Alkaloid - "Alpha Aur" (Official Audio) 2023

Alkaloid are metal's mad scientists. The Bavarian supergroup have poked and prodded at phenomena both of this world and far beyond.
Listen to "Alpha Aur", the closing track off their third album 'Numen'.
'Numen comes out September 15.
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Line-up
Morean - guitars, vocals
Christian Münzner - guitars
Linus Klausenitzer - bass
Hannes Grossmann - drums
Recording Studio: Mordor Sounds, Nürnberg, Germany.
Producer: Hannes Grossmann & Alkaloid
Recording & mixing: Hannes Grossmann
Mastering: Alan Douches at West West Side Music studio in Hudson Valley, NY.
Guest musicians
Adam Wallis, Cydney McQuillan-Grace, John Schaffer, Lauren Gill, Sara Robalo, Shannon Bedford
Additional choir tracks on "The Cambrian Explosion" and "Shades of Shub-Niggurath"
Former Alkaloid guitarist Danny Tunker contributed to "The Cambrian Explosion"
Artwork & photos: Christian Martin Weiss
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[@antgeozzz]

The genius of Alkaloid strikes again. Best band on the planet right now

[@ale86pi]

I can't put into words how much I love your epic sagas and how much I appreciate that you put so much effort into them in a world of 10-second attention spans. I thought that Rise of the Cephalopods was an impossible act to follow, but this song gives me goosebumps and I don't know how you do it but I swear I can see ships of ice arriving at a giant double star. I'm not just listening to it, I'm experiencing it. Just beautiful.

[@gfigueredo108]

Thought I was the only one who appreciated their musical storytelling. The music creates such a clear image, just as the vocals and lyrics. When that first Rush esque riff kicks in its like _actually seeing_ light after eons of stasis in utter void. Fucking cinematic

[@LoyaltotheNightsky]

I also saw this quite vividly in my mind. They're great at it.

[@cancan460]

The arpeggio and subsequent callback to the solo from Cephalopods... INTO the variation of the Funeral for a Continent main riff- Fucking beautiful (3:54) Was giddy listening to this entire track- bravo

[@lemniscatusofficial]

Timestamp?

[@cancan460]

@@lemniscatusofficial 3:54

[@lemniscatusofficial]

@@cancan460 i remember the acoustic from rise of cephalopods, but you're right it's there in funeral of continent too. The next acoustic riff right after it is from chaos theory and practice.

[@lemniscatusofficial]

@@cancan460 you're right the heavy section after it is again Funeral for a continent.. absolute madlads haha!

[@Syngrafer]

I didn't even notice that! I already loved this song, and I love it even more now. Thanks for pointing it out!

[@miseklukov7236]

Every time they put out an album I'm thinking "there's no way this can be topped" and yet they somehow do it every time. Freaking scary level of genius.

[@cosmo.genesis]

Once again this amazing band makes a masterpiece, amazing job guys!

[@pierre-lucroy2994]

The production is top.... unbelievable

[@demoneofficial]

LYRICS Adrift between the stars Expelled from Earth And its planet-scorching dearth Our ships of ice A crude device Seeds In despair thrown like dice To find the one world That is ours Forlorn and frozen Sent to breed Lost to the lore But then grace takes us past Pluto’s shores Whence A turgid drove descends Envelops us in spores Guides our flight Through the abyss of night As they claim they have done before A precision slingshot From the orbital plane Towards a boreal beacon And we shall live again Escape to the Goat Stars Nourish with hope those who remained Alpha Aur Primal light Save our souls Take away our pain Eons pass When at last From the void Emerge two giant double stars Time starts anew For polyps long forsaken In the heart of our icy tomb Ancient bodies reawaken The depths of the Northern sky Yield a blaze Like a slow explosion An embrace of rays Twin bloated suns spiral Devour the firmament In their glow, our comet world Becomes germinant again Then suddenly, two more suns Join the dance from afar And in between, a planet swerves Awkward and bizarre Tugged from orbit Of fiery death It seeks the smaller twins And in its wake a satellite A moon for our kin Wobbly seasons now ensue Tempered freeze and thaw As we swirl about the moon And ever closer to it draw Conjoin Withdraw Our vessel set to smash Brace to bore Into the crater of our crash Towards this pockmarked ball of ice we fall Below its crust a liquid ocean calls No return now We came so far In ice encased To crash and burn now Our ship must crack the frozen waste Collision Catharsis of an arcane vision Havoc bursts Into a million shards we shatter Get submersed Into gaping faults we spatter Down we squirm Escape the flash-freeze of the void Like undead worms That refuse to be destroyed And we’re through! Solo - Christian A new world Soon under our control The Mi-Go’s gifts Our gospel to extol A drifting island grows Feeding on light and freedom Keeping each other close Towards our suns we’re seeding At last, the surface calls Where billowing stars adorn our reign Alpha Aur Primal light And so we rise again Here under stars of wonder Their beauty pulled us under A freeing force is leading Towards the heart of meaning We wander in stars of wonder Their beauty pulled us under Joy is seething, life is feeding Our engine at the heart of Eden

[@darthjason7019]

This album is a masterpiece. This song is a perfect closer to a awesome album.

[@thrashmaster1357]

Like on the first 2 albums. its just perfect music \m/

[@kodi0223]

Alkaloid closer songs are some of my favorite songs ever. This album really is awesome, couldnt agree more

[@cthulpaspawn]

Friggin amaaaaaaazing album. I'm blown away and HYPED for this band. Seriously one of the best album experiences I've had. My words are frail, their work is a masterpiece.

[@thrashmaster1357]

What a trip. So sick and overwhelming. And if you think it get no better, then it comes the last longtrack and kills everything. Habt ihr super gemacht Jungs \m/

[@ericcervelli]

DUDE THIS IS TOP TIER STUFF ❤😭

[@Metalton95]

(3:03) The main riff is so catchy, even uplifting! (+ 12:04) (9:38) Super tasty solo 1 (10:29) Super sweepy solo 2

[@adamfowler350]

New Alkaloid and Tesseract dropped albums today. I dont have enough brain for all of this goodness.

[@kristiankrastanov1579]

Great album!

[@Bob-db2fv]

Masterpiece

[@metalico_88]

temazo

[@cbn6635]

Oh, it's gonna be a tight battle between 'Numen' and Tomb Mold 'The Enduring Spirit' for that coveted album-of-the-year title... just 'effing brillant! 😎

[@clementbourmaud1124]

Best metal album this year!

[@barmustel]

Oh shit, friday here we go, edit: oh my god that's... rise of the cephalopods 2!!!

[@shakurath7328]

Ditto !

[@georgenash1402]

actually funeral for a continent 3

[@denisfonarev]

@@georgenash1402yeesss🎉

[@SavatageIsMyReligion]

Thank you so much!! 💛💛

[@burninflames]

A death metal song that tears me up

[@browiththecoolslidyface9709]

1:52 liquid anatomy and "flesh under will" vibes

[@sergiosaez7674]

I get that reference!!!

[@nicholasjones3207]

The vocals are going to have to grow on me but the music? *chefs kiss*

[@cosmo.genesis]

what do you mean, these are some of the finest vocals death metal has ever had

[@arickmccance3972]

Somethings are an acquired taste 🤔🤯👍⚡

[@LoyaltotheNightsky]

It took me a while to warm up to Morean, but the uniqueness eventually won me over. Starting from Dark Fortress where I first heard him (rip Dark Fortress, helped get me into black metal). He's only gotten better over time.

[@munt368]

Nicholas jones give your balls a tug dude just enjoy it

[@gfigueredo108]

I never understood people disliking the vocals (or clean singing in metal in general): Morean really is a stand out vocalist that makes the songs ever more haunting and memorable.

[@januszjankes6423]

🤘🏿👻👻👻👻👻👻👻👻👻👻🤘🏿 zajebisty perfect espanialy Death Metal super

[@PrimitiveInTheExtreme]

✨🪐✨

[@user-sy3bl4vx6z]

🤟🤟🤟🤟🤟

[@Voidaram]

AAAAAAHHHH THAT REFERENCE

[@cosmo.genesis]

cephalopods go skkkrrr

[@cosmo.genesis]

ohhh theres some malkuth reference as well

[@12erdem]

ne de içli söylüyor dost

[@RobertoCPamplona]

Can't put my finger on it, but after multiple listens something feels missing compared to Liquid Anatomy.

[@firewizzard86]

That's like just your opinion man

[@RobertoCPamplona]

@@firewizzard86 maybe the guy who left was the rug that tied the songs together?

[@burninflames]

@@RobertoCPamplona no

[@richardst1948]

Same. This album is good actually, but pales in comparison to the previous two. And this song is really underwhelming as a close track. Maybe I would have preferred a more original composition instead of back-and-forth leitmotifs to past songs.

[@georgenash1402]

i feel the same.