Tourniquet - Pathogenic Ocular Dissonance (1992)

Or fatal colour blindness to be frank, but that's outside the title's domain of the Tourniquet album I'll be auditing. Keep in mind that this is an open and renowned Christian band with consequential implications. However, you may find reverence for the lyrics even if you are indulging into the experience in a secular fashion, but be warned; There's a recurring "Carcass trait", which makes you guess whether the guys at Tourniquet swallowed a medical encyclopedia prior to writing the cryptic song lyrics. That being said, it might sound sort of blasphemous and ill-intentioned, but in the end, it's mostly just about the music and that's also the topic I'd like to stick to. And boy oh boy is the topic exhaustive ... First of all, hands down to Ted Kirkpatrick for his transamazing drumwork. I don't believe there's a single dull percussion sound in the entirety of the album. The guitars are still the main event though, keeping the threads together as it should be. Well, at least during the first 5 tracks. Then we experience something a bit odd (remember the encyclopedia remark). Gelatinous ... is an incredible piece, don't get me wrong, it's just that it's the meridian point, from which on, things start to take off and perpetuate into an even more dynamic second half (surprise surprise). After that particular piece we have Incommensurate and Exoskeletons, which are probably my favourite tracks alongside the sheer brutal energy and riffing on the title track on #2.
Well that's my take, hope you like it and appreciate the masterpiece as I did. There's also a riff borrowed from Black Sabbath's Supernaut towards the end of one of the songs I've mentioned. Maybe that will make you go through the list :)