Intense Live Series vol. 2
*explanation of cover*


© 1993 Intense Records

Ted Kirkpatrick-drums and percussion
Gary Lenair-lead and rhythm guitar, vocals
Erik Mendez-lead and rhythm guitar, vocals
Victor Macias-bass guitar
(Les Carlsen-guest vocalist)

Song List:

Phantom Limb
Medley: Ark of Suffering/Stereotaxic Atrocities
Whitewashed Tomb
The Skeezix Dilemma
The Tempter
The Messiah


My opinion of the album:

I think this would be easier if I just went through the songs and spoke my piece about each one, rather than lumping them all into a "good" or "bad" category... PHANTOM LIMB: good song! musically done pretty well, but Les' vocals really take something away.. MEDLEY: again, musically well done, but Les' vocals get in the way on the parts that he sang.. WHITEWASHED.. well done! .. SKEEZIX: amazing well done musically! My complaints are entirely vocal. Again, I think that Les' voice is not suited well with Tourniquet's style here. The others were also straining near the end, and it did not sound as good as it could have... THE TEMPTER.. good song! I have no major complaints with this one, I think they did a good job with this one... THE MESSIAH.. ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL!

So, as you can see, overall I think they really did themselves a major injustice by choosing Les to take over lead vocals for the ep. I love Les' voice, but it, in my opinion, does not work well with Tourniquet's speed metal. I think they would have been better off giving the rest of the vocals to Gary and Erik. However, apart from that, this ep is awesome!

Rating:

Music:
7 out of 10

Lyrics:
9 out of 10

Total Value:
8 out of 10


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