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The Flesh Prevails

United States Country of Origin: United States

1. God After Me
2. Repent
3. As Time Bleeds
4. My Undying Hate
5. Moral In Corrosion
6. Through Parasite Eyes
7. I´ve Come To Rule
8. The Rain
9. To War
10. At Any Cost
11. Metamorphosia
12. Turn (Japan Version Only)
1. Starlit Path
3. The Night Reveals
5. Levitation
6. Alone With You
7. Allure
8. Sapphire
9. Chemical Cave


Review by Adam on July 1, 2002.

Construcdead's debut record "Repent" bursts through your system's speakers like a nuclear explosion! Musically, it displays a potent mixture of melodic death and thrash metal, which closely rivals that of bands such as The Haunted. However, Construcdead is a far more aggressive beast than the aforementioned band. With four demos behind their belt already, Construcdead was more than ready to record their debut album when the time came. What we have here is a sharp and focused melodic thrash disc from a band poised to become part of the extreme metal elite.

Many bands that perform melodic metal have a problem with creating an overall heavy record while trying not to sacrifice the melody of the music. In Construcdead's case, the overall feel of "Repent" is consistently brutal and aggressive, yet within almost every furious riff lies an undeniable melody. In songs such as ‘My Undying Hate’ and ‘The Rain’, the band create extremely catchy guitar hooks while still keeping their violent aura in tact.

One of the interesting things about "Repent" are the vocals. In a way they remind me of Johan Liiva, previously of Arch Enemy, as they are very brutal but you can more or less understand what he is saying. The guitarists of Construcdead are serious riff masters pulling out memorable guitar lines from left and right. The bass really helps add to the heavy feel of the record, while not taking away from the melodic attack of the guitars. The drumming is very entertaining on "Repent". Usually when you have thrash songs there are few places you can go when you are a drummer, but this guy really does a good job of filling in the spaces well with awesome tom fills and grooving double bass.

As with nearly every debut release, there are always areas that could use improvement. With "Repent", however, I am truly at a loss for words. I am anxious to see where these guys go next. They have shown here that they can hang with the best of them and I am hoping to see them expand on the foundation they have built with their debut. If you are a fan of melodic thrash music, then this is definitely a must have for your metal collection. It will have your head banging the whole way through!

Bottom Line: The Haunted better look out!

Categorical Rating Breakdown

Musicianship: 9
Atmosphere: 9
Production: 8
Originality: 6
Overall: 8

Rating: 8 out of 10

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Review by Adam M on July 18, 2014.

This album is a very nice surprise. An album that blends heartwarming shoe-gaze music nicely with brutal death metal is somewhat of a rarity and Fallujah pulls this off extremely well.

Imagine having Meshuggah, Behemoth or Decapitated performing with a nice background of Alcest and you'll have a decent idea of what to expect, but the sum of the parts is actually more interesting than that. Some killer drum playing and tech-metal oriented riffs are complemented throughout by a wonderfully spacey background that is always compelling. Never does the music feel over-ambitious or too sparse. The Flesh Prevails' combination of the punishing and ethereal portions is always done tastefully to complement the music in the best possible manner. Riffing is similar perhaps to what the band Textures is capable of, but the overall mix with the gentle atmospherics makes things even more interesting overall.

Balance is something that is nicely achieved here and makes for a thrilling album at pretty much every moment. See the excellent The Night Reveals for an example of the excellent drumming combined with an array of intricacies into a certain album highlight. All of the songs have something different to offer, however. If there is a flaw here, the hard core-style vocals suit the music, but are certainly the least worthy aspect of the disc overall. Otherwise, the almost air-tight music is hard to criticize.

There is that little bit of extra thought and creativity that most heavy metal fans should be able to dig into. Fans of death metal and progressive metal in particular should look into this as soon as possible.

Rating: 9 out of 10

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