# Organasm

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{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2025}}
{{Use Australian English|date=November 2016}}
{{Infobox album
| name       = Organasm
| type       = studio
| artist     = [Alchemist](/source/Alchemist_(band))
| cover      = Organasm.jpg
| alt        =
| released   = {{start date|2000|3|6|df=y}}
| recorded   = 1999 at Back Beach Studios, [Rye, Victoria](/source/Rye%2C_Victoria), Australia
| venue      =
| studio     =
| genre      = [Progressive metal](/source/Progressive_metal)<br />[Avant-garde metal](/source/Avant-garde_metal)<br />[Death metal](/source/Death_metal)
| length     = 48:38
| label      = [Chatterbox](/source/Chatterbox_Records) <small>(Australia)</small><br />[Displeased](/source/Displeased_Records) <small>([Europe](/source/Europe))</small><br />[Relapse](/source/Relapse_Records) <small>(U.S.)</small>
| producer   = D.W. Norton
| prev_title = [Eve of the War](/source/Eve_of_the_War)
| prev_year  = 1999
| next_title = [Austral Alien](/source/Austral_Alien)
| next_year  = 2003
}}

'''''Organasm''''' is the fourth full-length studio album by the Australian [progressive metal](/source/progressive_metal) band [Alchemist](/source/Alchemist_(band)). It was issued in Australia by [Chatterbox](/source/Chatterbox_Records), with D.W. Norton producing, on 6 March 2000 as their first release with the label. It was supported by a three-month Australian tour alongside the bands, [Cryogenic](/source/Cryogenic_(band)) and Psi.Kore. ''Organasm'' featured generally shorter songs than the previous Alchemist albums, but was still rated highly by critics.

Dutch label [Displeased](/source/Displeased) released the album in Europe in 2000 and [Relapse](/source/Relapse_Records) handled the American release. Tracks 2 to 4 are each listed as part of the "Evolution Trilogy", which comprises a [musical movement](/source/Movement_(music)). A demo version of the lead track, "Austral Spectrum", had appeared on a 1999 compilation album.

== Reception ==

{{Music ratings
| rev1 = [Allmusic](/source/Allmusic)
| rev1Score = {{Rating|4|5}} [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r553982|pure_url=yes}} link]
| noprose = yes
}}

Eduardo Rivadavia of [AllMusic](/source/AllMusic) wrote that "[the album] is so complex and original that it defies a summary definition, but one might describe it as a psychedelic-prog-soundtrack-death metal album." He describes Adam Agius' vocal style as "akin to [Entombed](/source/Entombed_(band)) wrestling with [Pink Floyd](/source/Pink_Floyd)" and suggested the "Evolution" trilogy evoked the spirit of early [Rush](/source/Rush_(band)).<ref name="Rivadavia">{{cite web | url = http://www.allmusic.com/album/organasm-mw0000591326 | title = ''Organasm'' – Alchemist | last = Rivadavia | first = Eduardo | publisher = [AllMusic](/source/AllMusic) | accessdate = 10 November 2016 }}</ref>

==Track listing==

{{track listing
| title1 = Austral Spectrum
| writer1 = [Alchemist](/source/Alchemist)
| length1 = 5:41
| title2 = Evolution Trilogy"
*<small>I. "The Bio Approach" (4:58)</small>
*<small>II. "Rampant Micro Life" (4:31)</small>
*<small>III. "Warring Tribes – Eventual Demise" (5:14)</small>
| writer2 = Alchemist
| length2 = 14:43
| title3 = Single Sided
| writer3 = Alchemist
| length3 = 5:23
| title4 = Surreality
| writer4 = Alchemist
| length4 = 3:32
| title5 = New Beginning
| writer5 = Alchemist
| length5 = 4:59
| title6 = Tide in, Mind Out
| writer6 = Alchemist
| length6 = 5:30
| title7 = Eclectic
| writer7 = Alchemist
| length7 = 5:22
| title8 = Escape from the Black Hole
| writer8 = Alchemist
| length8 = 5:28
}}

==Credits==

* Adam Agius&nbsp;– [vocals](/source/singing), [guitar](/source/Electric_guitar), [keyboards](/source/Electronic_keyboard)
* Rodney Holder&nbsp;– [drums](/source/Drum_kit), [bongos](/source/Bongo_drum)
* John Bray&nbsp;– [bass guitar](/source/bass_guitar)
* Roy Torkington&nbsp;– [guitar](/source/Electric_guitar), artwork, layout and design

==Release history==

{|class="wikitable"
!Country
!Release date
!Label
|-
|Australia
|{{start date|2000|3|6|df=y}}
|[Chatterbox Records](/source/Chatterbox_Records)
|-
|Europe
|{{start date|2000}}
|[Displeased](/source/Displeased_Records)
|-
|US
|{{start date|2001}}
|[Relapse](/source/Relapse_Records)
|}

== References ==

{{Reflist}}

{{Alchemist}}

{{Authority control}}

Category:2000 albums
Category:Alchemist (band) albums
Category:Relapse Records albums

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