Tourniquet is by definition a remarkable band. Their lyrical concept contains Biblical phrases mirrored against everyday social issues, which is not a common one in the metal bizz as we know it. This awareness is translated into epic songs filled with galloping riffs, breaks, harmonies and leads. Classical metal, trash metal, technical metal, they’re not afraid to take all the key elements of these styles and blend them into, well…Tourniquet. Songwise there are a lot of nice progressive yet catchy riffs packed into every song and vocalist Luke Easter has a powerful metal voice. Unfortunately he falls short in the ‘grunted’ parts. In a way he is too much of a singer to convert to grunts. A fuller production would have helped. Don’t get me wrong, the production is ok, it’s just that epic songs deserve an epic production.

Musically, however, this is great music to listen to (damn I love those double bass drums). Especially in the grooving up-tempo parts my mind wandered back to the late eighties. Back in the days when song writing was still a craft, not managed by many. In that sense Where Moth And Rust Destroy is a beautiful album filled with well crafted songs, made by musicians who love what they do, in spite of trends, money and MTV. For just that I should give this album two thumbs up. Fortunately that’s not necessary. On its own this timeless metal will stands its ground. And for the fans, Marty Friedman among others played a few of the leads.