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Tourniquet

Los Angeles, CA, US · 1990–present · active
Heavy MetalThrash Metal
Tourniquet
Los Angeles veterans Tourniquet have been delivering a unique brand of Christian thrash and heavy metal since 1990, blending technically demanding riffwork with unconventional time signatures and lyrics rooted in faith and moral philosophy, making them one of the most distinctive acts in the Christian metal world.
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Tourniquet Discography

Stop the Bleeding
Stop the Bleeding 1990 · LP
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16 tracks
  1. 1 The Test for Leprosy 4:38
  2. 2 Ready or Not 3:31
  3. 3 Ark of Suffering 4:14
  4. 4 Tears of Korah 6:20
  5. 5 The Threshing Floor 4:12
  6. 6 You Get What You Pray For 3:23
  7. 7 Swarming Spirits 3:24
  8. 8 Whitewashed Tomb 4:21
  9. 9 Somnambulism 4:38
  10. 10 Harlot Widow and the Virgin Bride 7:46
  11. 11 Ark of Suffering - Live 2000 4:40
  12. 12 The Test for Leprosy (Live 2000) 5:20
  13. 13 Whitewashed Tomb (Demo 1990) 4:42
  14. 14 Tears of Korah (Demo 1990) 6:33
  15. 15 Ark of Suffering (Demo 1990) 3:59
  16. 16 Concert Intro (1999) 1:25
Pathogenic Ocular Dissonance
Pathogenic Ocular Dissonance 1992 · LP
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14 tracks
  1. 1 Impending Embolism 2:04
  2. 2 Pathogenic Ocular Dissonance 4:26
  3. 3 Phantom Limb 5:40
  4. 4 Ruminating Virulence 5:31
  5. 5 Spectrophobic Dementia 5:15
  6. 6 Gelatinous Tubercles of Purulent Ossification 5:12
  7. 7 Incommensurate 5:47
  8. 8 Exoskeletons 3:54
  9. 9 Theodicy on Trial 4:29
  10. 10 Descent into the Maelstrom 1:31
  11. 11 En Hakkore 3:38
  12. 12 The Skeezix Dilemma 10:00
  13. 13 Pathogenic Ocular Dissonance (Live 2000) 5:27
  14. 14 Bearing Gruesome Cargo, Drum Solo (Live 2000) 10:30
The Live EP
The Live EP 1993 · EP
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8 tracks
  1. 1 Phantom Limb (Live) 6:27
  2. 2 Ark of Suffering / Stereotaxic Atrocities (Live) 5:20
  3. 3 In Studio (Live) 0:17
  4. 4 Whitewashed Tomb (Live) 4:21
  5. 5 The Skeezix Dilemma (Live) 7:37
  6. 6 The Tempter (Live) 6:10
  7. 7 In Studio (Live) 0:22
  8. 8 The Messiah (Live) 4:51
Vanishing Lessons
Vanishing Lessons 1994 · LP
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17 tracks
  1. 1 Bearing Gruesome Cargo 4:35
  2. 2 Pecking Order 5:52
  3. 3 Drowning Machine 4:46
  4. 4 Pushin' broom 5:36
  5. 5 Vanishing Lessons 4:21
  6. 6 My Promise 4:32
  7. 7 Acidhead 4:24
  8. 8 K517 2:11
  9. 9 Twilight 4:03
  10. 10 Your Take 3:21
  11. 11 Sola Christus 5:02
  12. 12 Hhs2 1:28
  13. 13 Acidhead (Live 2000) 4:57
  14. 14 Pecking Order (Live 2002) 5:47
  15. 15 Vanishing Lessons (Live 2002) 4:26
  16. 16 Drowning Machine (Demo 1994) 4:27
  17. 17 Twilight (Demo 1994) 3:57
Carry the Wounded
Carry the Wounded 1995 · EP
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5 tracks
  1. 1 Carry the Wounded 5:01
  2. 2 When the Love Is Right 4:41
  3. 3 Oh Well 2:33
  4. 4 My Promise 3:17
  5. 5 Heads I Win, Tails You Lose 3:50
Carry The Wounded
Carry The Wounded 1995 · EP
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5 tracks
  1. 1 Carry The Wounded 5:01
  2. 2 When The Love Is Right 4:41
  3. 3 Oh Well 2:33
  4. 4 My Promise 3:17
  5. 5 Heads I Win, Tails You Lose 3:50
The Collected Works
The Collected Works 1996 · LP
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14 tracks
  1. 1 Perfect Night for a Hanging 5:04
  2. 2 Vanishing Lessons 4:18
  3. 3 Pathogenic Ocular Dissonance 4:26
  4. 4 Twilight 4:02
  5. 5 Psycho Surgery 4:14
  6. 6 You Get What You Pray For 3:22
  7. 7 Acidhead 4:23
  8. 8 Broken Chromosomes 5:20
  9. 9 Viento Borrascoso 3:08
  10. 10 Carry the Wounded 5:01
  11. 11 Bearing Gruesome Cargo 4:37
  12. 12 The Skeezix Dilemma 9:57
  13. 13 Ark of Suffering 4:15
  14. 14 The Hand Trembler 8:35
The Collected Works of Tourniquet
The Collected Works of Tourniquet 1996 · LP
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14 tracks
  1. 1 Perfect Night for a Hanging 5:04
  2. 2 Vanishing Lessons 4:18
  3. 3 Pathogenic Ocular Dissonance 4:26
  4. 4 Twilight 4:02
  5. 5 Psychosurgery 4:14
  6. 6 You Get What You Pray For 3:22
  7. 7 Acidhead 4:23
  8. 8 Broken Chromosomes 5:20
  9. 9 Viento Borrascoso (Devastating Wind) 3:08
  10. 10 Carry the Wounded 5:01
  11. 11 Bearing Gruesome Cargo 4:37
  12. 12 The Skeezix Dilemma 9:57
  13. 13 Ark of Suffering 4:15
  14. 14 The Hand Trembler 8:35
Crawl to China
Crawl to China 1997 · LP
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16 tracks
  1. 1 White Knucklin' the Rosary 4:11
  2. 2 Going, Going...Gone 6:04
  3. 3 Proprioception (The Line Knives Syndrome) 5:00
  4. 4 Crawl to China 4:28
  5. 5 If I Was There 5:56
  6. 6 Tire Kicking 3:44
  7. 7 If Pigs Could Fly 4:38
  8. 8 Stumblefoot 3:40
  9. 9 Enveloped in Python 4:00
  10. 10 The Tell-Tale Heart 5:15
  11. 11 Bats 3:56
  12. 12 Crank the Knife 4:16
  13. 13 Claustrospelunker 4:19
  14. 14 Imaginary Friend 3:56
  15. 15 America 4:39
  16. 16 If I Was There (Instrumental Version) 6:09
If I Was There
If I Was There 1997 · Single
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1 track
  1. 1 If I Was There 5:56
Acoustic Archives
Acoustic Archives 1998 · LP
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10 tracks
  1. 1 Viento Borrascoso 2:51
  2. 2 Vanishing Lessons 5:19
  3. 3 Claustrospelunker 4:04
  4. 4 Bearing Gruesome Cargo 4:54
  5. 5 Phantom Limb 5:59
  6. 6 Bats 3:23
  7. 7 Heads I Win, Tails You Lose 4:12
  8. 8 Twilight 4:01
  9. 9 If Pigs Could Fly 5:01
  10. 10 Trivializing the Momentous, Complicating the Obvious 6:35
Microscopic View of a Telescopic Realm
Microscopic View of a Telescopic Realm 2000 · LP
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11 tracks
  1. 1 Besprinkled in Scarlet Horror 7:39
  2. 2 Drinking from the Poisoned Well 7:33
  3. 3 Microscopic View of a Telescopic Realm 6:13
  4. 4 The Tomb of Gilgamesh 7:35
  5. 5 Servant of the Bones 4:56
  6. 6 Erratic Palpitations of the Human Spirit 6:26
  7. 7 Martyr\'s Pose 4:18
  8. 8 Immunity Vector 5:11
  9. 9 Indulgence By Proxy 5:55
  10. 10 Caixa De Raiva 4:11
  11. 11 The Skeezix Dilemma Part II (the Improbable Testimony of the Pip 9:58
Where Moth and Rust Destroy
Where Moth and Rust Destroy 2003 · LP
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9 tracks
  1. 1 Where Moth and Rust Destroy 7:15
  2. 2 Restoring the Locust Years 3:31
  3. 3 Drawn and Quartered 8:11
  4. 4 A Ghost At the Wheel 4:19
  5. 5 Architeuthis 6:52
  6. 6 Melting the Golden Calf 6:53
  7. 7 Convoluted Absolutes 5:38
  8. 8 Healing Waters of the Tigris 9:32
  9. 9 In Death We Rise 7:02
Tourniquet Recorded Live
Tourniquet Recorded Live 2008 · LP
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8 tracks
  1. 1 Phantom Limb 6:27
  2. 2 Medley: Ark of Suffering, Stereotaxic Atrocities 5:20
  3. 3 In Studio 0:17
  4. 4 Whitewashed Tomb 4:21
  5. 5 The Skeezix Dilemma 7:37
  6. 6 The Tempter 6:10
  7. 7 In Studio 0:22
  8. 8 The Messiah 4:51
Psychosurgery
Psychosurgery 2008 · LP
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14 tracks
  1. 1 Psychosurgery 4:15
  2. 2 A Dog's Breakfast 4:28
  3. 3 Viento Borrascoso (Devastating Wind) 3:05
  4. 4 Vitals Fading 2:46
  5. 5 Spineless 5:11
  6. 6 Dysfunctional Domicile 5:03
  7. 7 Broken Chromosomes 5:21
  8. 8 Stereotaxic Atrocities 4:22
  9. 9 Officium Defunctorum 6:26
  10. 10 A Dog's Breakfast (Live 2000) 5:35
  11. 11 Broken Chromosomes (Live 2000) 6:56
  12. 12 Stereotaxic Atrocities (Demo 1991) 4:28
  13. 13 A Dog's Breakfast (Demo 1991) 4:41
  14. 14 Concert Intro 2000 0:59
When the Love Is Right
When the Love Is Right 2009 · Single
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1 track
  1. 1 When the Love Is Right 4:41
IN THE SHADOW OF THE MASTERS
IN THE SHADOW OF THE MASTERS 2010 · Full-length
ODE TO A ROADKILL
ODE TO A ROADKILL 2010 · Full-length
Tourniquet - Live in California
Tourniquet - Live in California 2010 · Full-length
Ancient Christmas
Ancient Christmas 2011 · Full-length
ANTISEPTIC BLOODBATH
ANTISEPTIC BLOODBATH 2012 · LP
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10 tracks
  1. 1 Chart of the Elements (Lincchostbllis) 6:38
  2. 2 Antiseptic Bloodbath 6:11
  3. 3 The Maiden Who Slept in the Glass Coffin 7:28
  4. 4 Chamunda Temple Stampede 5:19
  5. 5 Flowering Cadaver 5:19
  6. 6 86 Bullets 5:12
  7. 7 Duplicitous Endeavor 5:02
  8. 8 Lost Language of the Andamans 6:57
  9. 9 Carried Away On Uncertain Wings 4:52
  10. 10 Fed By Ravens, Eaten By Vultures 8:08
Antiseptic Bloodbath: Voiceless (Instrumental)
Antiseptic Bloodbath: Voiceless (Instrumental) 2013 · LP
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10 tracks
  1. 1 Chart of the Elements (Lincchostbllis) [Instrumental] 6:39
  2. 2 Antiseptic Bloodbath (Instrumental) 6:11
  3. 3 The Maiden Who Slept in the Glass Coffin (Instrumental) 7:32
  4. 4 Chamunda Temple Stampede (Instrumental) 5:21
  5. 5 Flowering Cadaver (Instrumental) 5:24
  6. 6 86 Bullets (Instrumental) 5:14
  7. 7 Duplicitous Endeavor (Instrumental) 5:02
  8. 8 Lost Language of the Andamans (Instrumental) 6:56
  9. 9 Carried Away On Uncertain Wings (Instrumental) 4:51
  10. 10 Fed By Ravens, Eaten By Vultures (Instrumental) 8:08
ONWARD TO FREEDOM
ONWARD TO FREEDOM 2014 · LP
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12 tracks
  1. 1 Onward to Freedom Prelude 0:39
  2. 2 Onward to Freedom (feat. Michael Sweet & Mattie Montgomery) 5:38
  3. 3 The Slave Ring (feat. Mattie Montgomery, Nick Villars & Chris Poland) 5:14
  4. 4 The Noble Case for Mercy (feat. Ed Asner) 3:11
  5. 5 Let the Wild Just Be Wild (feat. Gabbie Rae, Nick Villars & Rex Carroll) 5:05
  6. 6 No Soul (feat. Dug Pinnick & Bruce Franklin) 4:43
  7. 7 If I Had to Do the Killing (feat. Kevin Young & Aaron Guerra) 4:45
  8. 8 Virtual Embryo 0:57
  9. 9 Stereotaxic Atrocities (feat. Luke Easter & Marty Friedman) 4:49
  10. 10 Animal Crossing at the Rainbow Bridge 1:49
  11. 11 Drowning in Air (feat. Blake Suddath, Nick Villars & Tony Palacios) 6:26
  12. 12 Cage 23 (feat. Gabbie Rae & Ashley Argota) 4:41
ONWARD TO FREEDOM - title track single
ONWARD TO FREEDOM - title track single 2014 · Single
The Raven - Warrel Dane/Ted Kirkpatrick - Orange Amp Drone Mix
The Raven - Warrel Dane/Ted Kirkpatrick - Orange Amp Drone Mix 2014 · Single
The Time Machine
The Time Machine 2015 · Single
ANTISEPTIC BLOODBATH - Voiceless
ANTISEPTIC BLOODBATH - Voiceless 2016 · Full-length
The Doom in Us All: A Tribute to Black Sabbath
The Doom in Us All: A Tribute to Black Sabbath 2016 · Full-length
Antiseptic Bloodbath - Pat Travers Alternate Lead
Antiseptic Bloodbath - Pat Travers Alternate Lead 2016 · Single
EDGAR ALLAN POE: Spoken Tales of a Tortured Genius
EDGAR ALLAN POE: Spoken Tales of a Tortured Genius 2016 · Full-length
GAZING AT MEDUSA
GAZING AT MEDUSA 2018 · LP
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9 tracks
  1. 1 Sinister Scherzo 5:50
  2. 2 Longing for Gondwanaland 5:46
  3. 3 Memento Mori 4:22
  4. 4 All Good Things Died Here 4:52
  5. 5 The Crushing Weight of Eternity 6:17
  6. 6 The Peaceful Beauty of Brutal Justice 5:06
  7. 7 Can't Make Me Hate You 4:02
  8. 8 One Foot in Forever 4:59
  9. 9 Gazing at Medusa 4:12
THE EPIC TRACKS
THE EPIC TRACKS 2019 · LP
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10 tracks
  1. 1 Trivializing the Momentous, Complicating the Obvious 6:35
  2. 2 Besprinkled in Scarlet Horror 7:39
  3. 3 Fed by Ravens, Eaten by Vultures 8:09
  4. 4 The Tomb of Gilgamesh 7:35
  5. 5 The Skeezix Dilemma 10:00
  6. 6 The Skeezix Dilemma, Pt. II: The Improbable Testimony of the Pipsisewah 9:58
  7. 7 Healing Waters of the Tigris 9:32
  8. 8 Viento Borrascoso (Devastating Wind) 3:05
  9. 9 The Hand Trembler 8:35
  10. 10 The Peaceful Beauty of Brutal Justice 5:06
THE SLOW COSMIC VOYAGE TO WISDOM
THE SLOW COSMIC VOYAGE TO WISDOM 2020 · LP
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10 tracks
  1. 1 Electric Funeral 5:08
  2. 2 Memento Mori 4:24
  3. 3 Lions 6:07
  4. 4 Going, Going…Gone 6:04
  5. 5 Gethsemane 5:48
  6. 6 No Soul 4:43
  7. 7 In Death We Rise 7:05
  8. 8 Officium Defunctorum 6:23
  9. 9 Lord of This World 5:48
  10. 10 Mission to Macs J1149+2223 Lensed Star 1 25:29
GETHSEMANE
GETHSEMANE 2020 · Single
PATHOGENIC OCULAR DISSONANCE COLLECTOR'S EDITION
PATHOGENIC OCULAR DISSONANCE COLLECTOR'S EDITION 2020 · Full-length
PSYCHO SURGERY COLLECTOR'S EDITION
PSYCHO SURGERY COLLECTOR'S EDITION 2020 · Full-length
STOP THE BLEEDING COLLECTOR'S EDITION
STOP THE BLEEDING COLLECTOR'S EDITION 2020 · Full-length
Pathogenic Ocular Dissonance
Pathogenic Ocular Dissonance 2020 · LP
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16 tracks
  1. 1 Impending Embolism 2:04
  2. 2 Pathogenic Ocular Dissonance 4:26
  3. 3 Phantom Limb 5:40
  4. 4 Ruminating Virulence 5:31
  5. 5 Spectrophobic Dementia 5:15
  6. 6 Gelatinous Tubercles of Purulent Ossification 5:12
  7. 7 Incommensurate 5:47
  8. 8 Exoskeletons 3:55
  9. 9 Theodicy on Trial 4:28
  10. 10 Descent into the Maelstrom 1:31
  11. 11 En Hakkore 3:38
  12. 12 The Skeezix Dilemma 9:59
  13. 13 The Tempter 6:11
  14. 14 Impending Embolism (Demo) [Instrumental] 2:01
  15. 15 Pathogenic Ocular Dissonance (Demo) [Instrumental] 3:59
  16. 16 Ruminating Virulence (Demo) [Instrumental] 4:42
Stop the Bleeding
Stop the Bleeding 2020 · LP
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14 tracks
  1. 1 The Test for Leprosy 4:38
  2. 2 Ready or Not 3:31
  3. 3 Ark of Suffering 4:14
  4. 4 Tears of Korah 6:20
  5. 5 The Threshing Floor 4:12
  6. 6 You Get What You Pray For 3:23
  7. 7 Swarming Spirits 3:24
  8. 8 Whitewashed Tomb 4:21
  9. 9 Somnambulism 4:39
  10. 10 Harlot Widow and the Virgin Bride 7:47
  11. 11 The Test for Leprosy (Demo) 4:27
  12. 12 Somnambulism (Live) 4:29
  13. 13 Whitewashed Tomb (Live) 2:06
  14. 14 The Test for Leprosy (Live) 4:50
Psycho Surgery (Collector's Edition)
Psycho Surgery (Collector's Edition) 2020 · LP
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13 tracks
  1. 1 Psycho Surgery 4:14
  2. 2 A Dog's Breakfast 4:27
  3. 3 Viento Borrascoso (Devastating Wind) 3:05
  4. 4 Vitals Fading 2:46
  5. 5 Spineless 5:11
  6. 6 Dysfunctional Domicile 5:03
  7. 7 Broken Chromosomes 5:21
  8. 8 Stereotaxic Atrocities 4:22
  9. 9 Officium Defunctorum 6:26
  10. 10 Psycho Surgery (Demo) 3:54
  11. 11 Vitals Fading (Demo) 2:37
  12. 12 Broken Chromosomes (Live) 6:34
  13. 13 Spineless (Live) 4:52
Central American Tribute to Tourniquet
Central American Tribute to Tourniquet 2022 · Full-length
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