Foul Body Autopsy Release New Video for "Circling The Drain"
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Foul Body Autopsy's Tom is a One Man Act with a Fierce Instrumental Sense
Foul Body Autopsy is a one man band by none other than Tom Reynolds. He has crushing instrumental skills and has spent the time in the studio, writing and recording for his latest EP, "Perpetuated By Greed". Tom himself discusses this release and why he wanted this band to be a one man act, plus so much gruesome details about the band as a whole.
1. First of all, who are you, and what do you do in the band?
Tom: I am Tom and I am the only member of the band so I do guitar, bass, drum programming and vocals.
2. Let's talk a little about the history of your band. When did you originally form and what made you want to fly solo and make this a one man act?
Tom: Around late 2010 I had just left my old band. I couldn't hack being it that band any more. The drummer couldn't decide what band he wanted to sound exactly like… something I was not keen on because you are just ripping off another band and not developing a sound of your own. Plus he would change his mind depending on what band he was into that week. Nightmare scenario for me!
So I left trying to form a new band. The members I found where amazing players but unreliable as shit. So much so that before the first gig the bass player left and the drummer text me the night before saying he couldn't do the gig.
So I decided fuck it, I didn't put all this work in for nothing and I played the gig solo with a backing track and the rest is history.
3. How has being a one man act been going for you? Can you handle doing everything on your own perfectly fine or would you prefer it, if your band had other members like any other band?
Tom: It works fine for me to be honest I don't have any plans to add to the lineup.
4. What about playing shows and or touring, how will it work out, will you be standing tall and strong on your lonesome or will there be a band to fill in alongside you?Tom: I always stand strong on my lonesome, it’s much less stressful to do it alone.
5. Do you remember how the idea of forming the band first came up?
Tom: Just before I left the old band I waned to have a project where I called the shots and didn't have someone telling me what to play and what to sound like. I just wanted some freedom to create what I wanted rather than having to work to someone else wanted.
6. How long after you formed was it until you played your first live show?
Tom: The first real gig after I found my feet and felt comfortable doing vocals in front of people was about 3-4 months after starting the project.
7. What are your memories of the performance?
Tom: I remember being nervous because my drummer and bass player both split on me and I was left on my own to play the gig. Lucky it went off without a hitch and that was when I realized this one man band thing could actually work out well for me.
8. How would you categorize the style of the band?
Tom: Fuck knows!
9. Who are your influences and how have they shaped your bands sound?
Tom: I like most types of music to be honest. As long as the lyrics are good and the song is catchy I'm happy! But my biggest influences are David Bowie, Radiohead, Thom Yorke, Dire Straits, Devin Townsend, Gridlink, Napalm Death, and loads more!
10. What are your songs about? (What specific themes do they cover?)Tom: It’s usually whatever is on my mind at any one time. It changes from release to release.
11. Do you write your own songs? (Discuss the songwriting process in detail.)
Tom: I sit down with my guitar jam to a click track for around an hour (the jam is recorded in to logic) and then I look through the riffs about a week later and I find the good riffs and start to work with them. Other times I will come up with a riff on the spot and just keep playing it till its perfect and then see if anything else comes to me. And on some rare occasions I will write a full song in one go.
12. Let's talk a little about your latest EP, "Perpetuated By Greed", what are the listeners in store for with this release?
Tom: It’s different from the old material but I think people who like my old music will like this new music also.
13. What would be the cinematic equivalent of "Perpetuated By Greed"?
Tom: I don't know to be honest.
14. What's your take on "Perpetuated By Greed" as a whole?
Tom: I like it a lot I think its one of my best. But I also have no plans of doing anything like it again.
15. What's your favorite song on it right now?
Tom: Destabilized Perception because it was the first song I wrote for the record
16. Why did you want to go with calling this band Foul Body Autopsy? What does that even mean, if it means anything at all?Tom: Its Necropagist song and it sounds cool that's the only reason.
17. Where can our readers find you on the web?
Tom: On all of the following websites;
Youtube
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFu9pNyDhBTT-nI_5BEDzEQ
https://www.facebook.com/FoulBodyAutopsyofficial/
https://twitter.com/TomFBA
18. Do you have any last comments for our readers?
Tom: Buy 3 CD’s and 2 t-shirts.
Foul Body Autopsy's Tom Reynold's Gets Ever So Closer to Dehumanization
One man projects or full fledged acts is quite something else but only a few have made it work including U.K. go getter Tom Reynolds with Foul Body Autopsy. Having formed in 2010 they have been carving their name into the scene over the past four years, releasing a debut full-length and follow-up EP release "So Close To Dehumanization". He has had the chance to play shows sharing stages with numerous acts left and right with further shows, new music, and whatever more he can craft. One and only member Tom Reynold's himself discusses the EP, show playing, and more!
1. Can you tell us as to why you wanted this band to be a one man deal and how do you manage to pull that off?
Tom: Well if I am honest I never set out to be a one man band it just came out of necessity, I had just left my old band and I was trying to get a new band together and for a while I had a trio called epitaph. But due to reliability problems with band member's that came in to the project I decided to go it alone. I think the straw that broke the camel's back was when I got a text from the drummer of the morning of our first gig saying he couldn't make it. Also did not help that the bass player left the band a few days before.
Unfortunately I was promoting the gig and I had absolutely no intention of pulling out, but luckily I was studying music at college so I had some time on my hands. I spent the day sorting out a backing track and played the gig solo, luckily the gig went very well so I decided to stay solo for good, and the rest is history
2. Why did you pick the name that you did for your band?
Tom: Well that is a funny story I was trying to think of a good band name, you know something that makes you think damn that's a good name for a band. I just happened to be listening to the first Necrophagist album, Onset of Putrefaction and the song Foul Body Autopsy came on. Then it just dawned on me, Foul Body Autopsy would make an amazing band name! Simple as that.
3. Where is the band based out of and what is your music scene like there? Are there any local bands you could recommend?
Tom: I am based in Leicester city in England, unfortunately we don't have a big metal scene in the midlands at the moment. But we do have a small but ace scene, I don't get to play many of the gigs that go on but myself and my friend been try to make it to all of the grindcore shows in Leicester.
Some good bands to check out are;
Mangle, Atonement, Flayed Disciple, Meatpacker, Cancerous Womb, Carcosa, Basement Torture Killings, Taken by the Tide, Ageless Oblivion, Scordatura, Death Tripper, Regurgitate Life, and Mage,
4. How would you describe your style? Which bands influenced your music?
Tom: I guess I would call my style schizophrenic; I like to keep my songs interesting to listen to and to play. so most of the songs can change dramatically from death metal, black metal, progressive rock, thrash, slam, and groove metal, I love songwriting a lot of bands don't tend to do that anymore, it's like they put 8 riffs end to end and call it a song. I'm just not into that I like to have repeating parts and interesting arrangements.
When it comes to what influences me, I love all kinds of music I don't consider myself a metal head at all. Don't get me wrong I love metal but I also love blues, rock, pop, jazz, rap, its all good shit to me. Some of my biggest influences for Foul Body Autopsy are; Behemoth, Napalm Death, Pink Floyd, Cattle Decapitation, Jeff Buckley, Death, Jimi Hendrix, Opeth, Moby, Devin Townsend, John Frusciante, Lamb of God, Radiohead, Metallica, Biffy Clyro, Minor Threat, Carcass, Nirvana, The Berzerker,
Tom: I suppose what people can expect from this EP is a mix of technical death grind, black metal, and a bit of groove metal, that will keep your attention. My hope while working on So Close To Complete Dehumanization was just to write Two good songs. After doing the first album I wanted to write simple 4 minute songs with traditional arrangements. I had been wanting to write a really good two track EP since 2012, so two years later I finally got around to doing it.
6. Do you play live as well? What do you have planned in terms of shows and touring, if any?
Tom: Yes I do play live, I have been very fortunate to play with some amazing bands. I have also been able to do some ace tours, I played Bloodstock open air in 2011. I have toured with Prostitute Disfigurement, Cancerous Womb, General Surgery, & Basement Torture Killings, and i have done a lot of one off shows with some amazing bands such as Flayed Disciple, Aeon, Cerebral Bore, Panic Cell, Cannabis Corpse, Decapitated, Aborted, Amputated, Ageless Oblivion, Leng Tch'e, Thy Art Is Murder, Scordatura & Carnal Decay. My plans for next year are to play as many gigs and tours as I can. With a bit of luck, myself and my management will be able to sort out a few tours and a lot of one off gigs for next year.
7. Why did you always want to be signed with Grindscene Records? What is it about them that stood out for you?
Tom: Well I had been told only good things about the label, plus with them being underground that works very well for me. Because I've only ever wanted to work with a small independent label, also after checking out all the bands on the roster past and present. I just wanted to be on Grindscene more than any other UK label. I did get in touch with them last year, asking if they would be interested in releasing my first album. But at the time they were too busy with other releases. But they did say that they would be interested in listening to any of my new music, so when I had the master tracks of the new EP I sent them to Grindscene, and we worked out a deal from there.
8. What plans do you have for the future as a band?
Tom: Well the plan for the future of the project is to play live as much as I can. While I work on new music, I don't know if I will just do another EP or a full album. That will all depend on how much music I come up with, and how anal I get when demoing everything.9. Where can we listen to your band and where can we buy your stuff?
Tom: Here are the best links to find everything you could want....
https://www.facebook.com/FoulBodyAutopsyofficial
Bandcamp
http://foulbodyautopsyofficial.bandcamp.com/album/foul-body-autopsy-4
Online Shop
http://foulbodyautopsy.bigcartel.com/
Label Online Shop
http://grindscenerecords.bigcartel.com/
Label Grindscene
https://www.facebook.com/grindscene
10. What is it you'd like a listener to remember the most when hearing your music for the first time?
Tom: The only thing that I hope for is that people won't hate the music that's all.