Pestilence "Consuming Impulse (2017 Reissue, 2CD, Hammerheart Records, Slipcase, Remastered)"

Consuming Impulse (stylized as Consvming Impvlse) is the second album by Dutch death metal band Pestilence, released in 1989. While retaining some of the thrash metal elements from its predecessor Malleus Maleficarum (1988), Consuming Impulse saw the band progress further towards the traditional death metal genre with progressive influences; this can be seen as one of the earliest examples of technical death metal, a subgenre that would be used and expanded on Pestilence's subsequent albums. Consuming Impulse was also their first release with then-new guitarist Patrick Uterwijk, and their last one to feature bassist and vocalist Martin van Drunen.

It 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.

Track listing

Disc 1

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

Disc 2

1. City of the Living Dead / Antropomorphia 04:40  
2. Parricide 04:09  
3. Echoes of Death 04:24   
4. Subordinate to the Domination 04:46
5. Commandments 05:33
6. Out of the Body 04:07  
7. Chemotherapy 05:17   
8. Cycle of Existence 03:44
9. Suspended Animation 03:20  
10. The Trauma 03:22  
11. Subordinate to the Domination 04:13   
12. Cycle of Existence 03:20   
13. Extreme Unction 01:42   
14. Chemotherapy 04:52   
15. Bacterial Surgery 05:06   
16. Systematic Instruction 03:59  
17. Consuming Impulse (demo) 03:46  

Time:  01:10:20  

The song "Out of the Body" was covered by fellow Netherlands melodic death metal band Callenish Circle as a bonus track for their 2003 release My Passion // Your Pain.

The original cover art depicted a group of people eating each other. At the last minute before release, without the band's permission, Roadrunner Records replaced the image, much to the band's dismay.

CD2: bonus tracks are:

- tracks 1-9 are Live in Veghel, 1989.

- tracks 10-16 are Live in Bochum, 1988.

- track 17 is an undated demo recording.

Music video:

- Out of the body

Recording information:

Recorded at Music Lab Studios, Berlin, Germany.

Remastered at Toneshed Studio, Horst, The Netherlands.