Jar of Kingdom
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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
    Singing is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of both tonality and rhythm. One who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music known as songs that can be sung either with or without accompaniment by musical instruments...

    , guitar
    Electric guitar
    An electric guitar is a guitar that uses the principle of direct electromagnetic induction to convert vibrations of its metal strings into electric audio signals. The signal generated by an electric guitar is too weak to drive a loudspeaker, so it is amplified before sending it to a loudspeaker...

  • Rodney Holder − drums
    Drum kit
    A drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....

    , (triangle
    Triangle (instrument)
    The triangle is an idiophone type of musical instrument in the percussion family. It is a bar of metal, usually steel but sometimes other metals like beryllium copper, bent into a triangle shape. The instrument is usually held by a loop of some form of thread or wire at the top curve...

     on tracks 4 and 8)
  • John Bray − bass guitar
    Bass guitar
    The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....

  • Roy Torkington − guitar
    Electric guitar
    An electric guitar is a guitar that uses the principle of direct electromagnetic induction to convert vibrations of its metal strings into electric audio signals. The signal generated by an electric guitar is too weak to drive a loudspeaker, so it is amplified before sending it to a loudspeaker...

    , artwork
    Album cover
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    , layout and design

Production

  • Mixed at Rich Music Studios, Sydney, Australia in February 1993
  • Engineered by Brett Stanton
  • Produced by Alchemist and Brett Stanton
  • Band photos by Eddie
  • Cover artwork and computer graphics by Christian Ruff
  • Booklet design by Michael Piesch

Re-Release 99=

In 1999, Jar of Kingdom was remastered and re-released by Thrust and distributed by Shock Records
Shock Records
Shock Records is Australia's largest independent record label. It helps distribute records from overseas records labels such as Epitaph Records, and also for small record labels designed specifically for that band such as Cement Records...

 in Australia. The album was offered to the label by the band in order for them to be released from their contract to enable them to seek international distribution with other companies. This re-released version was a compilation of the original album together with Alchemist's demo of 1991.

Demo '91 tracks

All songs by Alchemist

Credits for re-release

  • 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, guitar
  • Rodney Holder - drums
  • John Bray - bass
  • Andrew Meredith - guitar (demo tracks only)
  • Roy Torkington - guitar, artwork, layout and design
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