{"id":4281,"date":"2014-02-27T06:07:09","date_gmt":"2014-02-27T06:07:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.modernfix.com.php72-4.lan3-1.websitetestlink.com\/?p=4281"},"modified":"2014-02-27T06:07:09","modified_gmt":"2014-02-27T06:07:09","slug":"cdalchemist_dick_a","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/modernfix.com\/music\/cdalchemist_dick_a\/","title":{"rendered":"Review: Alchemist"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4><a href=\"http:\/\/www.modernfix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/alch.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-27115\" src=\"http:\/\/www.modernfix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/alch.jpg\" alt=\"alch\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" title=\"\"><\/a><br \/>\nAlchemist<br \/>\n&#8220;Austral Alien&#8221;<br \/>\n(Relapse)<\/h4>\n<p>Most likely this is the best band you&#8217;ve never heard. \u00a0A Middle Eastern vibe infused with Sepultura-like tribalism is hammered into a relief of rough-hewn heavy metal with tendencies towards the meditatively spacey. \u00a0If that description of their sound doesn&#8217;t make any sense it&#8217;s because their song writing is slippery, slimy, wet and defies one who attempts to get a firm grip on it.<\/p>\n<p>I was impressed by these Australians&#8217; last album, &#8220;Organasm&#8221;, and am no less awed by the &#8220;Austral Alien.&#8221; \u00a0The vocals are gruff, but nowhere near death metal. \u00a0The songs build up with a steady unnerving intensity that makes my heart quicken right along with its methodical march to greater and greater power. \u00a0This is a must-have for anyone who wants to explore. \u00a0Recommended for fans of obscure metal who want something cool to play for their lame-o numetal listening pals.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alchemist &#8220;Austral Alien&#8221; (Relapse) Most likely this is the best band you&#8217;ve never heard. \u00a0A Middle Eastern vibe infused with Sepultura-like tribalism is hammered into a relief of rough-hewn heavy metal with tendencies towards the meditatively spacey. \u00a0If that description of their sound doesn&#8217;t make any sense it&#8217;s because their song writing is slippery, slimy, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":27115,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,18],"tags":[280,3620,5892],"blocksy_meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/modernfix.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4281"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/modernfix.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/modernfix.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/modernfix.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/modernfix.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4281"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/modernfix.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4281\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/modernfix.com\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/modernfix.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4281"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/modernfix.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4281"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/modernfix.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4281"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}