# FALLUJAH Releases New Album ‘XENOTAPH’

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**Published:** 16 June 2025  
**Author:** Markus Hamence  
**Source:** https://onyourmarkus.au/new-music-releases/fallujah-releases-new-album-xenotaph/

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***“Xenotaph is a transcendental tour-de-force.” – ******[Blabbermouth.net](http://blabbermouth.net/)***

***“Xenotaph is a tremendous accomplishment that further validates Fallujah as a dominant force in the realm of progressive/technical death metal.” – ******[MetalSucks.net](http://metalsucks.net/)***

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Progressive death metal masters **FALLUJAH** have released their highly-anticipated new album, ***Xenotaph***, with **Nuclear Blast Records**. Critically revered from the outset, ***Xenotaph**** *is a cataclysmic composition of highly evolved, profound metal immersed in an epic, otherworldly futuristic saga.

Vocalist **Kyle Schaefer** has said of the new album:

“*We are excited to finally reveal Fallujah’s new album Xenotaph, marking the sixth chapter in our discography. This is our most ambitious record yet, and is certainly the band’s most technical, dynamic and progressive material to date. The music carried out by these eight tracks is matched with an equally ambitious concept, a lyrical story that traverses unfolding layers of time and reality in an otherworldly, post-death realm of existence.*

*Xenotaph is also our most collaborative album, with broad input from the current lineup leading us to expand the scope of our songwriting while simultaneously highlighting the true potential of everyone involved. We hope you’ll join us in welcoming this bold new stage of the band’s evolution.*”

Purchase/Stream ***Xenotaph***: **[https://fallujah.bfan.link/xenotaph](https://nuclearblast.us19.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f52be22febdeb73950b267672&id=bb267f66d6&e=8eb7da516a)**

***Xenotaph*** Tracklist:

1. In Stars We Drown  
2. **[Kaleidoscopic Waves](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5iA1m63buh8)**  
3. **[Labyrinth of Stone](https://youtu.be/oJoMprAuRX0)**  
4. The Crystalline Veil  
5. **[Step Through the Portal and Breathe](https://youtu.be/_qg6liotXwI?si=yigjRaZjUKInvTtO)**  
6. A Parasitic Dream  
7. The Obsidian Architect  
8. Xenotaph

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**About FALLUJAH:**

Prog death-metal outfit FALLUJAH expand horizons and solidify their position as one of America’s most exciting acts on their new album,*Xenotaph*, through Nuclear Blast. The quintet’s confidence in the lineup that made their previous album, Empyrean (2022), such a resounding success—earning high marks from Metal Injection, New Noise, and Guitar World—has been reconfigured slightly, with guitarist Sam Mooradian (INHALE EXISTENCE, SAM MOORADIAN) and drummer Kevin Alexander (DISEMBODIED TYRANT, BROUGHT BY PAIN) bringing their jaw-dropping musical proficiency to the fold, as vocalist Kyle Schaefer, guitarist Scott Carstairs, and bassist Evan Brewer enter a new chapter with FALLUJAH. Moored by singles ‘Kaleidoscopic Waves,’ ‘Labyrinth of Stone,’ and ‘Step Through the Portal and Breathe,’*Xenotaph* is FALLUJAH personified, reinvigorated, and re-imagined.

*Xenotaph* was produced by FALLUJAH, engineered by Dave Otero (CATTLE DECAPITATION, ARCHSPIRE) and Mike Low (VITRIOL, ABORTED) at Flatline Audio in Denver, Colorado and Top Track Studios in Nashville, Tennessee. Otero also mixed and mastered *Xenotaph*. The main goal was elevation, building upon yet soaring upward from *Empyrean*, one of the group’s strongest productions to date. The team focused the separation of FALLUJAH’s breakneck pace, meticulous songcraft, euphonious leads, and unrivalled intensity, creating an experience pulls the listener into *Xenotaph’s *high-calibre music and concept.

Beyond releasing *Xenotaph* to an anticipating fanbase, FALLUJAH take aim at the road, drawing upon the success of their Empyrean runs. Indeed, attendees to the group’s live performances have witnessed some of *Xenotaph’s *songs already, namely the shimmery prog-bounce and inner world horror of ‘The Obsidian Architect.’ FALLUJAH are in a perpetual state of evolution, and *Xenotaph* demonstrates the group’s hard-won, if profound journey. For there is no reverse—only forward progress, and the path ahead is illuminating before them. Step through the portal if you dare…

Kyle Schaefer | Vocals, Programming  
Scott Carstairs | Guitars  
Sam Mooradian | Guitar  
Evan Brewer | Bass  
Kevin Alexander | Drums

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