''Antiseptic Bloodbath'' is the eighth full studio

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released on July 19, 2012 by

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, a

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band formed in 1989 in

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, California. It is the band's first release since 2003's ''

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.'' It was long-time vocalist Luke Easter's last studio album before he was kicked out in 2015.

Production

The band had released their previous album in a turbulent time in their history, when they didn't have a permanent guitarist. In late 2004, Aaron Guerra returned to the band. In 2008, Ted Kirkpatrick announced through the band's message board that the band's contract with

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had ended and that they were planning a new album. Bassist Steve Andino left the band during this period. Finally, in late 2010, the band announced a

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project that would allow fans to fund the next album, which was fully funded by January 2011. The band began the recording process in June 2011 with plans to release the album in summer of 2012. The album was made available for pre-order on June 25, 2012 and digitally released to certain fans who funded the Kickstarter project on July 13, 2012. The album was released to the public on July 19, 2012 via iTunes, Amazon, and other online music sellers, and was released in CD format on August 15, 2012.

Reception

Reviews among Christian media have been largely positive. ''The Phantom Tollbooth ''gave the album 5/5 and Indie Vision Music rated it 4/5. Powermetal.de rated the album 8.0 out of 10, finding the album very good, but missing an adequate rhythm guitarist and vocalist.

Track listing

Credits

Band

Ted Kirkpatrick Ted Kirkpatrick (May 22, 1960 – August 19, 2022) was an American musician and songwriter, best known for his work with the American Christian thrash metal band Tourniquet. Primarily a drummer, Kirkpatrick was the principal songwriter for th ...

- drums, rhythm guitars, dulcimer, 8 string bazouki * Luke Easter - lead vocals * Aaron Guerra - guitars, bass

Guest musicians

Pat Travers Patrick Henry Travers (born April 12, 1954) is a Canadian rock guitarist, keyboardist and singer who began his recording career in the mid-1970s. Early life Travers was born and raised in Toronto, Canada. Soon after picking up the guitar at ag ...

- lead guitar: "Antiseptic Bloodbath" *

Marty Friedman Marty Friedman (born December 8, 1962) is an American guitarist, best known for his tenure as the lead guitarist for thrash metal band Megadeth from 1990 to 2000. He is also known for playing alongside Jason Becker in Cacophony from 1986 until ...

- lead guitar: "The Maiden Who Slept in the Glass Coffin" *

Bruce Franklin H. Bruce Franklin (born February 1934) is an American cultural historian and scholar. He is notable for receiving top awards for his lifetime scholarship in fields as diverse as American studies, science fiction, prison literature and marine e ...

- lead guitar: "Chart of the Elements (Lincchostbllis)" *

Karl Sanders Karl Sanders (born June 5, 1963) is an American singer and guitarist, most widely known as the founding member of the ancient Egyptian-themed technical death metal band Nile. Early life Before creating Nile, Sanders was in a thrash metal ...

- lead guitar: "Chamunda Temple Stampede" *

Santiago Dobles Santiago Dobles is a Venezuelan guitarist, songwriter, producer and son of Venezuelan symphonic composer Gustavo Dobles. He is best known as the founding member of tech-prog-fusion metal band Aghora. He has produced with Dan Escuariza, and Nei ...

- lead guitar: "86 Bullets", "Lost Language of the Andamans" *Adrian Zitoun - cello: "The Maiden", "Lost Language", "Fed by Ravens" *Denis Najoom - trumpet: "Antiseptic Bloodbath", "The Maiden", "Lost Language" *Dave Bullock - violin: "The Maiden", "Lost Language", "Fed by Ravens" *

Neil Kernon Neil Kernon is an English musician, record producer, mixer and recording engineer from London. He is a Grammy Award winner and has worked on over 100 Gold and Platinum records. Biography Born to a musical family, Kernon's formal musical trai ...

- orchestral textures: "Duplicitous Endeavor" *Hannah Kilburn, Grace Kilburn & Simi - cheerleader vocals: "Chart of the Elements (Lincchostbllis)" *Pastor Bob Beeman - spoken word vocals: "Fed by Ravens", "Eaten by Vultures" *Rick Muehlbach, Tyler Margritz - spoken word vocals: "Duplicitous Endeavor"

References

External links

Antiseptic Bloodbath at Tourniquet.net
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