one of my recent obesession within the obsession is fallujah. my current fixation on progressive death metal started out with the band's debut "the harvest wombs" and since then i was on the hunt for the rest of their discography on coloured vinyl. fallujah's sophomore album "the flesh prevails" proved to be the hardest one to come by. it was available through two sources here in germany. the first is jpc.de, a mailorder with a huge selection of all kinds of genres and formats.
the problem was that i had no info on the specific pressing, so i ordered in the hope it would be a coloured pressing because the latest two pressing came on colour vinyl. after a month jpc told me that their wholesaler couldn't deliver the record at the moment and that they didn't know if the record was available later on. so i cancelled the order. the next option was kingsroad merch europe. they had a copy in stock with a really good price, still no info on the pressing. i took the gamble again receiving a black first press copy.
damn it, first press is cool but i enjoy colour vinyl, doesn't matter the pressing and therefore i really wanted a coloured copy. so i swallowed the bitter pill of ordering from the states and paid quite a bit for a single vinyl lp. i ordered from indiemerch.com where they had an aqua blue and a bone white variant to offer. i opted for the bone colour because my copy of "dreamless" is on aqua blue and i didn't want to have two records in the same colour-way. i gave the record a few spins by now and can only say that fallujah doesn't disappoint at all.
"the flesh prevails" sounds as deliciously sophisticated as their other stuff i had the pleasure to listen to. not one bad egg in the basket. on this album they introduced female vocals into their sound. really subtle but i love it. the lovely voice belongs to roniit. never heard of her before but she describes her music as dark pop sounds. the visuals are really nice again. the artwork is crafted in cooperation between artist tomasz alen kopera and singer alex hofmann. love this cream/bone white colour. 100 copies made. unique leader records. 2014/2016.
