Embryonics

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Embryonics
Compilation album by Alchemist
Released	November 2005
Genre	Progressive metal Death metal
Length	149:18
Label	Relapse Chatterbox
Producer	D.W. Norton
Professional reviews
PyroMusic link Blistering (Favorable) link All Music Guide link The Metal Observer link
Alchemist chronology
Austral Alien (2003) Embryonics (2005) Tripsis (2007)

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.

Contents 1 Track listing 1.1 CD 1 1.2 CD 2 2 Credits 2.1 Band members 2.2 Guest musicians

[edit] Track listing

[edit] 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

[edit] 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

[edit] Credits

[edit] Band members

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

[edit] Guest musicians

• Michelle Klemke − vocals (track 9, disc 1 and track 9, disc 2)
• James Preece − bass (track 12, disc 1)
• Andrew Meredith − guitar (track 12, disc 1 and track 5, disc 2)
• Josh Nixon − guitar (track 1, disc 2)

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