Credits:

Fallujah

Description:

San Francisco’s Fallujah pushed their own progressive deathcore envelope further than their blackened crackle on 2011’s excellent The Harvest Wombs. They moved toward a bolder, more sonically imaginative extreme, engaging technical death metal without sacrificing the nasty aggression that made that record memorable. The Flesh Prevails doesn’t just build on the promise of those records, but follows directly on what was created on the Nomadic EP, surpassing both in vision and execution. They simultaneously deliver more gristly meat during the first half, while shifting gears in the second, adding more ambitious sonic atmospherics, while keeping most of the aggression. Guest backing vocals from dark pop singer Roniit Alkayam on various cuts add to the set’s complexity and appeal. Zach Ohren’s engineering achieves an entirely new level here — even by his lofty standards. Opener “Starlit Path” is full