Vanishing Lessons

Vanishing Lessons
Studio album by Tourniquet
Released	July 1, 1994
Recorded	1993
Studio	Rumbo Recorders in Canoga Park, California
Genre	Christian metal Thrash metal Hard rock Heavy metal
Length	48:42 (original) 73:42 (remaster)
Label	Intense Records (original) Pathogenic Records (remaster)
Producer	Jim Faraci
Tourniquet chronology
Pathogenic Ocular Dissonance (1992) Vanishing Lessons (1994) Carry the Wounded (1995)
2004 Cover

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Cross Rhythms	[1]
Powermetal.de	(mildly favorable)[2]

Vanishing Lessons is the fourth studio album by the American Christian metal band Tourniquet. It was originally released on Intense Records in 1994. It was the first Tourniquet album to feature then-lead vocalist Luke Easter, who joined the band in 1993. The songs "Bearing Gruesome Cargo," "Acid Head" and "K517" were included on the Tourniquet/Mortification Collector's Edition CD Single in 1994; the disc also featured tracks with Ted Kirkpatrick talking about Tourniquet and included material from the Australian Christian metal band Mortification's Live Planetarium and Blood World releases. A different version of "My Promise" was included on Tourniquet's extended play Carry the Wounded, and a music video for "Bearing Gruesome Cargo" was included on the band's VHS tape Pushin' Broom in 1995. This album was later bundled with 1992's Pathogenic Ocular Dissonance and released on KMG Records in 2000. Vanishing Lessons was independently re-released on Pathogenic Records with digital remastering, bonus tracks, and new artwork in 2004.