Microscopic View of a Telescopic Realm

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7ball
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Cross Rhythms
Matt Morrow
The Phantom Tollbooth	Review 1: Review 2: (somewhat favorable) Review 3:
Johannes Jonsson	(highly favorable)
Powermetal.de	(Highly favorable)

Microscopic View of a Telescopic Realm is the sixth studio album by the American Christian metal band Tourniquet. It was released on Metal Blade Records in 2000. The title track includes Steve Rowe of the Australian Christian metal band Mortification as a guest vocalist and the song "The Skeezix Dilemma Part II (The Improbable Testimony of the Pipsisewah)" is a sequel to "The Skeezix Dilemma" from Tourniquet's 1992 album Pathogenic Ocular Dissonance. This album marks the return to the band's neo-classical technical thrash style of metal.

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Ted Kirkpatrick unless otherwise noted; all music is composed by Ted Kirkpatrick unless otherwise noted

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
1.	"Besprinkled in Scarlet Horror"			7:39
2.	"Drinking from the Poisoned Well"			7:32
3.	"Microscopic View of a Telescopic Realm" (featuring Steve Rowe)			6:13
4.	"The Tomb of Gilgamesh"			7:35
5.	"Servant of the Bones"	Luke Easter	Aaron Guerra	4:56
6.	"Erratic Palpitations of the Human Spirit"			6:25
7.	"Martyr's Pose"	Easter	Guerra	4:18
8.	"Immunity Vector" (Instrumental)			5:10
9.	"Indulgence by Proxy"			5:55
10.	"Caixa de Raiva"	Easter	Guerra	4:11
11.	"The Skeezix Dilemma Part II (The Improbable Testimony of the Pipsisewah)"			9:58
Total length:				69:52

appears on The Epic Tracks (2019)

Personnel

Tourniquet

Ted Kirkpatrick – drums, bass, guitar harmony lead ("Erratic Palpitations of the Human Spirit")
Aaron Guerra – all other rhythm and lead guitars, bass, backing vocals
Luke Easter – lead vocals

Guest musicians

Cameron Stone – cello ("The Tomb of Gilgamesh" and "The Skeezix Dilemma Part II (The Improbable Testimony of the Pipsisewah)")
Jennifer Hall – flute ("Besprinkled in Scarlet Horror" and "Immunity Vector")
Steve Rowe of Mortification – guest vocals ("Microscopic View of a Telescopic Realm")

Additional personnel

Engineered by Bill Metoyer
Produced by Bill Metoyer and Tourniquet
Photography: Jim Muth
Cover art and design: Brian J. Ames
Mixed at Frankie's Hideaway in North Hollywood, California
Mastered by Tom Baker at Precision Mastering in Hollywood, California

References

Macintosh, Dan (July–August 2000). "reviews / Microscopic View of a Telescopic Realm". 7ball (31): 47. ISSN 1082-3980.
Huey, Steve. Microscopic View Of Telescopic Realm at AllMusic
Figgis, Alex (1 June 2000). "Tourniquet - Microscopic View Of A Telescopic Realm". Cross Rhythms (57). Retrieved 7 May 2012.
Morrow, Matt. "Tourniquet- Microscopic View of a Telescopic Realm". The Whipping Post. Tripod.com. Retrieved 7 May 2012.
LaFianza, Tony (9 April 2000). "Microscopic View of a Telescopic Realm". The Phantom Tollbooth. Retrieved 7 May 2012.
Spencer, Josh (27 June 2000). "Microscopic View of a Telescopic Realm". The Phantom Tollbooth. Retrieved 7 May 2012.
Teems, Scotty (9 April 2001). "Microscopic View of a Telescopic Realm". The Phantom Tollbooth. Retrieved 7 May 2012.
Jonsson, Johannes. "TOURNIQUET - Microscopic View of A Telescopic Realm". Christian Metal History. Metal for Jesus!. Retrieved 7 May 2012.
Weihrauch, Georg (11 November 2000). "Tourniquet - Microscopic View Of A Telescopic Realm". Powermetal.de (in German). Weihrauch Median Verlang. Retrieved 8 May 2012.

v t e Tourniquet
Ted Kirkpatrick Aaron Guerra Guy Ritter Gary Lenaire Erik Mendez Victor Macias Vince Dennis Steve Andino Luke Easter
Studio albums	Stop the Bleeding Psycho Surgery Pathogenic Ocular Dissonance Vanishing Lessons Crawl to China Microscopic View of a Telescopic Realm Where Moth and Rust Destroy Antiseptic Bloodbath Onward to Freedom Gazing at Medusa
Live albums	Intense Live Series, Vol. 2
Compilation albums	The Collected Works of Tourniquet Acoustic Archives
Extended plays	Carry the Wounded

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