Tourniquet--Microscopic View of a Telescopic Realm

Tourniquet--Microscopic View of a Telescope Realm (2000/Metal Blade) Rating--5.9

Only one original member (the drummer) remains for this sometimes-thrashy group. Occasional COC-like distortion can be heard, and there are a number of long tracks with in-song tempo shifts. Not entirely a good thing, as the breaks tend to detract from the disc's fluidity. Shouty vocals for the most part, though the few clear-sung sections are excellent. Why not more??
Decent moments within "The Tomb of Gilgamesh," "The Skeezik Dilemma," and the title track set them apart, and "Erratic Palpitations" has some excellent clear vocals. A slower pace and darker feel marks "Drinking From the Poisoned Well".
TRACK LIST: Besprinkled in Scarlet Horror/Drinking From the Poisoned Well/Microscopic View of a Telescopic Realm/The Tomb of Gilgamesh/Servant of the Bones/Erratic Palpitations of the Human Spirit/Martyr's Pose/Immunity Vector/Indulgence by Proxy/Caixa de Raiva/The Skeezix Dilemma Part II (The Improbable Testimony of the Pipsisewah)

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