Kickstarter for a new Tourniquet album - 2022 release

I'm not that into Tourniquet musically, but I respect Ted a lot and I like Michael Sweet, so I beat the timer and got a pledge in before it ends

I’m surprised that Ted hasn’t covered Megadeth’s CTE song for one of his albums. The lyrics are very similar to his animal rights stuff like: Ark, Stereotaxic Atrocities and “Going, Going... Gone”, and he has the Marty Friedman connection. As a matter of fact, he could ask Marty to guest solo on it! 

It’s a no brainer... the subject matter is a perfect fit.

I wonder if Ted has one of these? If anyone put something like this in a metal song, it would be Ted!

Finally an update for this.

Ted wrote the pre-production for drums has been done and he's ready to record the drums.

Not going to be released on January 2022 as originally planned but at least it's now entering the studio recording phase.


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Studio Update: The drumming pre-production is finished, meaning the drum parts have been mapped out and I'm ready to begin the actual recording. The song titles and much of the lyrics are done. I say that very matter of factly, but really excited for you guys to hear all this craziness and find out what the tunes are about! The proposed January release is certainly going to be delayed. Apologies for that. Thanks for your patience. We trust the wait will be worth it! - Ted

BRING IT ON

Who is on vocals?

Temple of Blood wrote:Who is on vocals?

I’m still hoping Ted gives me a call. I’ll work for donuts.

Temple of Blood wrote:Who is on vocals?

If it was Deen Castronovo throughout, they would have something! That song was easily the best track on the last album and the vocals were the obvious reason why.

Temple of Blood wrote:Who is on vocals?

No idea.

I would assume that if he doesn't find someone else, it will be Ripper Owens again. Or maybe this time Deen Castronovo is available for the full album.

But there really hasn't been any talks about looking for a new vocalist. I recall for the last album Ted had an audition of sorts, but nothing came out of that except one guy ended up being a one time live vocalist. And Deen ended up being the initial choice for that album but couldn't be there for more than one song, so after quite a bit of delay Ripper got the job. That makes me think that if there aren't any auditions going on it will be Ripper.

Michael Sweet is going to do guest vocals in one song, that was promised in the Kickstarter campaign. And Aaron would be a co-vocalist as he has always been since Crawl to China (minus Where Moth and Rust Destroy as he wasn't in the band during that album). But main vocals are a complete mystery for now, maybe even for Ted.

I would kinda hope Deen Castronovo would do the job. He was great in the Gazing at Medusa title track. Ripper was great too but Deen was outstanding.

average joe wrote:

Temple of Blood wrote:Who is on vocals?

If it was Deen Castronovo throughout, they would have something! That song was easily the best track on the last album and the vocals were the obvious reason why.

Yeah, his performance was magical.

I played the title track to my cousin who isn't much interested in Tourniquet and he loved it and especially loved the vocals. He didn't care about the rest of the album, so that tells something about how good choice Deen really was.

Ripper was great in that he could bring back the old falsetto to the band, and Deen most certainly wouldn't have been able to bring any of that. But if I had to choose between Ripper and Deen, I'd choose Deen even if it meant losing the cool falsettos. That's how powerful his voice was.

Airola wrote:

Temple of Blood wrote:Who is on vocals?

Ripper was great too but Deen was outstanding.

Completely agree.

I would honestly love a great vocalist. I really love Ripper's vocals but I was surprised by how great he sounded with Tourniquet. He nails traditional/power metal and I wasn't sure how that would sit in the TQT sound. He did very well. On a similar note, I think Dean crushed the title track because it's straightforward style fit his vocals perfectly. Truly a fantastic song. Never the less, I still think there has to be somebody out there that's a better fit for the more thrash oriented style

In the end I'll say this, please just don't let it be Dale Thompson.

Frozen Fire wrote:I would honestly love a great vocalist. I really love Ripper's vocals but I was surprised by how great he sounded with Tourniquet. He nails traditional/power metal and I wasn't sure how that would sit in the TQT sound. He did very well. On a similar note, I think Dean crushed the title track because it's straightforward style fit his vocals perfectly. Truly a fantastic song. Never the less, I still think there has to be somebody out there that's a better fit for the more thrash oriented style

In the end I'll say this, please just don't let it be Dale Thompson.

Why? He’s been so inactive lately…

Should be interesting to see how a new TourniTed album will hold up to the Flood album. I welcome it!

TZ75 wrote:Should be interesting to see how a new TourniTed album will hold up to the Flood album. I welcome it!

As someone who believes in the free market (the Soviets would have referred to me as a "capitalist"), I also think competition is healthy

bodachi wrote:

TZ75 wrote:Should be interesting to see how a new TourniTed album will hold up to the Flood album. I welcome it!

As someone who believes in the free market (the Soviets would have referred to me as a "capitalist"), I also think competition is healthy

Agreed. If it’s friendly, I see no problem. I’m sure the Lord finds it amusing.

It’s mainly clean “entertainment” for us.

Pethead wrote:

Frozen Fire wrote:I would honestly love a great vocalist. I really love Ripper's vocals but I was surprised by how great he sounded with Tourniquet. He nails traditional/power metal and I wasn't sure how that would sit in the TQT sound. He did very well. On a similar note, I think Dean crushed the title track because it's straightforward style fit his vocals perfectly. Truly a fantastic song. Never the less, I still think there has to be somebody out there that's a better fit for the more thrash oriented style

In the end I'll say this, please just don't let it be Dale Thompson.

Why? He’s been so inactive lately…

I would much rather hear Michael Sweet guest sing on the next Tourniquet album that Ripper. Michael has been on fire with the last few Stryper albums and his last solo album. Not to mention his Sunbomb album with Tracii Guns. His voice is top notch and he could provide some amazing screams like the old days!

The next choice would be to have Deen Castronovo do it. His song on the Medusa album was the highlight, IMO.

Not interested.

alldatndensum wrote:Not interested.

In what? A new Tourniquet album?

I don't have a preference in vocalist as long as it is someone permanent.  I don't care if it is Ripper, Castronovo, Aaron Guerra, or someone completely unknown as long as they are a genuine member of the band.  Vocalist by committee is not a band, it's a project.

eatbugs wrote:I don't have a preference in vocalist as long as it is someone permanent.  I don't care if it is Ripper, Castronovo, Aaron Guerra, or someone completely unknown as long as they are a genuine member of the band.  Vocalist by committee is not a band, it's a project.

Tourniquet is a solo project now. I just don’t see Ted dealing with another permanent member. Aaron is the exception. All proceeds go to Ted. 

Ted is a creative guy, so a lot of people are always curious what he’ll come up with. But it will probably never be a real band again.

TZ75 wrote:

eatbugs wrote:I don't have a preference in vocalist as long as it is someone permanent.  I don't care if it is Ripper, Castronovo, Aaron Guerra, or someone completely unknown as long as they are a genuine member of the band.  Vocalist by committee is not a band, it's a project.

Tourniquet is a solo project now. I just don’t see Ted dealing with another permanent member. Aaron is the exception. All proceeds go to Ted. 

Ted is a creative guy, so a lot people are always curious what he’ll come up with. But it will probably never be a real band again.

"Real band" in the traditional sense is dying anyway.  If we call Tourniquet a "project" then we have to call most bands a project.  Most bands have one leader, I'm not sure how many operate as democracies.  Having a permanent singer would prevent it from going the way of a true project.

eatbugs wrote:

TZ75 wrote:

eatbugs wrote:I don't have a preference in vocalist as long as it is someone permanent.  I don't care if it is Ripper, Castronovo, Aaron Guerra, or someone completely unknown as long as they are a genuine member of the band.  Vocalist by committee is not a band, it's a project.

Tourniquet is a solo project now. I just don’t see Ted dealing with another permanent member. Aaron is the exception. All proceeds go to Ted. 

Ted is a creative guy, so a lot people are always curious what he’ll come up with. But it will probably never be a real band again.

"Real band" in the traditional sense is dying anyway.  If we call Tourniquet a "project" then we have to call most bands a project.  Most bands have one leader, I'm not sure how many operate as democracies.  Having a permanent singer would prevent it from going the way of a true project.

In most cases, there are leaders. But then there are teams like Lenaire and Ritter. Or Hetfield and Ulrich.

The problem with a single visionary is that the material can become too stale and one-sided. When you have a writing team, you can bounce ideas off another person and they could suggest things you didn’t think of.

TZ75 wrote:

alldatndensum wrote:Not interested.

In what? A new Tourniquet album?

Exactly.