Consuming Impulse
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| Released | 25 December 1989 9 January 1990 (Europe) | |||
| Recorded | 1989 at Music Lab Berlin | |||
| Genre | Death metal | |||
| Length | 37:23 | |||
| Label | Roadrunner | |||
| Producer | Harris Johns | |||
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Consuming Impulse (stylized as Consvming Impvlse) is the second album by Dutch death metal band Pestilence, released in 1989. It was their first release with then-new guitarist Patrick Uterwijk, and their last one to feature bassist and vocalist Martin van Drunen.
The album was reissued along with Testimony of the Ancients on Roadrunner Records' Two from the Vault series. Decibel gave positive reviews to it as a cult classic.[2]
Music
[edit]While retaining some of the thrash metal elements from its predecessor Malleus Maleficarum (1988), Consuming Impulse saw the band progress further towards a pure death metal style.[3][4][5][6]
The album's instrumentation draws influence from Slayer, and contains what is described as "frantic, atonal, and noisy soloing." The album's "doomy" sections have drawn comparisons to Celtic Frost.[7]
Reception and legacy
[edit]John Serba of AllMusic gave the album 4 and a half stars out of five. He wrote: "Consuming Impulse stands firmly next to Death's Leprosy, Sepultura's Beneath the Remains, Obituary's Slowly We Rot, and Morbid Angel's Altars of Madness as key evolutionary albums in the legitimization of death metal in the late '80s. [...] Consuming Impulse is the guts of Pestilence's career, the group confidently leaping from the gutter with teeth bared, ready to stand toe-to-toe with the other truly great -- and more appreciated -- acts in the death metal genre."[7]
Track listing
[edit]| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Dehydrated" | Martin van Drunen | Patrick Mameli | 3:08 |
| 2. | "The Process of Suffocation" | van Drunen | Mameli, Patrick Uterwijk | 2:41 |
| 3. | "Suspended Animation" | van Drunen | Mameli, Uterwijk | 3:28 |
| 4. | "The Trauma" | Marco Foddis | Mameli | 3:20 |
| 5. | "Chronic Infection" | Foddis | Mameli | 3:57 |
| 6. | "Out of the Body" | Foddis | Mameli | 4:39 |
| 7. | "Echoes of Death" | Foddis | Mameli | 4:16 |
| 8. | "Deify Thy Master" | Foddis | Mameli, Uterwijk | 4:53 |
| 9. | "Proliferous Souls" (instrumental) | Mameli | 2:08 | |
| 10. | "Reduced to Ashes" | van Drunen | Mameli | 4:53 |
| Total length: | 37:23 | |||
Credits
[edit]- Patrick Mameli - guitar, bass
- Patrick Uterwijk - guitar
- Martin van Drunen - vocals[8]
- Marco Foddis - drums
References
[edit]- ^ John Serba. "Consuming Impulse review by AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 2 May 2019.
- ^ Chris Dick (26 March 2013). "Review by Decibel". Decibel. Retrieved 2 May 2019.
- ^ "8 Classic Progressive Metal Albums That Haven't Aged A Day (Part 2)". worshipmetal.com. Retrieved January 3, 2022.
- ^ "21 Essential Death Metal Albums You Need To Own". insertreviewhere.com. Retrieved January 3, 2022.
- ^ "Pestilence - Consuming Impulse (album review)". sputnikmusic.com. Retrieved January 3, 2022.
- ^ "Album Review: Pestilence – Consuming Impulse – Undead Goathead". undeadgoathead.com. Retrieved January 3, 2022.
- ^ a b Consuming Impulse - Pestilence | Album | AllMusic, retrieved 2025-08-20
- ^ "Martin Van Drunen - Voices From The Darkside". Retrieved August 14, 2022.
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