Microscopic View of a Telescopic Realm

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.

Microscopic View of a Telescopic Realm
Studio album by Tourniquet
Released	2000
Recorded	July 16 – September 5, 1999
Studio	Topanga, California Frankie's Hideaway in North Hollywood, California
Genre	Christian metal, thrash metal, neoclassical metal, progressive metal
Length	69:52
Label	Metal Blade Records
Producer	Bill Metoyer Tourniquet
Tourniquet chronology
Acoustic Archives (1998) Microscopic View of a Telescopic Realm (2000) Where Moth and Rust Destroy (2003)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
7ball	[1]
Allmusic	[2]
Cross Rhythms	[3]
Matt Morrow	[4]
The Phantom Tollbooth	Review 1: [5] Review 2: (somewhat favorable)[6] Review 3: [7]
Johannes Jonsson	(highly favorable)[8]
Powermetal.de	(Highly favorable)[9]

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[a]"			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[a]"			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)[a]"			9:58
Total length:				69:52

^a 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