October 10th is World Mental Health Day, a day for raising awareness of mental health issues worldwide, with this year’s event focussing on suicide prevention. October 10th is also the day when Tom Reynolds will release his new Foul Body Autopsy EP, Consumed By Black Thoughts. It’s no coincidence that these events should collide, with the release date for Consumed By Black Thoughts being very carefully chosen. Without doubt this new collection of songs represents Tom Reynolds’ most mature, enthralling and exciting work yet; with a new dimension of emotional power being added to the single-minded ferocity of his song writing. The trademark machine gun riffs have been joined by some incredible hooks and choruses and emotive melody lines embrace the steel clad structures. The reason for this utterly convincing expansion of the Foul Body Autopsy sound – and the release date of October 10th – lies in the challenging source of inspiration behind these songs, as Tom explains...

 

“I have written this EP from my own perspective of living with a mental illness. I often find that mental illness tends to be romanticized by the media and vapid celebrities who seem to think it’s an interesting personality accessory. I wanted to talk about living with mental illness from a human perspective, not as a way to glean sympathy or to feel sorry for myself but to just tell the truth. Living with an untreated mental illness is fucking horrible! I can’t say at any point it has been romantic! Though I have gone through treatment and I am on psychoactive medication it still affects my life from time to time. Obviously, things are much better than they have been in years but this is something I am probably never going shake off completely.”

 

Mixed and mastered by the legendary Russ Russell (Amorphis, At The Gates, Dimmu Borgir etc) and adorned with the stunning artwork of Dan Goldsworthy (Accept, Cradle Of Filth, Forged In Black etc), Consumed By Black Thoughts is the complete package. Available on all digital platforms and as a limited edition CD it’s an exploration of mental torment, a voice of understanding, a hand of support and a raging, cathartic melodic death metal assault. On October 10th Foul Body Autopsy will become a voice in the darkness, telling you that you are not alone.

 

 

Track Listing:

 

1 – Vicious Cycles (Feeding Off Themselves)
2 – Like A Phantom Of The Heart
3 – My Liberation In Death
4 – Consumed By Black Thoughts
5 – Trapped In The Shadow Of Fear

 

 

 

Genre: Melodic Death Metal
For fans of: Dark Tranquillity | In Flames | At The Gates | Soilwork

 

FOUL BODY AUTOPSY – CONSUMED BY BLACK THOUGHTS
LABEL: INDEPENDENT RELEASE
RELEASE DATE: OCTOBER 10th 2020

 

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All music and vocals performed by Tom Reynold

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One man, armed to the teeth with rapid-fire riffs and backed by a drum machine set to kill... A Foul Body Autopsy live show flies in the face of all your preconceptions of what a metal performance should be, yet delivers everything you could ask for at the same time. Tom Reynolds may stand alone, centre stage, with no support behind and beside him, but he delivers his venomous songs with such rabid intensity that he commands the attention of every eye in the house. Described by noted review site Angry Metal Guy as a “fucking riff machine”, Reynolds’ delivery is relentless. A host of EPs and singles as well as two full-length albums – including the latest shocking barrage, The Unquiet Dead – have been released under the Foul Body Autopsy name, meaning that there is a huge stockpile of high impact material in the Foul Body Autopsy arsenal. Everything that the studio releases deliver is matched, if not exceeded, by the high intensity live shows. Foul Body Autopsy has racked up a huge number of live shows, decimating audiences at festivals, all day events and club shows. The one-man barrage of riffs has appeared at:

 

BLOODSTOCK OPEN AIR 2015 - with OPETH and CANIBAL CORPSE BLOODSTOCK OPEN AIR 2011 – with IMMORTAL and MOTORHEAD GRYPHFEST 2013 – with AMPUTATED and BLOODSHOT DAWN DANOWAR FEST – with DESECRATION and BASEMENT TORTURE KILLINGS DEPRAVIFEST – with PROSTITUTE DISFIGUREMENT and TOXOCARA AUDIAL ASSAULT FEST 2011– with NEUROMA and NEKKROSIS DEATH BY METAL – with OBLIVIONIZED and NERRUS KOR M2tM SHOWCASE – with VOODOO BLOOD and ASHEN CROWN DAMAGED STOCK 10 – with EVIL SCARECROW and OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE

 

Tom Reynolds has also added his considerable firepower to shows with... CANNABIS CORPSE, ABORTED, AEON, THY ART IS MURDER, DECAPITATED, LENG TCH’E, GENERAL SURGERY and many more… Each Foul Body Autopsy show is a masterfully executed display of precision destruction, delivered with a focussed intensity that most full bands can only dream of. This riff machine kills not just zombies, but everything that dares to stand in its path.

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Foul Body Autopsy - 2013
This Machine Kills Zombies - 2018

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Death Metal
United Kingdom