Consuming Impulse

{{Infobox album|

| name = Consuming Impulse

| type = studio

| artist = Pestilence

| cover = Pestilence (band) - Consuming Impulse.jpg

| alt =

| released = 25 December 1989
9 January 1990 (Europe)

| recorded = 1989 at Music Lab Berlin

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = Death metal

| length = 37:23

| label = Roadrunner

| producer = Harris Johns

| prev_title = Malleus Maleficarum

| prev_year = 1988

| next_title = Testimony of the Ancients

| next_year = 1991

}}

{{Album ratings

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1Score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/consuming-impulse-mw0000654380|title=Consuming Impulse review by AllMusic|publisher=AllMusic|author=John Serba|accessdate=2 May 2019}}

}}

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 a pure death metal style.{{cite web|title=8 Classic Progressive Metal Albums That Haven't Aged A Day (Part 2)|url=http://www.worshipmetal.com/features/8-classic-progressive-metal-albums-that-havent-aged-a-day-part-2/|work=worshipmetal.com|access-date=January 3, 2022}}{{cite web|title=21 Essential Death Metal Albums You Need To Own|url=https://www.insertreviewhere.com/single-post/2019/04/02/21-essential-death-metal-albums-you-need-to-own|work=insertreviewhere.com|access-date=January 3, 2022}}{{cite web|title=Pestilence - Consuming Impulse (album review)|url=https://www.sputnikmusic.com/review/39291/Pestilence-Consuming-Impulse/|work=sputnikmusic.com|access-date=January 3, 2022}}{{cite web|title=Album Review: Pestilence – Consuming Impulse – Undead Goathead|url=https://undeadgoathead.com/album-review-pestilence-consuming-impulse/|work=undeadgoathead.com|access-date=January 3, 2022}} 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.{{Cite web|url=https://www.decibelmagazine.com/2013/03/26/pestilence-consuming-impulse/|author=Chris Dick|date=26 March 2013|publisher=Decibel|title=Review by Decibel|accessdate=2 May 2019}}