Microscopic View of a Telescopic Realm
{{Infobox album
| name = Microscopic View of a Telescopic Realm
| type = Studio album
| artist = Tourniquet
| cover = Mvoatr.JPG
| alt =
| released = 2000
| recorded = July 16 – September 5, 1999
| venue =
| 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
| prev_title = Acoustic Archives
| prev_year = 1998
| next_title = Where Moth and Rust Destroy
| next_year = 2003
}}
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = 7ball
| rev1Score = {{cite journal |last=Macintosh |first=Dan |title=reviews / Microscopic View of a Telescopic Realm |pages=47 |date=July–August 2000 |issue=31 |journal=7ball |issn=1082-3980}}
| rev2 = Allmusic
| rev2Score = {{rating|3.5|5}} {{AllMusic|class=album|id=r462592|label=Microscopic View Of Telescopic Realm|first=Steve|last=Huey}}
| rev3 = Cross Rhythms
| rev3Score = {{Rating|10|10}}{{cite journal|last=Figgis|first=Alex|title=Tourniquet - Microscopic View Of A Telescopic Realm|journal=Cross Rhythms|date=1 June 2000|issue=57|url=http://www.crossrhythms.co.uk/products/Tourniquet/Microscopic_View_Of_A_Telescopic_Realm/2078/|accessdate=7 May 2012}}
| rev4 = Matt Morrow
| rev4Score = {{Rating|9.5|10}}{{cite web|last=Morrow|first=Matt|title=Tourniquet- Microscopic View of a Telescopic Realm|url=http://thewhippingpost.tripod.com/tourniquetmicroscopicviewofatelescopicrealm/|work=The Whipping Post|publisher=Tripod.com|accessdate=7 May 2012}}
| rev5 = The Phantom Tollbooth
| rev5Score = Review 1: {{Rating|4.5|5}}{{cite web|last=LaFianza|first=Tony|title=Microscopic View of a Telescopic Realm|url=http://www.tollbooth.org/2001/reviews/tourniquet.html|publisher=The Phantom Tollbooth|accessdate=7 May 2012|date=9 April 2000}}
Review 2: (somewhat favorable){{cite web|last=Spencer|first=Josh|title=Microscopic View of a Telescopic Realm|url=http://www.tollbooth.org/2001/reviews/tourniquet.html|publisher=The Phantom Tollbooth|accessdate=7 May 2012|date=27 June 2000}}
Review 3: {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite web|last=Teems|first=Scotty|title=Microscopic View of a Telescopic Realm|url=http://www.tollbooth.org/2001/reviews/tourniquet.html|publisher=The Phantom Tollbooth|accessdate=7 May 2012|date=9 April 2001}}
| rev6 = Johannes Jonsson
| rev6Score = (highly favorable){{cite web|last=Jonsson|first=Johannes|title=TOURNIQUET - Microscopic View of A Telescopic Realm|url=http://www.metalforjesus.org/history.htm|work=Christian Metal History|publisher=Metal for Jesus!|accessdate=7 May 2012}}
| rev7 = Powermetal.de
}}
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.
Track listing
{{tracklist
| title1 = Besprinkled in Scarlet Horror{{Ref label|hitp|a|a}}
| length1 = 7:39
| title2 = Drinking from the Poisoned Well
| length2 = 7:32
| title3 = Microscopic View of a Telescopic Realm
| note3 = featuring Steve Rowe
| length3 = 6:13
| title4 = The Tomb of Gilgamesh{{Ref label|hitp|a|a}}
| length4 = 7:35
| title5 = Servant of the Bones
| length5 = 4:56
| title6 = Erratic Palpitations of the Human Spirit
| length6 = 6:25
| title7 = Martyr's Pose
| length7 = 4:18
| title8 = Immunity Vector
| length8 = 5:10
| title9 = Indulgence by Proxy
| length9 = 5:55
| title10 = Caixa de Raiva
| length10 = 4:11
| title11 = The Skeezix Dilemma Part II (The Improbable Testimony of the Pipsisewah){{Ref label|hitp|a|a}}
| length11 = 9:58
| total_length = 69:52
| all_lyrics = Ted Kirkpatrick unless otherwise noted
| all_music = Ted Kirkpatrick unless otherwise noted
| lyrics5 = Luke Easter
| music5 = Aaron Guerra
| lyrics7 = Easter
| music7 = Guerra
| note8 = Instrumental
| lyrics10 = Easter
| music10 = Guerra
}}
:{{note label|hp|a|a}} appears on The Epic Tracks (2019)
Personnel
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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")
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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{{col-end}}