Belajar Berfikir Ilmu

is the third full length album by Alesana and the first to have current guitarist Jake Cambell instead of the former vocalist/guitarist Adam Ferguson. Because of this, the only vocal harmonies in the album are between multiple recordings of Shawn Milke and guest vocals from Melissa Milke. It was recorded in the fall of 2009 and will be released on January 26th, 2010.Although the former albums have references to of different cultures, this is the band's first where the story is not based on anything else, but written by Milke and Lee. The story is said by the band to be set in the onset of the 20th century and involve, on a lesser scale, time travel. In the July of 2009 the band's myspace was changed by Justin Reich to foreshadow the story of "The Emptiness". Photos were taken of all the members in a large abandoned room holding bloody weapons and wearing suits, and a digital newspaper on the myspace reads "Local Artist/ Draws Attention/ With Macabre/ Sketches" and "Town Beauty/ Annabel Lee/ To/ Cut/ Ribbon/ At Local Tavern". The artwork for the album was commissioned.