| Jar of Kingdom | ||||
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| Studio album by Alchemist | ||||
| Released | October 1993 | |||
| Recorded | February 1993 at Powerhouse Studios, Sydney | |||
| Genre | Progressive metal Avant-garde metal Death metal |
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| Length | 44:46 | |||
| Label | Lethal Records | |||
| Producer | Brett Stanton | |||
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Jar of Kingdom is the debut album by Australian progressive metal band, Alchemist. The band recorded the album after receiving a record contract in the mail from Austrian label Lethal Records and was released by that company in October 1993. During the recording of the first track "Abstraction", vocalist Adam Agius damaged his voice, thus resulting in the raw vocal sound on the rest of the album. The name "Jar of Kingdom" was inspired by a comment by television personality and entertainer Graham Kennedy during a comedy skit, in which he described a vial of pig semen as a "jar of kingdom".[2] Jar of Kingdom featured early experiments with synthesisers, acoustic guitars and samples: "Whale" includes the sample of a humpback whale song. All tracks from this album except "Wandering and Wondering" and "Whale" later appeared on the Embryonics compilation.
The album was dedicated to the memory of John Munns and David Carter.
Contents |
All tracks by Alchemist
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "Abstraction" | 4:45 |
| 2. | "Shell" | 4:12 |
| 3. | "Purple" | 4:47 |
| 4. | "Jar of Kingdom" | 5:59 |
| 5. | "Wandering and Wondering" | 3:44 |
| 6. | "Found" | 1:28 |
| 7. | "Enhancing Enigma" | 5:15 |
| 8. | "Whale" | 1:11 |
| 9. | "Brumal: A View From Pluto" | 5:40 |
| 10. | "Worlds Within Worlds" | 7:45 |
| Jar of Kingdom Re-Release 99 | ||||
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| Compilation album by Alchemist | ||||
| Released | 1999 | |||
| Recorded | September 1991 and February 1993 at Powerhouse Studios, Sydney | |||
| Genre | Progressive metal Avant-garde metal Death metal |
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| Length | 62:42 | |||
| Label | Thrust | |||
| Producer | Brett Stanton and John Hresc | |||
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In 1999, Jar of Kingdom was remastered and re-released by Thrust and distributed by Shock Records in Australia. The album was offered to the label by the band in order for them to be released from their contract to enable them to seek international distribution with other companies. This re-released version was a compilation of the original album together with Alchemist's demo of 1991.
Demo '91 tracks
All songs by Alchemist
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "Enhancing Enigma" | |
| 2. | "Escapism" | |
| 3. | "Imagination Flower" | |
| 4. | "Womb Syndrome" |
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