History Music / Fallujah

As of July 2017, Alex Hoffman has made the decision to depart for personal reasons. Adam Cody (Wretched) did the first several shows without Hoffman, while Monte Barnard (The Kennedy Veil) is doing the rest, and a search for a new vocalist will begin in earnest after a fall 2017 tour.

* MetalScream: Hofmann is a Type 2 who can also pull off Type 3s..

As of July 2017, Alex Hoffman has made the decision to depart for personal reasons. Adam Cody (Wretched) did the first several shows without Hoffman, and Monte Barnard (The Kennedy Veil) is doing the rest, and a search for a new vocalist will begin in earnest after a fall 2017 tour.

As of July 2017, Alex Hoffman has made the decision to depart for personal reasons. The upcoming tour with Decapitated, Thy Art Is Murder, and Ghost Bath will feature a special guest on vocals, and a search for a new vocalist will begin in earnest after the tour.

* XMeetsY: Music/{{Obscura}} meets Music/{{Deftones}} meets Music/SigurRos meets Music/MassiveAttack.

2013, however, was the breakthrough year. Kicking things off with a three-song digital EP that made a sizable impact, they quickly followed it up with their first European tour in support of Music/{{Suffocation}}. While Maramonte did leave the band to focus on The Zenith Process and All Shall Perish (where he replaced a departing Ben Orum on a temporary live basis), it didn't prove to be much of an issue. 2014 brought even bigger things, namely the induction of Brian James on rhythm guitar, a slot on the Summer Slaughter Tour, and the release of ''The Flesh Prevails'', their sophomore full-length, which has gained rave reviews and near-unanimous praise. 2015 proceeded uneventfully (aside from a new deal with Nuclear Blast Records) as they went through the support cycle, and they began recording a third full-length by the name of ''Dreamless'' around the end of the yea, which saw a 2016 release.

* FilkSong: [[Film/EnterTheVoid "The Void Alone"]].

* MetalScream: Hofmann busts these out every now and then.

* NeoclassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly: Mixes elements of technical death metal, melodic black metal, progressive metal, jazz fusion, shoegaze, darkwave, ambient, dream pop, and trip-hop.

* OlderThanTheyLook: Brian James is approaching 23, but between his short stature and overall young-looking appearance, he doesn't look any older than thirteen or fourteen.

* SignatureStyle: Lots of fleet-fingered riffs, the occasional melo-black flourish, lots of subdued, atmospheric sections, and plenty of fusion-esque flourishes and soloing.

The band contains examples of the following tropes:

* OldShame: They hate ''Leper Colony''; while they have brought back the design for a shirt, they have not played any material from that album for years and they have not reissued it or expressed any intent to do so. Subverted with ''The Harvest Wombs''; while it is very different from their later output, they don't hate it at all and actually like a lot of the material on it. Rather, their general view on the latter is that while it is a moment in time that does not reflect them as a band now, it was close enough to what they became that they can still be proud of it.

2013, however, was the breakthrough year. Kicking things off with a three-song digital EP that made a sizable impact, they quickly followed it up with their first European tour in support of Music/{{Suffocation}}. While Maramonte did leave the band to focus on The Zenith Process and All Shall Perish (where he replaced a departing Ben Orum on a temporary live basis), it didn't prove to be much of an issue. 2014 brought even bigger things, namely the induction of Brian James on rhythm guitar, a slot on the Summer Slaughter Tour, and the release of ''The Flesh Prevails'', their sophomore full-length, which has gained rave reviews and near-unanimous praise. 2015 proceeded uneventfully (aside from a new deal with Nuclear Blast Records) as they went through the support cycle, and they began recording a third full-length around the end of the year. That album will likely drop around the beginning of 2016.

* LoudnessWar: A big problem on all of their releases, which is fairly jarring when you consider their influences.

* OldShame: They don't seem to be overly fond of ''Leper Colony''; while they have brought back the design for a shirt, they have not played any material from that album for years and they have not reissued it or expressed any intent to do so.

2013, however, was the breakthrough year. Kicking things off with a three-song digital EP that made a sizable impact, they quickly followed it up with their first European tour in support of Music/{{Suffocation}}. While Maramonte did leave the band to focus on The Zenith Process and All Shall Perish (where he replaced a departing Ben Orum on a temporary live basis), it didn't prove to be much of an issue. 2014 brought even bigger things, namely the induction of Brian James on rhythm guitar, a slot on the Summer Slaughter Tour, and the release of ''The Flesh Prevails'', their sophomore full-length, which has gained rave reviews and near-unanimous praise.

* NeoclassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly: Mixes elements of technical death metal, melodic black metal, progressive metal, jazz fusion, darkwave, ambient, dream pop, and trip-hop.

* TechnicalDeathMetal: To some degree, particularly on ''The Harvest Wombs''.

* OlderThanTheyLook: Brian James is approaching 22, but between his short stature and overall young-looking appearance, he doesn't look any older than thirteen or fourteen.

* SpecialGuest: Francesco Artusato (All Shall Perish) contributed a guest solo on "Become One", while Byanca Munoz of the dream pop act Whirr contributed guest vocals to "The Dead Sea" and "Venom Upon the Blade". Meanwhile, ''The Flesh Prevails'' features Scott's guitar teacher [[Music/{{Obscura}} Christian]] [[Music/SpawnOfPossession Muenzner]] on "Allure" and the dream pop artist Roniit Alkayam on multiple tracks.

* ProgressiveMetal
* PurpleProse: Pretty rampant in their older material thanks to the lyrical approach boiling down to lots of vaguely-metaphysical and pseudo-philosophical rambling. Hofmann switched to more personal lyrics on ''Nomadic'' because he felt that he wasn't actually saying anything and wanted to write something more heartfelt.

* SpecialGuest: Francesco Artusato (All Shall Perish) contributed a guest solo on "Become One", while Byanca Munoz of the dream pop act Whirr contributed guest vocals to "The Dead Sea" and "Venom Upon the Blade".
* TechnicalDeathMetal: To some degree.

* TechnicalDeathMetal: To some degree.

** ''The Flesh Prevails'' downplayed the tech in favor of a far more prominent focus on atmosphere, playing up the shoegaze, ambient, and dream pop elements and introducing clean vocals.

2013, however, was the breakthrough year. Kicking things off with a three-song digital EP that made a sizable impact, they quickly followed it up with their first European tour in support of Music/{{Suffocation}}. While Maramonte did leave the band to focus on The Zenith Process and All Shall Perish (where he replaced a departing Ben Orum on a temporary live basis), it didn't prove to be much of an issue. As of the writing of this article, they are preparing to embark on a US tour with Music/TheBlackDahliaMurder and Skeletonwitch, followed by a new album. No one knows what the future holds for them, but at the rate they're going, they probably don't have too much to worry about.

* OldShame: They don't seem to be overly fond of ''Leper Colony''; while they have brought back the design for a shirt, they did not reuse the old logo, they have not played any material from that album for years, and they have not reissued it or expressed any intent to do so.

* [[FiveManBand Four-Man Band]]:
** TheLeader: Alex Hofmann
** TheLancer: Scott Carstairs
** TheBigGuy: Rob Morey
** TheSmartGuy: Andrew Baird

* OldShame: Hofmann and Carstairs would really rather you not remember ''Leper Colony'', and even using their old logo is a no-no thanks to that.

Formed in San Francisco, California in 2007 by Alex Hoffman (studio guitars, vocals), Scott Carstairs (lead guitar), Suliman Arghandiwal (vocals), Dan Wissinger (bass), and Tommy Logan (drums), most of the initial lineup swiftly folded, leaving only Hoffman and Carstairs. Brandon Hoberg and Rob Maramonte quickly joined on bass and rhythm guitar, respectively, while Andrew Baird replaced Logan. Come 2009, they released a demo to moderate fanfare along with the ''Leper Colony'' EP, while Maramonte and Hoberg both left and were replaced by Anthony Borges and Rob Morey on their respective instruments, though Borges left the following year and was replaced by a returning Maramonte. Another demo was released, and a deal with Unique Leader Records was inked sometime around then as well. Come late 2011, ''The Harvest Wombs'' was released to much fanfare and critical acclaim, and the band slowly but surely began finding their way onto various high-profile tours, culminating in a spot on the Summer Slaughter Tour opening act ballot that turned into an appearance on the Slaughter Survivors Tour. There were still some difficulties, however, as Baird was busy battling cancer and thus was too sick to make a good deal of the shows; while he was still an official member of the band, Chason Westmoreland filled in for him until he was healthy enough to man the kit once again.

** TheLeader: Alex Hoffman

* MetalScream: Hoffman busts these out every now and then.

* OldShame: Hoffman and Carstairs would really rather you not remember ''Leper Colony'', and even using their old logo is a no-no thanks to that.

* PurpleProse: Pretty rampant in their older material thanks to the lyrical approach boiling down to lots of vaguely-metaphysical and pseudo-philosophical rambling. Hoffman switched to more personal lyrics on ''Nomadic'' because he felt that he wasn't actually saying anything and wanted to write something more heartfelt.