The Kovenant
The Kovenant is a Norwegian band formed in 1992 which has evolved from symp… Read Full Bio ↴The Kovenant is a Norwegian band formed in 1992 which has evolved from symphonic black metal to electronic / industrial metal on more recent albums, shaping the style that Lex Icon (aka Nagash, ex-Dimmu Borgir) and Psy Coma (in those days known as Blackheart) coined after the release of "Nexus Polaris": Progressive Space Metal. Originally the band was called Covenant, but due to a dispute with a Swedish futurepop band with the same name, it was later changed to The Kovenant.
The Kovenant (at the time known as Covenant) was formed in Hamar, Norway in 1992, by two black metal artists known as Nagash and Blackheart. After releasing a demo titled "From the Storm of Shadows", and gaining some underground recognition, Not long after the band got several offers for record contracts. The original "In Times Before the Light" was released in 1996 on Mordgrimm (underground British label dedicated to black metal), this album was created when they were both at a young age and they established a fan base in Norway.
In 1998 the band released their second album through Nuclear Blast, titled "Nexus Polaris". It marked a significant point in their sound's formation, the album featured less of the grim guitars, and had much more keyboards work than before. The album featured Nagash, Blackheart, Astennu (on the Guitars, who later joined Dimmu Borgir), Sverd (of Arcturus on the keyboards) and Hellhammer (of Mayhem, Arcturus and Dimmu Borgir) and Sarah Jezebel Deva on backing vocals (Cradle of Filth). The album has met good success in Norway and the band was nominated for the Norwegian Grammy Award, winning the Best Hard Rock Band category as the first band in history to win a Grammy Award for Black Metal.
In 1999 the band changed name to The Kovenant, recorded and released "Animatronic", it showed them going from symphonic black metal to industrial metal. With the change of the band name, the members decided to change their names as well to suit their new direction: Nagash became "Lex Icon", Blackheart became "Psy Coma", and Hellhammer became "Von Blomberg". They won another Norwegian Grammy Award and gained a new member while they toured the USA named Angel.
The band found themselves back in the studio in 2002 recording "S.E.T.I.", their fourth album. Deciding to do more touring Von Blomberg left the band to handle other projects. Two new members were recruited, Küth (of Ram-Zet) on drums and Brat (of Apoptygma Berzerk) on keyboards.
Now we continue waiting for their latest creation, Aria Galactica, announced in the early 2000's, to take shape. In 2007, Psy Coma described Aria Galactica to an Italian web site as "technical", with more guitar solos, "much stronger" and different from SETI. The estimated release date would be Christmas. The wait continues in 2021.
Official sites:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-kovenant/101527333219534
http://www.myspace.com/thekovenant
The Kovenant (at the time known as Covenant) was formed in Hamar, Norway in 1992, by two black metal artists known as Nagash and Blackheart. After releasing a demo titled "From the Storm of Shadows", and gaining some underground recognition, Not long after the band got several offers for record contracts. The original "In Times Before the Light" was released in 1996 on Mordgrimm (underground British label dedicated to black metal), this album was created when they were both at a young age and they established a fan base in Norway.
In 1998 the band released their second album through Nuclear Blast, titled "Nexus Polaris". It marked a significant point in their sound's formation, the album featured less of the grim guitars, and had much more keyboards work than before. The album featured Nagash, Blackheart, Astennu (on the Guitars, who later joined Dimmu Borgir), Sverd (of Arcturus on the keyboards) and Hellhammer (of Mayhem, Arcturus and Dimmu Borgir) and Sarah Jezebel Deva on backing vocals (Cradle of Filth). The album has met good success in Norway and the band was nominated for the Norwegian Grammy Award, winning the Best Hard Rock Band category as the first band in history to win a Grammy Award for Black Metal.
In 1999 the band changed name to The Kovenant, recorded and released "Animatronic", it showed them going from symphonic black metal to industrial metal. With the change of the band name, the members decided to change their names as well to suit their new direction: Nagash became "Lex Icon", Blackheart became "Psy Coma", and Hellhammer became "Von Blomberg". They won another Norwegian Grammy Award and gained a new member while they toured the USA named Angel.
The band found themselves back in the studio in 2002 recording "S.E.T.I.", their fourth album. Deciding to do more touring Von Blomberg left the band to handle other projects. Two new members were recruited, Küth (of Ram-Zet) on drums and Brat (of Apoptygma Berzerk) on keyboards.
Now we continue waiting for their latest creation, Aria Galactica, announced in the early 2000's, to take shape. In 2007, Psy Coma described Aria Galactica to an Italian web site as "technical", with more guitar solos, "much stronger" and different from SETI. The estimated release date would be Christmas. The wait continues in 2021.
Official sites:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-kovenant/101527333219534
http://www.myspace.com/thekovenant
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The Kovenant Lyrics
07. Perfect End Look at me and tell me what you see I am…
Acid Theater Liquid phantom fields of motion For those who cannot see the…
Birth of Tragedy He will be there the unhallowed redeemer The great accuser -…
Bizarre Cosmic Industries So I reach inside the raging galaxy And grab some small…
Bring Of The Sixth Sun I drank a goblet of fire I cut out the prophet's…
Chariots Of Thunder Like crusades across the infinite, night swallowed light Cur…
Cybertrash Superstition, disguised as faith The fear of death plagues t…
Dragonheart We demand a change of seasons Aurora painted black Elemental…
Dragonstorms Through the Dark I storm with hate, ablaze with gruesome…
From the Storm of Shadows From the storm of shadows In the mist of night Through the…
Hollow Earth Dead center in the middle of nowhere Coma existence, surroun…
Human Abstract We shape the future We rape the world Fallen icons left…
In The Name Of The Future In the name of the future Confused the angel beholds the…
In Times Before the Light From the mist of a thousand nights A chilling wind howls…
Industrial Twilight United we stand in shared perversion The love of death -…
Jihad Get down on your knees and feed the illusion Get down…
Keepers of the Garden In the darkness of space, they suffer in temptation Dementi…
Mannequin There's nothing left inside your world, it's dying Just clos…
Mirror Was it everything they told you? Was it all the things…
Monarch of the Mighty Darkness When the wolves howl in sorrow And the sun is as…
Neon Bastard proclamations of a dying nation Social deconstructio…
New World Order Stand aside for the new world order Systematic, aristocratic…
Night of the Blackwinds Breath through the chasm of night Wander off into the mounta…
Pantomime Burning bright in the industries of night Between the stars …
Planet of the Apes To many lies breeds to many flies It's evolution through con…
Planetarium Reach beyond the constellations A movement towards the monum…
Planetary Black Elements Nexus Polaris...a truth concealed A gaunt expression of the …
Prophecies of Fire Born from the blind, delusional mind Bite the hand that feed…
Sindrom He is the prophet of the space age, intrepid seducer A…
Spaceman Spaceman I always wanted you to go Into space man (intergala…
Star by Star We were alone and on our own, in the dark…
Stillborn Universe Lost in this place, like fragments of another time I close…
Subtopia [Limited Edition Bonus] We are the shattered illusions of a…
The Birth of Tragedy He will be there the unhallowed redeemer The great accuser -…
The Chasm Breath through the chasm of night Wander off into the mount…
The Dark Conquest A visitor appears before my eyes A vision where I am…
The Human Abstract We shape the future We rape the world Fallen icons left…
The Last of Dragons The shattering of old illusions - created new surges of…
The Memory Remains (Limited Edition Bonus) Fortune, fame Mirror vain Gone …
The Perfect End Look at me and tell me what you see I am…
The Sulphur Feast Thirsting, waiting -I drank a sulphur feast. Then, silently…
Through the Eyes of the Raven Swept through the loney marshes Of Norseland ancient soil Be…
Towards the Crown of Nights War gas swept across each kingdom Epic Battles rage across d…
Via Negativa The arrogance of angels, the heresy of Christ The stupidity…
Visions of a Lost Kingdom Swept in the wintery landscapes Untouched by the hands of…