Flesh Field release limited 2CD artbook edition of ‘On Enmity’ via Dependent Records
Flesh Field
Flesh Field, the US electronic/industrial project led by Ian Ross, release the limited physical 2CD artbook edition of “On Enmity” today, May 22, 2026, via Dependent Records. The album was first released digitally on February 20, 2026. The physical edition is issued as a 48-page hardcover artbook with two audio CDs and a bonus disc containing seven exclusive tracks. The edition is limited to 500 copies.
The bonus disc adds “Hegemony” featuring Tom Shear of Assemblage 23, “Molten Resolve (16 Volt Remix),” “Supplication (Lost Signal Remix),” “Ballad Of The Renegade (Mildreda Remix),” “Unwanted (Orchestral),” “We Will Be Forgotten (Schneider Remix),” and “Supplication (Omen Code Remix).”
Ross describes “On Enmity” as an album that “documents the aftermath of trauma” and adds: “It’s not about recovery. It’s about adaptation to ruin.” The album was recorded and mixed by Ian Ross at Deadwyre Studios in Northern Virginia. Da5id Din mastered it at Corrosive Audio in San Francisco. Colin Ross contributes backing vocals on “Indestructible” and “A Boy Named Resurrection.”
On June 4, 2026 Flesh Field will play at The Renegade in Arlington, Virginia, with Lost Signal.
About Flesh Field
Flesh Field is an American electronic/industrial project formed in Columbus, Ohio, in 1996 by Ian Ross. The project name refers to a non-medical term Ross coined for psychological defence mechanisms in rape victims. Rian Miller joined in 1997 as vocalist. The early line-up released “Viral Extinction” in 1999, followed by “Redemption EP” in 2000 and “Belief Control” in 2001 through Inception Records and Trisol/Matrix Cube.
In 2004, Wendy Yanko replaced Miller as vocalist. Flesh Field released “Strain” that year through Metropolis Records and Dependent Records.
Ross announced the retirement of Flesh Field in 2011. That same year, the project issued “Tyranny Of The Majority” as a free internet release. Flesh Field tracks kept appearing in media and games, including “Beneath Contempt” in “True Blood” and “Uprising” in the 2023 film “The Mill.”
Flesh Field returned in 2023 with “Voice of the Echo Chamber” on Metropolis Records. In 2024 the project released the EP “Voice of Reason”. The current core studio line-up is Ian Ross, who handles vocals, keyboards, programming, instruments, and production.
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