Crawl to China
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Crawl to China is the 1997 album by the Christian metal
band Tourniquet
, released on Benson Records
. This album took the band's style to a more simplistic rock sound and, as a result, Crawl to China was critically panned and disappointed many of the band's metal fans. The lyrics of the song "The Tell-Tale Heart" are based on Edgar Allan Poe
's short story of the same title. David Larkin of Jesusfreak Hideout called Crawl to China "an average effort that could have been better", "Neither a hit nor a miss" and "an underrated album in the band's collection".
The drummer Ted Kirkpatrick said in a later interview that the band themselves consider the album one of their favorites. He also says that afterwards many of the fans have begun to appreciate Crawl to China, though "the Europeans do not really seem to care for the album".
Christian metal
Christian metal, also known as white metal, is a form of heavy metal music usually defined by its message in a song's lyrics as well as the band's dedication to Christianity...
band Tourniquet
Tourniquet (band)
Tourniquet is a Christian thrash / heavy metal band that was formed in 1989 by Ted Kirkpatrick, Guy Ritter and Gary Lenaire in Los Angeles, California, USA. They are known for incorporating elements of thrash, neo-classical and progressive metal into their music...
, released on Benson Records
Benson Records
Benson Records was founded by Bob Benson & John T. Benson, beginning as the John T. Benson Music Publishing Company in 1902. The record label started out as Heart Warming Records and would come to house labels such as Impact Records, Greentree Records, RiverSong, StarSong and Home Sweet Home...
. This album took the band's style to a more simplistic rock sound and, as a result, Crawl to China was critically panned and disappointed many of the band's metal fans. The lyrics of the song "The Tell-Tale Heart" are based on Edgar Allan Poe
Edgar Allan Poe
Edgar Allan Poe was an American author, poet, editor and literary critic, considered part of the American Romantic Movement. Best known for his tales of mystery and the macabre, Poe was one of the earliest American practitioners of the short story and is considered the inventor of the detective...
's short story of the same title. David Larkin of Jesusfreak Hideout called Crawl to China "an average effort that could have been better", "Neither a hit nor a miss" and "an underrated album in the band's collection".
The drummer Ted Kirkpatrick said in a later interview that the band themselves consider the album one of their favorites. He also says that afterwards many of the fans have begun to appreciate Crawl to China, though "the Europeans do not really seem to care for the album".
Track listing
- "Claustrospelunker" 4:19
- "Crawl To China" 4:28
- "Enveloped In Python" 4:00
- "White Knucklin' The Rosary" 4:11
- "If I Was There" 5:56
- "The Tell-Tale Heart" 5:15
- "Bats" 3:56
- "Proprioception: The Line Knives Syndrome" 5:00
- "Tire Kicking" 3:40
- "If Pigs Could Fly" 4:38
- "Crank The Knife" 4:15
- "Stumblefoot" 3:40
- "Imaginary Friend" 3:59
- "Going, Going...Gone" 6:04
- "America" 4:39
Band
- Luke EasterLuke Easter (musician)Luke Easter is a singer and songwriter with the Christian metal band Tourniquet.Easter grew up in the San Francisco Bay area, where he currently resides. He was a fan of Tourniquet as a youth, became a singer at age 19, and joined the band after an audition, shortly before they went on tour in...
- vocals - Aaron GuerraAaron GuerraAaron Guerra is a guitarist for the Christian metal band Tourniquet. He first learned how to play guitar from his father. He is credited for writing the music on two Tourniquet albums. He wrote three songs on the 1997 album Crawl to China and three more on the 2000 album Microscopic View of a...
- guitars, vocals, bass guitar - Ted KirkpatrickTed KirkpatrickTed Kirkpatrick is an American heavy metal drummer best known for his work with the American Christian metal band Tourniquet.-Biography:...
- drums, guitars, bass guitar