EP Review: Foul Body Autopsy – Consumed By Black Thoughts (Self Released)

On October 10th, World Mental Health Day, Tom Reynolds will release Consumed By Black Thoughts, the most remarkable collection of Foul Body Autopsy songs to date. Consumed By Black Thoughts is an exploration of mental torment, a voice of understanding, a hand of support and a raging, cathartic metal assault – all of this and more.

A personal note from Tom Reynolds about the creation of Consumed By Black Thoughts and his own struggles with mental illness that inspired these powerful songs:

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.

With a shit-ton of meaning behind it, there’s no doubt that Foul Body Autopsy’s new EP will have immediate impact. Long-term relies on the quality of the melodic death metal quality of the 5 tracks though and to the surprise of no-one, this is a quality EP.

Always able to impress, the solo work of Foul Body Autopsy is so enjoyable. From the kick-ass riffing and guttural growls of Vicious Cycles (Feeding Off Themselves). To the chunky and visceral savagery of My Liberation in Death and the controlled melodic edge of Trapped in the Shadow of Fear.

This is a classy EP and that each track begins with spoken word recordings taking about mental health adds much weight to the overall theme too.

Foul Body Autopsy – Consumed By Black Thoughts Full 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

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