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Artist: Tourniquet
Title: Psycho Surgery (Metal Icon Series)
Label: Retroactive Records/Pathogenic Records
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
Gatto, “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 2020 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