Style: Atmospheric death metal
Primary Emotions/Themes: The glory of space as seen through the merciless void of death metal
Thoughts: I think I forget how much music I have some days. I forget how much good music I have. I completely forgot that I owned this album, and I would have continued to forget unless I was going through my entire collection systematically. The fact that I forgot I have this album is a travesty, it should never have happened.
Dreamless is Fallujah's magnum opus. It's the peak of their science fiction injected version of technical death metal. The debut album showed some promise, The Flesh Prevails fulfilled that promise and Dreamless perfected it.
Fallujah's music revolves around the use of highly technical riffs, lead guitars played with a slide, and an atmosphere so thick that the deepest nebulas of space are not thick enough to compare. The way that these songs are structured see the rhythm guitar doing most of the work, the magic that these guys do on the fret board is incredible.
These riffs are then complimented by distant guitar leads that drone on notes for longer than you would expect. The chaos and precision of the rhythm contrasted by the simplicity of the lead is a combination that I have yet to hear replicated in metal or any other genre. It's a lot to take in at first, but after some acclimation the style becomes quite enjoyable... and after some further time spent with it, it becomes obvious that no other band can match the sound that Fallujah have created.
After this album vocalist Alex Hofmann would leave the band and they would undergo a major stylistic shift. The music would feel more disjointed and almost lost. For these brief moments though Fallujah created elite music that has yet to be replicated, even by the band themselves.
Written September 9th 2024
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