Eve of the War is a six-track extended play 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 version of the opening piece from the British 1978 album, Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of The War of the Worlds. The EP has two live songs: "Yoni Kunda" first released on Lunasphere (May 1995), and "Chinese Whispers" from Spiritech (June 1997). The other tracks are a remix of "Yoni Kunda", and two re-mastered tracks from Jar of Kingdom (October 1993). A music video of the title track was provided.

Eve of the War
EP by Alchemist
Released	November 1998 (1998-11)
Recorded	June, August 1998
Studio	the Gypsy Bar, Canberra Backbeach Studios, Rye, Victoria
Genre	Progressive metal avant-garde metal death metal
Length	37:22
Label	Thrust/Shock
Producer	D. W. Norton Martin Shepherd Simon
Alchemist chronology
Spiritech (1997) Eve of the War (1998) Promo 99 (1999)

The EP is now deleted, "Eve of the War" and the live version of "Chinese Whispers" were later included on their compilation album, Embryonics (November 2005).[1]

Track listing

Personnel

Alchemist

• Adam Agius – vocals, guitar, keyboards
• John Bray – bass guitar
• Rodney Holder – drums
• Roy Torkington – guitar

Other musicians

• Josh Nixon – guitar (on track 1)
• Mark Rochelle – keyboards

Recording details

• Audio engineer – D. W. Norton at Backbeach Studios, Rye, Victoria, June, August 1998
• Producer – D. W. Norton, Martin Shepherd (tracks 2–3), Simon (tracks 2–3) at the Disco Playpen
• Mixing engineer – Martin Shepherd (track 4)
• Audio engineer – Chock (tracks 2–3) at the Gypsy Bar
• Tracks 5 and 6 re-mastered from Jar of Kingdom

Artwork details

• Roy Torkington – artwork, layout, design
• Simon – layout, design

References