Austral Alien

Infobox Album
Name = Austral Alien
Type = studio
Artist = Alchemist


Released = May 12, 2003
Recorded = January, 2003 at Backbeach Studios, Rye, Victoria, Australia
Genre = Progressive metal
Length = 44:22
Label = flagicon|Australia Chatterbox
flagicon|USA Relapse
flagicon|Russia Irond
Producer = D.W. Norton
Reviews =
* Allmusic Rating|3.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:dxftxqraldfe link]
* The Metal Observer Rating-10|9.5 [http://www.metal-observer.com/articles.php?lid=1&sid=1&id=8541 link]
* PyroMusic (9.2/10) [http://www.pyromusic.net/index.php?p=reviews_review&review=Alchemist-Austral_Alien&id=1 link]
Last album = "Organasm"
(2000)
This album = "Austral Alien"
(2003)
Next album = "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. [http://www.savioursofrock.com/interviews/interviewalchemist.htm savioursofrock.net Interview with Adam Agius] 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.

Track listing

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

Credits

* Adam Agius − vocals, guitar, keyboards
* Rodney Holder − drums, triangle
* John Bray − bass guitar
* Roy Torkington − guitar, artwork, layout and design

References