Artist: ALCHEMIST
Album: AUSTRAL ALIEN (CD)

Release date: 2003
Media type: CD

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. 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.

TRACKLIST:

"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

LINE-UP:

Adam Agius - vocals, guitar, keyboards
Rodney Holder - drums, bongos
John Bray - bass guitar
Roy Torkington - guitar, artwork, layout and design