radio in 1996. The band also announced a companion DVD release due for 2006, which, however, is yet to be released. After ten years of successfully organising Metal for the Brain, Alchemist laid the festival to rest, playing the final event on 4 November 2006. Holder, now based in Brisbane, moved on to organise the 20-band Abducted Metal Horror Festival held in July 2007. In May of that year Alchemist completed work on their next album Tripsis, which the band declared to be a return to the earlier sound of Lunasphere and Spiritech. To coincide with the release of Tripsis, Alchemist headlined the European ProgPower event and played selected other dates. In July 2008 the band played at the Graspop Metal Meeting in Belgium as part of their European tour. In October 2008, Alchemist returned to Australia to tour with Meshuggah. Afterwards, the band premiered the video for "Tongues and Knives" on 9 December. In January 2010 Alchemist began recording a new EP as a follow-up to Tripsis. In an article in Sydney's Drum Media in July, drummer Rodney Holder claimed that Alchemist was currently on "extended hiatus". The band's website reflected this with a splash page declaring that "Alchemist are hibernating indefinitely". Holder later helped to organise the first Bastardfest festival which was held on 28 August in Brisbane, 4 September in Melbourne, and 16 October in Perth. Adam Agius formed the Levitation Hex in 2010 with Mark Palfreyman of Melbourne band Alarum. They released a self-titled album in August 2012, during which time Agius talked about the hard work of being in a band, and Alchemist's eventual demise. Rodney Holder started his 'Music Business Facts' podcast in 2013. He has also ran a number of high-profile artist webinars and created online music and production courses with artists like Devin Townsend. Band line-up Personnel Adam Agius − vocals, guitar, keyboards (1987−2010) John Bray − bass guitar, keyboards (1991−2010) Rodney Holder − drums (1988−2010) Roy Torkington − guitar (1992−2010) Former members Andrew Hall − drums (1987−88) Andrew Meredith − guitar (1990−92) James Preece − bass guitar (1989−91) Scott Chivers − bass guitar (1987−89) Murray Neill − vocals (1987−88) Nick Paddon-Row − drums (1987) Nick Wall − live samples (2003−2008) Timeline Discography Albums Jar of Kingdom (1993) Lunasphere (1995) Spiritech (1997) Organasm (2000) Austral Alien (2003) Tripsis (2007) Demos and EPs "Eternal Wedlock" (1987) "Demo '90" (1990) "Demo '91" (1991) "Promo