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Okay... This is a metal band. Yes, I know there's the word
Christian at the end, but nevermind that, most of the time I
don't think it's noticeable... and hey, if you're that closeminded
that you won't try listening to something in that category,
well ::shrug:: nothing I can do to help you... Anyways, since
you're reading this, I will elucidate further. I love this band.
They're incredibley versatile in their music. Not only can they
play really heavy guitar-crunching riffs, but (especially in
older albums) they can shred like crazy, and you gotta give
it up for Ted Kirkpatrick (drummer).. he's AWESOME (double base
I think).. ... And these guys don't just play regular metal
tunes either, they always seem to include a slow song or instrumental
or two (which are usually the more Chrisitan-apparent of all
the tracks) ... I've seen this band classified as Trash, but
I would probably put them under Progressive metal as well -
sometimes their songs seem very erractic and not as 'liquid'
as mainstream metal.. (defintely NOT Nu Metal)...
The first album i got from them was CRAWL TO CHINA..
great stuff, Favortie tracks being: 'Claustrospelunker' - More
alternative, air-friendly sounding
'Tire Kiciking' - Very heavy...almost hard-core and
'Bats' - slowish kinda song, highly amusing at parts as well
The next album i picked up was STOP THE BLEEDING (their
1st album, which btw, has a different singer - much more shrieky-sounding...
kinda like all those hairbands or Stryper if you've heard of
them) Tracks that rock here:
'Test For Leprosy' - Fast & Heavy ...and has one of their BEST
guitar shreds I've ever heard 'Ready Or Not' - a bit more shrieky...but
still awesome & there are more... but right now I'm too lazy
to keep typing....
Who would I compare these guys to:
(Tourniquet's earlier albums) Dream Theater/Rush/ any shrieky-metal
band
(Tourniquet's later ones) Megadeth, perhpas/or think of a progressive
band style like DreamTheater and give it a heavy voice of a
hard-core band Well, that's that for now...
peace,
Evan
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