The second of five planned albums for 2017, the Australians’ 10th studio album is one wild dystopian ride. It’s a three-chapter trip described by frontman Stu Mackenzie as “a visual, descriptive, bleak record” and aided by coolly detached narration from a cyborg named “Han-Tyumi” (an anagram for “Humanity”). The portentous themes aren’t necessarily matched by the music, however. The septet lay on way too much psychedelic metal fun for the mood to turn too bleak.
Tracklist
Chapter 1: The Tale of the Altered Beast:
1 - A New World (0:57)
2 - Altered Beast I (2:23)
3 - Alter Me I (0:45)
4 - Altered Beast II (4:28)
5 - Alter Me II (1:25)
6 - Altered Beast III (2:14)
7 - Alter Me III (1:26)
8 - Altered Beast IV (5:10)
9 - Life/Death (0:57)
Chapter 2: The Lord of Lightning vs. Balrog:
10 - Some Context (0:17)
11 - The Reticent Raconteur (1:04)
12 - The Lord Of Lightning (5:07)
13 - The Balrog (4:29)
14 - The Floating Fire (1:54)
15 - The Acrid Corpse (0:59)
Chapter 3: Han-Tyumi and the Murder of the Universe:
16 - Welcome To An Altered Future (0:55)
17 - Digital Black (2:46)
18 - Han-Tyumi, The Confused Cyborg (2:13)
19 - Soy Protein Munt Machine (0:38)
20 - Vomit Coffin (2:18)
21 - Murder Of The Universe (4:09)
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