Embryonics is a double-CD compilation

Compilation album

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 of tracks by the Australia

Australia

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n progressive metal

Progressive metal

Progressive metal is a subgenre of heavy metal originating in the United Kingdom and North America in the late 1980s...

 band, Alchemist

Alchemist (band)

Alchemist is an Australian progressive metal band from Canberra whose style combines death metal, progressive rock, psychedelic, Eastern, Aboriginal and electronic influences. The band formed in 1987 and has so far released six studios albums, an EP and a compilation album. Work began on a new EP...

. It was released in 2005 in Australia by Chatterbox Records

Chatterbox Records

Chatterbox Records was an independent record label based in Sydney, Australia, founded in 1997 by musician Nik Tropiano and Sebastian Chase of Phantom Records. The label boasts an eclectic mixture of artists across various genres. Its first release was a vinyl EP from Sydney electro-goth band Cult 45...

 and worldwide by Relapse Records

Relapse Records

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. The album features 28 tracks recorded by the band between 1990 and 1998 including eight songs from the album Jar of Kingdom

Jar of Kingdom

-Band members:* Adam Agius − vocals, guitar* Rodney Holder − drums, * John Bray − bass guitar* Roy Torkington − guitar, artwork, layout and design-Production:* Mixed at Rich Music Studios, Sydney, Australia in February 1993...

, eight from Lunasphere

Lunasphere

Lunasphere is the second full-length album by the Australian progressive metal band Alchemist, and the first of their albums to be released by Shock Records through its metal subsidiary Thrust, in 1995...

and five from Spiritech

Spiritech

Spiritech is the third full-length studio album by the Australian progressive metal band, Alchemist. It was released in 1997 by Australian label Thrust and distributed by Shock Records. A promotional music video for the song "Road to Ubar" was released...

along with a cover of "Eve of the War" from Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of The War of the Worlds

Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of The War of the Worlds

Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of The War of the Worlds is a 1978 concept album by Jeff Wayne, retelling the story of The War of the Worlds by H. G. Wells. Its format is progressive rock and string orchestra, using narration and leitmotifs to carry the story via rhyming melodic lyrics that express...

that was the title track from EP

Extended play

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 Eve of the War

Eve of the War

Eve of the War is an EP from the Australian progressive metal band, Alchemist. The EP was released by Shock Records through its subsidiary label Thrust in November 1998. The title track, "Eve of the War" is a cover of the opening piece from the 1978 production, Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of The...

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

Triple J

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 for an episode of Three Hours of Power and are exclusive to this release. "Paisley Bieurr" and "Imagination Flower" are early demo tracks.

CD 1

CD 2

Band members

• Adam Agius
  Adam Agius
  Adam Agius is the vocalist, guitarist, keyboardist and a founding member of the progressive metal band Alchemist. He formed Alchemist in 1987 while still in high school and is the group's only remaining original member...
  
   − vocals
  Singing
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  , guitar
  Electric guitar
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  , keyboards
  Electronic keyboard
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• Rodney Holder − drums
  Drum kit
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• John Bray − bass guitar
  Bass guitar
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   (except #12, disc 1)
• Roy Torkington − guitar (except #12, disc 1 and #5, disc 2), artwork, layout and design
• James Preece − bass (#12, disc 1)
• Andrew Meredith − guitar (#12, disc 1 and #5, disc 2)

Guest musicians

• Michelle Klemke − vocals (#9, disc 1 and #9, disc 2)
• Josh Nixon − guitar (#1, disc 2)