Austral Alien

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Austral Alien
Austral Alien cover
Studio album by Alchemist
Released May 12, 2003
Recorded January, 2003 at Backbeach Studios, Rye, Victoria, Australia
Genre Progressive metal
Length 44:22
Label Flag of Australia Chatterbox
Flag of the United States Relapse
Flag of Russia Irond
Producer D.W. Norton
Professional reviews
Alchemist chronology
Organasm
(2000)		 Austral Alien
(2003)		 Embryonics
(2005)

Austral Alien is the fifth full-length studio album by the Australian progressive metal band, Alchemist. It was recorded and mixed in only ten days.[1] It was released in 2003 by Chatterbox Records in Australia and worldwide by Relapse Records. Austral Alien is semi-conceptual with a lyrical focus inspired by the Australian environment and the impact of man on the ecology. Promotional music videos for the songs "First Contact", "Solarburn" and "Alpha Capella Nova Vega" were released, with the video for "Solarburn" expressing the album's concept, using imagery from the 2003 Canberra bushfires. The cover art is influenced by Surrealism.

[edit] Track listing

  1. "First Contact" − 3:08
  2. "The Great Southern Wasteland" − 4:13
  3. "Solarburn" − 3:51
  4. "Alpha Capella Nova Vega" − 4:33
  5. "Older than the Ancients" − 4:42
  6. "Backward Journey" − 4:24
  7. "Nature on a Leash" − 4:03
  8. "Grief Barrier" − 3:34
  9. "Epsilon" − 3:55
  10. "Speed of Life" − 4:07
  11. "Letter to the Future" − 5:52

[edit] Credits

[edit] References

  1. ^ http://www.savioursofrock.com/interviews/interviewalchemist.htm savioursofrock.net Interview with Adam Agius
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Alchemist
Adam Agius – John Bray – Rodney Holder – Roy Torkington – Nick Wall
Albums
Jar of Kingdom – Lunasphere – Spiritech – Eve of the War – Organasm – Austral Alien – Tripsis
Compilations
Demos
Eternal Wedlock – Demo '90 – Demo '91 – Promo 94 − Promo 99
Music videos
"Road to Ubar" – "Eve of the War" – "First Contact" – "Solarburn" – "Alpha Capella Nova Vega" – "Wrapped in Guilt"
Articles