Christian metallers Tourniquet will release a new album, Antiseptic Bloodbath, this summer via Pathogenic Records. The CD will feature guest guitar solos by Marty Friedman [ex-Megadeth], Karl Sanders [Nile], Pat Travers, Bruce Franklin [Trouble] and Santiago Dobles [Aghora].
A two-and-a-half-minute video clip featuring footage from the album’s April 2012 recording sessions can be seen below. Also available is the CD’s cover artwork, which was created by Travis Smith of Seempieces [Opeth, Devin Townsend, Nevermore, Iced Earth, Death, Amorphis].
Commented Tourniquet: “The title track, ‘Antiseptic Bloodbath’, speaks of the way our society prefers to sanitize brutality. We can have our tidy Christian faith, or continue with no faith at all, as long as we don’t consider the painful bloody price that was paid for us.
“We use animals for our food, profit, and amusement, but would rather not know about the needless, often systematic suffering that is inflicted on them by a callous and greedy humanity. ‘Don’t upset my comfort zone — brutal truth, leave me alone.’ The great news is that we have the ability to choose. This album encourages us to make good and humane choices in our daily lives that reflect these images.”
Tourniquet‘s last studio release, 2003’s Where Moth and Rust Destroy [Metal Blade], featured special guest appearances by guitarists Marty Friedman [ex-Megadeth] and Bruce Franklin [Trouble].
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Band members:
Ted Kirkpatrick – drums
Luke Easter – vocals
Aaron Guerra – guitar
Discography
2003 – Where Moth and Rust Destroy (Metal Blade)
2000 – Microscopic View of a Telescopic realm (Metal Blade)
1998 – Acoustic Archives (Tourniquet Productions)
1997 – Crawl to China (Diadem)
1996 – Collected Works (Frontline)
1995 – Carry the Wounded-EP (Frontline)
1994 – Vanishing Lessons (Frontline)
1993 – Live-EP (Frontline)
1992 – Pathogenic Ocular Dissonance (Frontline/Metal Blade)
1991 – Psycho Surgery (Frontline/Metal Blade)
1990 – Stop the Bleeding (Frontline)
Videography
2008 – Till Sverige Med Karlek (To Sweden With Love)
2004 – Circadian Rhythms – The Drumming World of Ted Kirkpatrick
2003 – Ocular Digital DVD (Tourniquet Productions)
2000 – Video Biopsy 2000 (Tourniquet Productions)
1998 – Live in California (Tourniquet Productions)
1997 – Guitar Instructional Video (Tourniquet Productions)
1996 – The Unreleased Drum Solos (Tourniquet Productions)
1995 – Pushin Broom Video with “Bearing Gruesome Cargo” (Frontline)
1992 – Video Biopsy with “Ark of Suffering” (Frontline)
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‘Tourniquet’ To Release ‘Antiseptic Bloodbath’ This Summer [May 2012]
‘Bruce Franklin’, ‘Marty Friedman’ To Guest On New ‘Tourniquet’ Album [June 2012]
‘Tourniquet’ ‘Antiseptic Bloodbath’ Available For Pre Order [June 2012]