Tourniquet deserves major credit for daring to break the Christian metal mold of modelling themselves after successful secular acts. The technical musicianship here is unmistakable. Percussion is especially noteworthy, but the guitar work deserves mention as well. Styles and tempos are mixed frequently, and intelligently. One sees hints of jazz, classical guitar, and doom rock, but it's mostly energetic, slightly unorthodox (progressive) thrash. - the eclectic extrovert