h33t - Alchemist - Embryonics 90-98 [rockbox]

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Throughout their decade-plus existence, and despite releasing a string of singularly original and unconventional albums, Australia's Alchemist has remained one of the best-kept secrets in metal. Starting from their modest roots in late-'80s thrash metal, the quartet has developed into a state-of-the-art metal band, combining influences that range from the earliest experiments in '70s progressive rock to the most current trends in extreme metal -- all blended into an improbably seamless and wholly unique style of their own. Formed in Canberra, circa 1987, by Adam Agius (guitars, vocals, keyboards), Alchemist initially looked to bands like Metallica, Voivod, and Coroner for inspiration, opting for a technically proficient thrash style typical of the time. Pretty soon, though, Agius began to experiment with a wider array of musical genres (especially death metal and progressive rock) and incorporating them into the band's extreme metal leanings. Drummer Rodney Holder joined the fold in 1989, and bassist John Bray and guitarist Roy Torkington completed the band's core lineup two years later, by which time Alchemist's demo tapes had won great favor in the local press and scored the fledgling group a deal with Aussie-based Lethal Records.

Embryonics is a double-CD compilation of tracks by the Australian progressive metal band, Alchemist. It was released in 2005 in Australia by Chatterbox Records and worldwide by Relapse Records. The album features 28 tracks recorded by the band between 1990 and 1998 including songs from the albums Jar of Kingdom, Lunasphere and Spiritech along with a cover of "Eve of the War" from Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of The War of the Worlds that was the title track from EP Eve of the War that is now deleted. The live version of "Chinese Whispers" is also from that EP; the other live tracks were recorded in 1995 at the studios of Triple J for an episode of Three Hours of Power and are exclusive to this release. "Paisley Bieurr" and "Imagination Flower" are early demo tracks.

Band Members

Adam Agius - Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards
John Bray - Bass, Keyboards (1991-) (Exceed (Aus))
Rodney Holder - Drums (1988-)
Roy Torkington - Guitar (1992-)
Nick Wall - live samples

Track listing

(all songs written by Alchemist except #1, CD 2 by Jeff Wayne)

CD 1

1. "Chinese Whispers" − 9:37
2. "Abstraction" − 3:37
3. "Unfocused" − 6:21
4. "Enhancing Enigma" − 5:16
5. "Dancing to Life" − 6:03
6. "Brumal: a view from Pluto" − 5:45
7. "Lunation" − 3:47
8. "Staying Conscious" − 5:43
9. "Shell" − 4:03
10. "Garden of Eroticism" − 7:22
11. "Jar of Kingdom" − 6:17
12. "Paisley Bieurr" − 3:52
13. "Yoni Kunda (live)" − 5:51
14. "Closed Chapter (live)" − 5:03

CD 2

1. "Eve of the War" − 5:17
2. "Beyond Genesis" − 7:20
3. "Yoni Kunda" − 5:12
4. "Purple" − 3:42
5. "Imagination Flower" − 2:44
6. "Spiritechnology" − 6:34
7. "Soul Return" − 8:18
8. "Road to Ubar" − 5:37
9. "Found" − 1:21
10. "Clot" − 4:36
11. "Worlds within Worlds" − 7:07
12. "My Animated Truth" − 3:28
13. "Closed Chapter" − 5:04
14. "Chinese Whispers (live)" − 9:29

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