That's the question I've been asking myself all week. I've spun the record a couple dozen times, started reviews... And then deleted what I had written.
It's not that the album is bad. It's actually really damn good. But it's Tourniquet. And that's said with a ton of respect and as a good thing.
Antiseptic Blood bath is technical, rifftastic, thrash metal goodness. But it sounds like Tourniquet. Which is good. Too many times myself (and countless others) bitch about bands changing their sound or going a different direction. Tourniquet even switch it up in the 90's going the hard rock route.
Chart of the Elements and Antiseptic Bloodbath kick the album off right. Great, fast thrash metal. Chart has a super catchy hook that makes the song super easy to dive into and enjoy. The Maiden Who Slept In The Glass Coffin is a super ballad full of fantastic solo work. On the flip side, Chamunda Temple Stampede is more of the hard rock side of Tourniquet coming out. The solos blast at 100 but the track itself has elements of Crawl to China.
From start to finish Antiseptic Bloodbath is a great metal record. It's everything that is, or has been good about Tourniquet. The metal legends have dropped another killer album.
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I'm waiting on my pre-ordered CD to arrive. The buzz on this has all been good so I'm excited.
Definitely worth the wait. These guys are still as creative and fresh as ever. It's a like a blast from the past but with an infusion of modern metal. I feel like Beavis or Butthead running around humming riffs and thrashing my air guitar lol. Yes it's that darn good. Love the fact that they're not just the best Christian metal band, they're one of the best metal bands period. Awesome album with incredible artwork that looks disturbingly sweet on a t-shirt. God bless and rock on!!
Another amazing CD from Tourniquet...perhaps their best? It's so hard to rank the offerings from Tourniquet because they are all so good. From Stop the Bleeding, to Psycho Surgery, to Pathogenic Ocular Dissonance, to Vanishing Lessons, to Microscopic View of a Telescopic Realm, to Where Moth and Rust Destroy, and now to Antiseptic Bloodbath, Tourniquet is in my opinion the very best Christian metal band of all time.
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