| Eve of the War | |
| Type: | ep |
| Artist: | Alchemist |
| Cover: | EveOfTheWarEP.jpg |
| Alt: | A scene from War of the Worlds. Three flying saucers are above a war torn area. The lead one is shooting two rays below them. The undergrowth is afire. Behind the saucers is a huge moon. At the top right is the artist's name in large white and black-bordered print. Below in smaller but similar all caps is the album title. Below that is the additional phrase "From Jeff Wayne's War of the World". |
| Released: | 1998/1999 |
| Recorded: | June, August 1998 |
| Label: | Thrust/Shock |
| Prev Title: | Spiritech |
| Prev Year: | 1997 |
| Next Title: | Organasm |
| Next Year: | 1999 |
Eve of the War is a six-track extended play from the Australian progressive metal band Alchemist. The EP was released by Shock Records through its subsidiary label Thrust in 1998/1999. The title track, "Eve of the War" is a cover version of the opening piece from the British 1978 album, Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of The War of the Worlds. The EP has two live songs: "Yoni Kunda" first released on Lunasphere (May 1995), and "Chinese Whispers" from Spiritech (June 1997). The other tracks are a remix of "Yoni Kunda", and two re-mastered tracks from Jar of Kingdom (October 1993). A music video of the title track was provided.
The EP is now deleted, "Eve of the War" and the live version of "Chinese Whispers" were later included on their compilation album, Embryonics (November 2005).[1]
The song "Eve of the war" instrumentals were used in an EE[2] advert in the UK.