{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox album | name = Lunasphere | type = studio | artist = Alchemist | cover = Lunasphere.jpg | alt = | released = 1 May 1995 | recorded = November/December 1994 at Paradise Studios and Powerhouse Studios | venue = | studio = | genre = Progressive metal <br /> Avant-garde metal <br /> Death metal | length = 44:56 | label = Thrust | producer = Alchemist and John Hresc | prev_title = Jar of Kingdom | prev_year = 1993 | next_title = Spiritech | next_year = 1997 }} {{Album ratings | rev1 = Allmusic | rev1Score = {{Rating|3|5}} [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r685813|pure_url=yes}} link] | noprose = yes }}
'''''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. Eduardo Rivadavia of Allmusic described ''Lunasphere'' as "Like a doorway into another dimension, the Aussie group's wildly experimental songs often stand on the knife edge between control and chaos, between reason and insanity, and are capable of melding wickedly crushing heavy metal riffing with surprisingly gentle moments of quiet introspection". All of this album's tracks later appeared on the ''Embryonics'' compilation, except the instrumental fragment "Luminous". A live version of "Yoni Kunda" was used on the "Eve of the War" EP. An alternate live version of both this track and "Closed Chapter" were also included on ''Embryonics''. "Luminous" and "Garden of Eroticism" were used in the soundtrack to a 2010 episode of the TV show ''Bondi Rescue''.
==Track listing== <small>All tracks by Alchemist</small>
{{tracklist | title1 = Soul Return | writer1 = Alchemist | length1 = 8:18 | title2 = Lunation | writer2 = Alchemist | length2 = 3:47 | title3 = Unfocused | writer3 = Alchemist | length3 = 6:22 | title4 = Luminous | writer4 = Alchemist | length4 = 0:49 | title5 = Clot | writer5 = Alchemist | length5 = 4:36 | title6 = Yoni Kunda | writer6 = Alchemist | length6 = 5:10 | title7 = My Animated Truth | writer7 = Alchemist | length7 = 3:34 | title8 = Garden of Eroticism | writer8 = Alchemist | length8 = 7:22 | title9 = Closed Chapter | writer9 = Alchemist | length9 = 4:58 }}
==Credits== * Adam Agius – vocals<!-- Removed "Screaming vocals/Death grunt" reference, as the "Vocals" article has a See also reference that links to "Death growl". Adam's vocals are so varied that it's probably better to credit his range as just "vocals". If there is something truly notable about them on the album then perhaps write about it in the summary, thus substantively informing the reader -->, guitar, keyboards * Rodney Holder – drums * John Bray – bass guitar * Roy Torkington – guitar, artwork * Alchemist and John Hresc – Production at Paradise, and Powerhouse Studios, Sydney, 1995 * John Hresc – Engineered and mixed at Sony Studios, Sydney, 1995 * Hedrush Art – Design
== Songs == In the song "My Animated Truth", at 2:35–2:40 a faint voice sound can be heard that says "I'm ready" in the song's background sound when the guitars end playing and then start up again. It could possibly be from a ''Lunasphere'' recording session when the band started to record too early and whether it was mistakenly or purposely incorporated into the song is unknown.{{Citation needed|date=September 2007}} Also, when reversed, the excerpt at the beginning of the song can clearly be heard saying; "nothing is real, nothing is real, nothing is real" but fading out.
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