The title track is the closest thing the group has to a signature song. It opens with the dissonant sounds of an orchestra tuning, then introduces strangely growled vocals beneath a barrage of other sounds. Radical and abrupt time changes, dissonant harmonies, and a melodic vocal chorus all account for the song’s initially inaccessible but ultimately mesmerizing appeal. The allegorical lyrics about all sorts of medical practices seem to be about the process of developing a new heart and a new mind. Maybe it was best said by Heaven’s Metal reviewer, Chris Gotto, “A timeless slab of gut-wrenching metal, combining the best of technical riffs, progression, speed metal and love of classical music in a way that only these Christian thrash kings can.” The 2022 reissue is remastered for vinyl by Rob Colwell of Bombworks Sound, features never-before-seen band pics, and the most striking vinyl color of any Tourniquet reissue yet, which makes this is THE ultimate collector’s dream for deluxe reissues!
Tourniquet has earned six GMA Dove Award nominations and won recognition globally from magazines such as Modern Drummer, Guitar Player, Metal Hammer, and HM Magazine, where Tourniquet was voted "Favorite Band of the 1990s" and won "Favorite Album of the 1990s." Tourniquet has sold more than 300,000 albums.
Tracklist
1 Psycho Surgery
2 A Dog's Breakfast
3 Viento Borrascoso (Devastating Wind)
4 Vitals Fading
5 Spineless
6 Dysfunctional Domicile
7 Broken Chromosomes
8 Stereotaxic Atrocities
9 Officium Defunctorum
Artist: Tourniquet
Title: Pathogenic Ocular Dissonance (Metal Icon Series)
Label: Retroactive Records
Product ID: RRV1547
UPC: 637405139815
Format: 2-LP Pinhead Yellow Splatter Vinyl, Gatefold, 12x12 Insert, 24x24 poster, Black polylined sleeves
Release Date: August 2022
- Pressed at the same time as the Burgundy Swirl, but held back until 2022 by both Ted Kirkpatrick and Retroactive Records with the plans to release the Pinhead Yellow Splatter Vinyl in 2022
- The 2020 Burgundy Vinyl is almost sold out completely
- 24x24 Band Poster Included
- Remastered for Vinyl
- Exclusive band pics
- 2-LP / Double Vinyl Set
- Includes “The Tempter” (Trouble cover) that was included on the Metal Blade CD release
- Full color 12x12 insert
- Collector's Hype Sticker
- 2020 write-up by band leader and founder, Ted Kirkpatrick
- 2020 write-up by band leader and founder, Chris Jericho (Fozzy/WWE)
- New Vinyl remaster by Bombworks Sound, Rob Colwell
- Produced by Metal Blade Records' Bill Metoyer
- #23 on Heaven’s Metal Magazine’s Top 100 Christian Metal Albums of All Time
- #11 on CMR Top 100 Christian Metal Albums Of All Time
ABOUT THE ALBUM
With 1992’s Pathogenic Ocular Dissonance, Tourniquet continued to ascend in both critical acclaim and as artists. The band made it onto Heaven’s Metal Magazine’s Top 100 Christian Metal Albums of All Time for a third time in three albums. Reviewer Chris Beck commented, “Arguably their best album, Tourniquet achieved near perfection from beginning to end with brutally heavy guitars and lyrics.” Musically, the album goes for a more aggressive thrash metal direction. The songs are complicated, technical and feature experiments with styles such as jazz, classical, and blues. The album introduced more Slayer-esque shouting vocal patterns by Gary Lenaire as well as a darker atmosphere. The 2022 reissue is reloaded with 2-LP Pinhead Bloody Yellow Vinyl, Gatefold, 12x12 Insert, 24x24 poster, Black polylined sleeves, and write ups by drummer Ted Kirkpatrick, and Chris Jericho (Fozzy/WWE). And, you also get a vinyl remaster by Rob Colwell of Bombworks Sound which makes this is THE ultimate collector’s dream for deluxe reissues!
Tourniquet has earned six GMA Dove Award nominations and won recognition globally from magazines such as Modern Drummer, Guitar Player, Metal Hammer, and HM Magazine, where Tourniquet was voted "Favorite Band of the 1990s" and won "Favorite Album of the 1990s." Tourniquet has sold more than 300,000 albums.
Tracklist
Side 1
1 Impending Embolism
2 Pathogenic Ocular Dissonance
3 Phantom Limb
4 Ruminating Virulence
Side 2
5 Spectrophobic Dementia
6 Gelatinous Tubercles Of Purulent Ossification
7 Incommensurate
Side 3
8 Exoskeletons
9 Theodicy On Trial
10 Descent Into The Maelstrom
11 En Hakkore
Side 4
12 The Skeezix Dilemma
13 The Tempter (Trouble cover)
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