Promotional music videos for the songs "First Contact", "Solarburn" and "Alpha Capella Nova Vega" were released, with the video for "Solarburn" expressing the album's concept, using imagery from the 2003 Canberra bushfires. The cover art is influenced by Surrealism. Austral Alien featured more keyboards and a mellowing of their previous death metal guitar sound, with even shorter songs than Organasm.
The release of promotional music videos for "First Contact", "Solarburn", and "Alpha Capella Nova Vega" accompanied the album's concept, as illustrated by the "Solarburn" video, which drew from the 2003 Canberra bushfires. The cover art was inspired by Surrealist art movements. Austral Alien presented a more keyboard-oriented sound and a softer death metal style compared to their previous work, with even shorter tracks than Organasm.