| Transmissions from Uranus | |
| Type: | Album |
| Artist: | Hanzel und Gretyl |
| Cover: | Transmissions from Uranus.jpg |
| Released: | May 27, 1997 |
| Recorded: | Kinderland Studios, New York City 1995–1997 |
| Genre: | Industrial rock, electro-industrial |
| Length: | 52:25 |
| Label: | Energy Records |
| Producer: | Hanzel und Gretyl |
| Prev Title: | Ausgeflippt |
| Prev Year: | 1995 |
| Next Title: | Über alles |
| Next Year: | 2003 |
Transmissions from Uranus is the second full-length album by American industrial metal band Hanzel und Gretyl. It was released in 1997 via Energy Records. It followed the pace set by the band's debut release, Ausgeflippt, as its style was very electronically oriented. The album enjoyed significant success, with the song "9D Galactic Center" included on the soundtrack to Mortal Kombat Annihilation. This was the band's last release on Energy Records, as the company went out of business in 1998. It was also the band's last release with a focus on machines and space and the last album to feature any song performed in a language other than German or English, with the song "Astronafti" performed in Greek, as their image changed radically upon the release of their third album, Über alles, which was a satire of totalitarian regimes.
The CD contained a video game named "The Alienator", which could be installed and played on computers at the time of its release. The objective was to transform the two band members into alien-like space creatures.[1]
CMJ New Music Monthly and Sonic Options Network both gave the album positive reviews.[2] [3] Lollipop Magazine noted that the album was heavier than the previous album, Ausgeflippt, with "the guitars mixed higher and the beats played harder."[4] Maximum Volume Music said that the album "was praised for its progressive musical stylings and groundbreaking technological advances."[5]