Contagion

by Arena

Contagion cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 27 January 2003
  • Label: Verglas
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 58:48
  • Community rating: 3.41/5 from 2 ratings

Artists on this release: Rob Sowden, Clive Nolan, John Mitchell, Ian Salmon, Mick Pointer

Album Notes & Community Reviews

The fifth studio album from the British neo-prog stalwarts is an ambitious, dark concept record based loosely on a short story by keyboardist Clive Nolan. The music is noticeably heavier than their previous works, integrating progressive metal crunch while maintaining their signature soaring melodies and dramatic theatricality.

Genres

Descriptors: melodic, progressive, technical, existential

Tracklist

  1. Witch Hunt (4:17)
  2. An Angel Falls (1:13)
  3. Painted Man (4:41)
  4. This Way Madness Lies (3:35)
  5. Spectre At The Feast (5:34)
  6. Never Ending Night (3:23)
  7. Skin Game (4:43)
  8. Salamander (3:59)
  9. On The Box (2:40)
  10. Tsunami (2:38)
  11. Bitter Harvest (2:52)
  12. The City Of Lanterns (1:22)
  13. Riding The Tide (4:28)
  14. Mea Culpa (3:46)
  15. Cutting The Cards (4:57)
  16. Ascension (4:34)

Credits

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