Rank the Tourniquet albums, and list favorite song from each

seth wrote:Microscopic is easily their best outside the classic era

I think WMARD is the best with GAM second.

Christian Thrash Rules wrote:MVOATR is TQT best album. CTC and VL are worse but not bad

There, that's better

MVoaTR is their most expiremental album, has amazing lyrics (Especially on the title track and ToG), great riffs, well-done neoclassical influences, and ToG is their second-best song behind Broken Chromosomes. I don't get the hate for it.

Most people love it. In my experience most would put it at or near the top of the Luke stuff.

Psycho Surgery is what I always think of as their most experimental. The combined Thrash and Rap. Who does that? And why is it so good?

Pethead wrote:Most people love it. In my experience most would put it at or near the top of the Luke stuff.

It seems very polarizing, I see people putting it anywhere from top 3 to making up new placements like 16 or 28 for it because they think 9 is too nice.

Christian Thrash Rules wrote:Psycho Surgery is what I always think of as their most experimental. The combined Thrash and Rap. Who does that? And why is it so good?

Spineless is way better than it should be.

Anthrax did it first.

Pethead wrote:Anthrax did it first.

Yep, but Tourniquet did it better.

StevenCressler wrote:

Pethead wrote:Anthrax did it first.

Yep, but Tourniquet did it better.

Facts. Spineless is a masterpiece imo.

seth wrote:I agree VL and C2C are pretty bad though

Vanishing lessons is quite good. It’s just not the style of metal that you are used to them playing. It just goes to show their diversity and excellent musicianship.

Ammocas wrote:

seth wrote:I agree VL and C2C are pretty bad though

Vanishing lessons is quite good. It’s just not the style of metal that you are used to them playing. It just goes to show their diversity and excellent musicianship

VL's title track has one of the catchiest choruses I know.

Christian Thrash Rules wrote:

StevenCressler wrote:

Pethead wrote:Anthrax did it first.

Yep, but Tourniquet did it better.

Facts. Spineless is a masterpiece imo.

The only thing I don't like about it is how the first rap section keeps sounding like he cussed even when he didn't lol. My fav part is Guy's almost-rap section.

StevenCressler wrote:

Ammocas wrote:

seth wrote:I agree VL and C2C are pretty bad though

Vanishing lessons is quite good. It’s just not the style of metal that you are used to them playing. It just goes to show their diversity and excellent musicianship

VL's title track has one of the catchiest choruses I know.

Truth. My fav song is Acidhead on VL

Ammocas wrote:

StevenCressler wrote:

Ammocas wrote:

seth wrote:I agree VL and C2C are pretty bad though

Vanishing lessons is quite good. It’s just not the style of metal that you are used to them playing. It just goes to show their diversity and excellent musicianship

VL's title track has one of the catchiest choruses I know.

Truth. My fav song is Acidhead on VL

Same. I love the chorus riff.

VL has phenomenal riffs, vocals, and lyrics.

Pethead wrote:VL has phenomenal lyrics.

It's Tourniquet, of course the lyrics are great.

Pethead wrote:VL has phenomenal riffs, vocals, and lyrics.

More truth.

I think the vocals are my biggest turn off for VL. No offense to Luke Easter, but his voice with that gritty hard rock style really isn’t my cup of tea

StevenCressler wrote:

Christian Thrash Rules wrote:

StevenCressler wrote:

Pethead wrote:Anthrax did it first.

Yep, but Tourniquet did it better.

Facts. Spineless is a masterpiece imo.

The only thing I don't like about it is how the first rap section keeps sounding like he cussed even when he didn't lol. My fav part is Guy's almost-rap section.

The second part is Guy and Gary both trading vocals.


It's a fantastic song.
The slow emotional lead guitar at the end played by Gary is one of my favorite things in the album.

seth wrote:I think the vocals are my biggest turn off for VL. No offense to Luke Easter, but his voice with that gritty hard rock style really isn’t my cup of tea

I know everyone around here adores Guy, but I think Luke’s work on VL is the best vocal performance on any TQT album.

Pethead wrote:Anthrax did it first.

And before that, Aerosmith did it with Run DMC. I think without that song Anthrax wouldn't have done it and without both Aerosmith and Anthrax Tourniquet wouldn't have done it.

I honestly think Luke sounds best doing softer vocals rather than hard rock or metal style vocals. The one song I do like on VL is My Promise, and on C2C If I was There

Airola wrote:

Pethead wrote:Anthrax did it first.

And before that, Aerosmith did it with Run DMC. I think without that song Anthrax wouldn't have done it and without both Aerosmith and Anthrax Tourniquet wouldn't have done it.

True, but I was referring to the first thrash band to do it.