Pestilence - Consuming Impulse -1989- -eac-flac- Link

Compare total track time with official release (~44:18).

One cannot discuss Consuming Impulse without mentioning its cover art. The image of a man’s face being consumed by a swarm of ants perfectly mirrors the music within: claustrophobic, irritating (in the best way possible), and utterly consuming. While the band famously wanted a different cover (the "shredded skin" art that eventually appeared on Live at Dynamo ), the "Ants" cover has become an inextricable part of death metal iconography. Pestilence - Consuming Impulse -1989- -EAC-FLAC-

: Typically priced around $16.98–$18.99 at CCMusic.com and SoundsLikeVinyl . Compare total track time with official release (~44:18)

: Unlike the louder, compressed remasters (like the 2017 Hammerheart reissue), the original 1989 master preserved in a lossless FLAC format retains the punchy transients of the drums and the sharp "bite" of the guitars. Lossless Integrity While the band famously wanted a different cover

In the late 1980s, the heavy metal landscape was undergoing a violent mutation. While the Bay Area thrash scene was becoming increasingly technical and Florida was beginning to simmer with the first stirrings of "true" death metal, a quartet from Enschede, Netherlands, was busy crafting one of the most essential documents in extreme music history.