Recently, U.K.'s progressive black metallers Lychgate made the announcement of their new album to be released by Blood Music and revealed the cover art. Titled The Contagion in Nine Steps, the new album promises the band delivers its "most mature work to date" and will hit stores this March 30th, 2018.

The Contagion in Nine Steps showcases Lychgate's scholarly exploration of crowd psychology from a philosophical and historical point-of-view.

The album's general themes are inspired by swarm behaviour exhibited by the machines in Stanisław Lem's book "The Invincible," as well as through Plato's, Hegel's, Le Bon's, and Canetti's ideas on civilization, consciousness, and crowd psychology.




Tracks:

1) Republic
2) Unity of Opposites
3) Atavistic Hypnosis
4) Hither Comes the Swarm
5) The Contagion
6) Remembrance

Source:	lychgate.eu
Band profile:	Lychgate