Alchemist Complete Work On New Album, Announce Tour Plans

Alchemist have recently completed work on their upcoming album, Tripsis. Guitarist Adam Agius described the album as “The most consistently heavy album since Spiritech with all the Alchemist trade marks - psychedelic, atmospheric, packed with crushing riffs intertwined guitar melodies and groove. Tripsis is also the fastest album delivered by Alchemist with a few songs taking the Surfthrash sound to new heights.” The album will be released in Australia in mid-July via Chatterbox Records, and will see an international release through Relapse in mid-September. Some track titles from Tripsis include “Wrapped in Guilt”, “Degenerative Breeding”, “Grasp The Air”, “Substance for Shadow”, and “Tongues and Knifes”.

On July 21st, Alchemist will set off on a tour of Australia and New Zealand supporting the release of Tripsis, which will continue through to late August . The tour will start with an appearance at the first ever Abducted Metal fest (more info here) with a bunch of other big-name Australian metal and rock acts. Following this tour, the band will head through Europe in October, and that tour will begin with a headlining gig at the Prog Power fest in the Netherlands. The complete tour dates listing is to be made available shortly.