| Pathogenic Ocular Dissonance | ||||
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| Released | July 1, 1992 | |||
| Studio | Cornerstone Recorders (Chatsworth, California) Track Record Studios (North Hollywood) Silver Cloud (Burbank) Preferred Sound (Woodland Hills) Mixing Lab A (Garden Grove) | |||
| Genre | Christian metal, thrash metal, speed metal, progressive metal | |||
| Length | 57:23 (1992) 63:33 (1993) 73:20 (2001) 74:14 (2020) | |||
| Label | Intense Records | |||
| Producer | Bill Metoyer | |||
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| 2001 Cover | ||||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Cross Rhythms |  [1] |
| Rock Hard | 8.5/10[2] |
Pathogenic Ocular Dissonance is the third studio album by the American Christian metal band Tourniquet. It was originally released on Intense Records in 1992 to the Christian market and later released on Metal Blade Records in 1993 to the secular market. It is the last Tourniquet album to feature vocalist Guy Ritter, who left the band after the recording of the album. It was independently re-released on Pathogenic Records in 2001 with digital remastering, two bonus live tracks from the 2000 Dutch Flevo Festival featuring then-lead vocalist Luke Easter, and new cover art (with "Dissonance" misspelled as "Dissonence" on the tray liner edges). Retroactive Records released a Collector's Edition remaster on June 26, 2020 with the original cover art, an expanded album booklet, and four different bonus tracks. Pathogenic Ocular Dissonance was voted as the "Favorite Album of the 1990s" by readers of HM Magazine. In 2010, HM Magazine ranked it #23 on the Top 100 Christian metal albums of all-time list.[3]
- ^ Anderson, Matt (1 April 1994). "Tourniquet - Pathogenic Ocular Dissonance". Cross Rhythms (20). Retrieved 7 May 2012.
- ^ Schäfer, Wolfgang. "Pathogenic Ocular Dissonance". Rock Hard (in German) (79). Holger Stratmann. Retrieved 1 June 2015.
- ^ Van Pelt, Doug (2010). "Top 100 Christian metal albums of all time". HM Magazine. August.