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1. Covenant is a Swedish electronic band formed in Helsingborg in 1988. The band is currently composed of Eskil Simonsson and Joakim Montelius in the studio, while live shows consist of Simonsson along with touring members Daniel Jonasson of Dupont, Andreas Catjar and Daniel Myer of Haujobb.
Their music comprises a mixture of synthpop and electronic body music. They have been releasing music since the early 1990s.
History
In the late 1970s and early 1980s, electronic music and several of its subgenres became a preferred musical style among European underground culture. It gained favor initially within major cities and eventually trickled into the continent's more secluded regions. This new wave of music was discovered at different instances by a group of friends living in Helsingborg, a scenic town in south western Sweden. Eskil Simonsson, Joakim Montelius and Clas Nachmanson, three teenagers with mutual, youthful curiosities for science, philosophy, and matters of existence, were all enthralled by the unique presentation and the emotional content of the music, specifically by that of bands such as Kraftwerk, The Human League, Depeche Mode, Front 242 and Nitzer Ebb. It was after attending the first Front 242 show in Scandinavia that the trio and others familiar to them decided to start a band.
The friends carried this fascination with them to university life in the historic town of Lund, approximately 50 kilometres (31 mi) southeast of Helsingborg. In between their academic endeavors and discussions of worldly affairs, they assembled a small recording studio in Nachmanson's bedroom and began to experiment with their own musical compositions. In 1988, the name "Covenant" was selected for the group—a name derived from the unspoken spiritual bond the trio professed to share.
As Covenant, the three produced their first publicly released track, "The Replicant", by invitation of Swedish record label Memento Materia. "The Replicant" was released on a compilation album in 1992, and the track thrilled label executives, prompting them to ask for a full album. In 1994, the group compiled enough songs to release the album, which became Dreams of a Cryotank. Dreams was well received by critics and fans alike, and with its success, the boyhood friends decided to take their musical efforts more seriously. They upgraded and added more equipment, relocated their studio, and committed to tour.
In 1995, Covenant performed at a festival in Germany at the request of Off-Beat Records. The band impressed Off-Beat's attending A&R representative, who signed them to a record deal the following day. Excited by the prospect of broader exposure, the band members eased further away from their educational pursuits and devoted themselves to completing a new album, 1996's Sequencer. Later in 1996, the band released the "Stalker" single before embarking on a tour with Haujobb and Steril across Germany, Belgium, and Holland.
With Sequencer, the band sought to improve upon the weaknesses they found in Dreams by combining sequencing, diverse melodies, and commanding lyrics. It became an instant classic among many observers, some of whom boldly declared it "the best electro album of the decade." It would go on to be re-released a number of times throughout the world and remains a club favorite in many settings.
Later in the year, San-Francisco-based record label 21st Circuitry agreed to distribute Covenant's albums in the United States, expanding the band's reach in the process. As a result, the group created the Theremin EP in 1997 specifically for North American release and started to accept tour dates throughout the US and Canada.
The trio's third full-length album, Europa, debuted in 1998. Europa carried Covenant's initially aggressive, often distorted brand of music into the beat-driven realm of synth pop, marking the beginning of a gradual evolution in the band's collective sound. In the U.S., the album peaked at #101 on the CMJ Radio Top 200 and reached #3 on the CMJ RPM charts.[8] Also in 1998, they sued the Norwegian black metal/Industrial metal band The Kovenant (then known as Covenant) for the rights to the name "Covenant", arguing that they had established use of the name first and forcing the Norwegian band to change the spelling of their name.
Covenant spent 1999 touring, changing record labels, and on the preparation of another album. Off-Beat Records went out of business, and Dependent was created by former Off Beat employees. Together with a few selected former Off-Beat acts, Covenant joined Dependent. In addition, Covenant were signed with SubSpace Communications in Sweden, effectively ending their tenure with Memento Materia. Meanwhile, 21st Circuitry Records ceased operations, leading the three to find a new home in America with Metropolis Records (Metropolis had bought the rights to the 21st Circuitry back catalogue). Shortly thereafter, the band's first three albums and the Theremin EP were re-issued in the US under the Metropolis label.
United States of Mind was released in 2000, and with it, Covenant's tendencies strayed further into synth pop. Also released that year was a stand-alone single, Der Leiermann. Sung to the tune of the album track Like Tears in Rain, it was a version of the German Art song of the same name. The song was originally a poem by Wilhelm Müller, set to music by Franz Schubert as part of the poem cycle "Die Winterreise". S. Alexander Reed asserts that this point in Covenant's career marks a distinct break from previous work in an attempt to project a sense of the "sublime built on wonder, rather than abjection."
A live album, Synergy, was released later in the year which featured tracks from the band's first four albums. The group continued with 2002's Northern Light, which they portrayed as having a more sombre, cold sound in comparison to their earlier offerings. In another transition between labels, the European release of Northern Light was handled by Sony Music's Ka2 division rather than Dependent or Subspace. (The US release was through Metropolis.)
Whilst they continued to produce music together, Montelius and Simonsson took up residence in separate countries; Montelius residing in Barcelona, Spain, and Simonsson living in Berlin, Germany. Nachmanson remained in Helsingborg.
Covenant released their sixth studio album, Skyshaper, in March 2006 to an overall positive reception. The band toured Europe prior to the album's release and toured the United States beginning in September 2006.
In March 2007, Covenant announced that Nachmanson would not be touring with the band and his replacement would be Daniel Myer of Haujobb. In an interview with Side-Line magazine Covenant's Joakim Montelius said he was not sure if Clas would still continue with Covenant.
In October 2007, Covenant released the road movie "In Transit" on DVD. It contained material from the world tour undertaken in support of the album "Skyshaper" and documented the band's travels in Europe, North America, South America and across Russia over a period of 18 months. The band confirmed Clas' departure in the DVD documentary.
In January 2011, Covenant released their seventh studio album, Modern Ruin — the first album by the band with Myer as a core member. The band released a new EP, "Last Dance" in June 2013. The band released their new album, titled "Leaving Babylon" in September 2013.
In April 2015, the band embarked on a North American tour to promote their eighth album, Leaving Babylon. The band, joined on tour by an opening band called "The Labrynth," performed in approximately 20 cities, including Los Angeles, New York, Washington, D.C, and Austin. Slug Magazine favorably reviewed the 6 April show in Salt Lake City, describing Covenant's stage presence as "exquisite" and "just as powerful as their music."
In October 2015, Covenant headlined the Gothic Meets Klassik festival in Leipzig, Germany, along with British synthpop band Mesh and songwriter and electronic musician Anne Clark.
In November 2016, they released their ninth studio album The Blinding Dark. It was accompanied by a tour in Europe and, in 2018, the UK. and the United States.
In February 2019, the band commenced a ten-city tour through Germany, starting in Berlin on 7 February. The "Fieldworks Tour 2019" show stops offered a new extended play record called the "Fieldworks: Exkursion EP". The EP features five tracks, each written by a member of the band, and one song in collaboration with French electro-industrial newcomer Grabyourface, who also performed opening sets during the band's German tour that year. According to the band's Facebook page, this EP is intended to be the first of an upcoming cycle of records associated with the "Fieldworks" theme. The new music was inspired in part by sounds collected at an electricity plant, according to an interview conducted by a writer for the magazine Zero. "This time we wanted to use the sounds we have collected for many years, from exotic places on the six continents we have visited as a band, as well as the mundane hum of everyday life, as stepping stones for the songs," Joakim Montelius explained in an interview published on Gruftbote.
The band headlined the final day of the Terminus Festival in Calgary on 28 July 2019 and then embarked on a set of five U.S. shows in Seattle (30 July), Portland (31 July), Los Angeles (2 August), Oakland (4 August), and Denver (6 August), respectively.
2. Covenant, now known as The Kovenant, was a Norwegian band which has evolved from a melodic symphonic black metal band to industrial metal/harsh industrial on more recent albums. The band changed the name due to a dispute with the Swedish band that shared the same name.
3. Covenant is also the name of the progressive rock project of Dave Gryder, ex-drummer of metal band Rotting Corpse. So far, he has released one album under the Covenant moniker: 1992’s Nature’s Divine Reflection, on which he plays all the keyboards and drums.
4. Covenant is a Christian rock band from Worcester, Massachusetts. www.covenantrock.net
5. The Covenant is a Modern (blues) Rock/Grunge Band from Holland. http://www.myspace.com/thecovenant.nl
1. Covenant is a Swedish electronic band formed in Helsingborg in 1988. The band is currently composed of Eskil Simonsson and Joakim Montelius in the studio, while live shows consist of Simonsson along with touring members Daniel Jonasson of Dupont, Andreas Catjar and Daniel Myer of Haujobb.
Their music comprises a mixture of synthpop and electronic body music. They have been releasing music since the early 1990s.
History
In the late 1970s and early 1980s, electronic music and several of its subgenres became a preferred musical style among European underground culture. It gained favor initially within major cities and eventually trickled into the continent's more secluded regions. This new wave of music was discovered at different instances by a group of friends living in Helsingborg, a scenic town in south western Sweden. Eskil Simonsson, Joakim Montelius and Clas Nachmanson, three teenagers with mutual, youthful curiosities for science, philosophy, and matters of existence, were all enthralled by the unique presentation and the emotional content of the music, specifically by that of bands such as Kraftwerk, The Human League, Depeche Mode, Front 242 and Nitzer Ebb. It was after attending the first Front 242 show in Scandinavia that the trio and others familiar to them decided to start a band.
The friends carried this fascination with them to university life in the historic town of Lund, approximately 50 kilometres (31 mi) southeast of Helsingborg. In between their academic endeavors and discussions of worldly affairs, they assembled a small recording studio in Nachmanson's bedroom and began to experiment with their own musical compositions. In 1988, the name "Covenant" was selected for the group—a name derived from the unspoken spiritual bond the trio professed to share.
As Covenant, the three produced their first publicly released track, "The Replicant", by invitation of Swedish record label Memento Materia. "The Replicant" was released on a compilation album in 1992, and the track thrilled label executives, prompting them to ask for a full album. In 1994, the group compiled enough songs to release the album, which became Dreams of a Cryotank. Dreams was well received by critics and fans alike, and with its success, the boyhood friends decided to take their musical efforts more seriously. They upgraded and added more equipment, relocated their studio, and committed to tour.
In 1995, Covenant performed at a festival in Germany at the request of Off-Beat Records. The band impressed Off-Beat's attending A&R representative, who signed them to a record deal the following day. Excited by the prospect of broader exposure, the band members eased further away from their educational pursuits and devoted themselves to completing a new album, 1996's Sequencer. Later in 1996, the band released the "Stalker" single before embarking on a tour with Haujobb and Steril across Germany, Belgium, and Holland.
With Sequencer, the band sought to improve upon the weaknesses they found in Dreams by combining sequencing, diverse melodies, and commanding lyrics. It became an instant classic among many observers, some of whom boldly declared it "the best electro album of the decade." It would go on to be re-released a number of times throughout the world and remains a club favorite in many settings.
Later in the year, San-Francisco-based record label 21st Circuitry agreed to distribute Covenant's albums in the United States, expanding the band's reach in the process. As a result, the group created the Theremin EP in 1997 specifically for North American release and started to accept tour dates throughout the US and Canada.
The trio's third full-length album, Europa, debuted in 1998. Europa carried Covenant's initially aggressive, often distorted brand of music into the beat-driven realm of synth pop, marking the beginning of a gradual evolution in the band's collective sound. In the U.S., the album peaked at #101 on the CMJ Radio Top 200 and reached #3 on the CMJ RPM charts.[8] Also in 1998, they sued the Norwegian black metal/Industrial metal band The Kovenant (then known as Covenant) for the rights to the name "Covenant", arguing that they had established use of the name first and forcing the Norwegian band to change the spelling of their name.
Covenant spent 1999 touring, changing record labels, and on the preparation of another album. Off-Beat Records went out of business, and Dependent was created by former Off Beat employees. Together with a few selected former Off-Beat acts, Covenant joined Dependent. In addition, Covenant were signed with SubSpace Communications in Sweden, effectively ending their tenure with Memento Materia. Meanwhile, 21st Circuitry Records ceased operations, leading the three to find a new home in America with Metropolis Records (Metropolis had bought the rights to the 21st Circuitry back catalogue). Shortly thereafter, the band's first three albums and the Theremin EP were re-issued in the US under the Metropolis label.
United States of Mind was released in 2000, and with it, Covenant's tendencies strayed further into synth pop. Also released that year was a stand-alone single, Der Leiermann. Sung to the tune of the album track Like Tears in Rain, it was a version of the German Art song of the same name. The song was originally a poem by Wilhelm Müller, set to music by Franz Schubert as part of the poem cycle "Die Winterreise". S. Alexander Reed asserts that this point in Covenant's career marks a distinct break from previous work in an attempt to project a sense of the "sublime built on wonder, rather than abjection."
A live album, Synergy, was released later in the year which featured tracks from the band's first four albums. The group continued with 2002's Northern Light, which they portrayed as having a more sombre, cold sound in comparison to their earlier offerings. In another transition between labels, the European release of Northern Light was handled by Sony Music's Ka2 division rather than Dependent or Subspace. (The US release was through Metropolis.)
Whilst they continued to produce music together, Montelius and Simonsson took up residence in separate countries; Montelius residing in Barcelona, Spain, and Simonsson living in Berlin, Germany. Nachmanson remained in Helsingborg.
Covenant released their sixth studio album, Skyshaper, in March 2006 to an overall positive reception. The band toured Europe prior to the album's release and toured the United States beginning in September 2006.
In March 2007, Covenant announced that Nachmanson would not be touring with the band and his replacement would be Daniel Myer of Haujobb. In an interview with Side-Line magazine Covenant's Joakim Montelius said he was not sure if Clas would still continue with Covenant.
In October 2007, Covenant released the road movie "In Transit" on DVD. It contained material from the world tour undertaken in support of the album "Skyshaper" and documented the band's travels in Europe, North America, South America and across Russia over a period of 18 months. The band confirmed Clas' departure in the DVD documentary.
In January 2011, Covenant released their seventh studio album, Modern Ruin — the first album by the band with Myer as a core member. The band released a new EP, "Last Dance" in June 2013. The band released their new album, titled "Leaving Babylon" in September 2013.
In April 2015, the band embarked on a North American tour to promote their eighth album, Leaving Babylon. The band, joined on tour by an opening band called "The Labrynth," performed in approximately 20 cities, including Los Angeles, New York, Washington, D.C, and Austin. Slug Magazine favorably reviewed the 6 April show in Salt Lake City, describing Covenant's stage presence as "exquisite" and "just as powerful as their music."
In October 2015, Covenant headlined the Gothic Meets Klassik festival in Leipzig, Germany, along with British synthpop band Mesh and songwriter and electronic musician Anne Clark.
In November 2016, they released their ninth studio album The Blinding Dark. It was accompanied by a tour in Europe and, in 2018, the UK. and the United States.
In February 2019, the band commenced a ten-city tour through Germany, starting in Berlin on 7 February. The "Fieldworks Tour 2019" show stops offered a new extended play record called the "Fieldworks: Exkursion EP". The EP features five tracks, each written by a member of the band, and one song in collaboration with French electro-industrial newcomer Grabyourface, who also performed opening sets during the band's German tour that year. According to the band's Facebook page, this EP is intended to be the first of an upcoming cycle of records associated with the "Fieldworks" theme. The new music was inspired in part by sounds collected at an electricity plant, according to an interview conducted by a writer for the magazine Zero. "This time we wanted to use the sounds we have collected for many years, from exotic places on the six continents we have visited as a band, as well as the mundane hum of everyday life, as stepping stones for the songs," Joakim Montelius explained in an interview published on Gruftbote.
The band headlined the final day of the Terminus Festival in Calgary on 28 July 2019 and then embarked on a set of five U.S. shows in Seattle (30 July), Portland (31 July), Los Angeles (2 August), Oakland (4 August), and Denver (6 August), respectively.
2. Covenant, now known as The Kovenant, was a Norwegian band which has evolved from a melodic symphonic black metal band to industrial metal/harsh industrial on more recent albums. The band changed the name due to a dispute with the Swedish band that shared the same name.
3. Covenant is also the name of the progressive rock project of Dave Gryder, ex-drummer of metal band Rotting Corpse. So far, he has released one album under the Covenant moniker: 1992’s Nature’s Divine Reflection, on which he plays all the keyboards and drums.
4. Covenant is a Christian rock band from Worcester, Massachusetts. www.covenantrock.net
5. The Covenant is a Modern (blues) Rock/Grunge Band from Holland. http://www.myspace.com/thecovenant.nl
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Covenant Lyrics
We have lyrics for these tracks by Covenant:
04. Wind Of The North I filtered the wind to sense the colours of the…
08-Go Film I find myself inside a church deserted by the priests As…
20 Hz I ride the morning train; eople come and go. So many…
2D I am the big man restless the living past and…
Afterhours I have devils on my mind And the hour's getting late There's…
Atlas I'm a thousand people From day to day We are all airborne Wi…
Atom Heart I see the radiance of your atom heart I wash my…
Babel I want to go to heaven so I build myself a…
Beat the Noise I can’t beat the noise I can’t cut the noise I can’t…
Brave New World (club mix) Where is the promised land? Where is the brave new world? T…
Bringer Of The Sixth Sun I drank a goblet of fire I cut out the prophet's…
Bullet Time is like a bullet from behind I run for cover…
Call Am Oga Haahahaaha this is De Covenant back again Where my oga the…
Call the Ships to Port A billion words ago The sailors disappeared A story for the …
Chariots of Thunder Like crusades across the infinite Night swallowed light Cu…
Consumer The satellites are out tonight With grace Tracks of motion …
Control From the chosen path worlds pass in distance Ways once impo…
Cryotank Expansion Life consuming peace celebrate Each day of the blind god wh…
Cryotank Expansion: Dawn / Noon / Dusk / Night Life consuming peace, celebrate each day of the blind god…
Dead Stars We find our songs In fashion magazines We read the story In …
Dead Stars (version) (Eins, zwei, drei, vier) We find our songs In fashion magaz…
Der Leiermann Drüben hinterm Dorfe steht ein Leiermann Und mit starren Fin…
Der Leiermann (Club Version) Drüben Hinterm Dorfe Steht Ein Leiermann, Und Mit Starren Fi…
Dies Irae Your skin was made by nature We think: God why did…
Dragonheart We demand a change of seasons Aurora painted black Element…
Dynamo Clock The dynamo clock is spinning up Gears grinding Speed incre…
Edge of Dawn Black stone opens to the mind This weak body far behind No…
Feedback I consume the wind that makes you cold And drink the…
Figurehead We wish so hard to be seen and pray at night…
Final Man Broken buildings watching over flooded streets where nothing…
Flux No heaven will embrace you No harbour keeps you safe Your co…
For Our Time I’ve been searching, I’ve been living For tomorrows all my …
Fuzzy Logic I've had a sleepless night I'm not sure that I'm alright I…
Get On I got to get on with myself I got to get…
Go Film I find myself inside a church deserted by the priests As…
Greater Than the Sun Ladies and gentlemen lights are going out let's sleep outsid…
Happy Man I don't love anyone No I just want my fun I'm a…
Hardware Requiem We believe in human progress We create the servants we need …
Helicopter Twenty years ago I rode By helicopter to the sky I laughed…
Humility Behold the beauty that surrounds us See the wonders we take…
I Am I am the rhythm and the noise The voices in your…
I Close My Eyes In heat of the moment In the eye of the storm When…
I Walk Slow I walk slow And I want to waste time I think twice Far…
If I Give My Soul If I showed you my hand Would you call me? If I…
Ignorance & Bliss And I extend and open hand Over the horizon Waiting for th…
Invisible & Silent I'm tricked by your smile Want to be forgiven Waiting for th…
It's Alright Yeah baby That's right Oh, baby It's alright You can t…
Judge of My Domain The passion is the game And the waves are the ride The…
Kairos I never walked home Last year I found where you used to…
Last Dance This is my white shadow A shadow of myself This is the…
Last Dance (Modulate Remix) This is my white shadow A shadow of myself This is the…
Leaving Babylon We’re leaving Babylon Maybe we will conform But not for …
Leviathan I watch minutes grow to hours and how seasons build…
Lightbringer Bring the light Burn the sky Torch our lives Break it all…
Like Tears in Rain Go to the empire state and watch the city lights Hear…
Liquid Sky Use me use me use me I'm here don't go Don't keep…
Luminal I try to rise in pride, I want to radiate Walk…
Modern Ruin Decadence and oblivion Ambitious Shameless pride Loop and…
Monochrome Monochrome reflections climbing up the walls Down below your…
Morning Star If I was the praying kind I would beseech you If I…
No Man I don't want to let you go before I understand I…
No Man\ I don't want to let you go before I understand I…
Not to Be Here If I thought that you could stand I wouldn’t hold…
One World One Sky One world one sky We live we die…
Painamplifier he's the one he has come he will fight he's gonna reign…
Phoenix I'm lost to the world soon to be forgotten Living in…
Planetarium Reach beyond the constellations A movement towards the monu…
Planetary Black Elements Nexus Polaris...a truth concealed A gaunt expression of the…
Prime Movers Their iron fists are beating Picking up the steam Hammers …
Prometheus This is the sound of our days Burning the light of…
Pulse I'm falling out of cars Don't know when I'll hit the…
Relief The world is growing loud It's time for us to fade…
Replicant Lights blur shifting slightly, always the rain He's there hu…
Riot I'm waiting for the plane to crush and burn I like…
Rising Sun My eyes grow darker Can barely see your face Yesterday I tri…
Ritual Noise We make ritual noise We weave the fabric of dreams We build…
Scared I feel, I feel, I feel so scared I feel, I…
Shelter If this was a cavern of concrete In a forest with…
Shipwreck In my Heaven of Despair Lies the Ocean of Impurity A ship…
Slow Motion Vvery instant second a suspension of forever A frail contin…
Sound Mirrors (Fulwell) We think, We know The things, We make We think, We have Comp…
Speed Give me, give me the speed I need I want more…
Spindrift I know how it ended up here on this frozen,…
Stalker In transit you pass among the strangers of the world Paying…
Still Life The muffled beat of distant music, someone celebrates It's h…
Storm Drones behold the life that was given Be aware of the…
Sweet & Salty Sweet and salty Tears of joy Liquid lies Cheeks on fire Loud…
Tabula Rasa I feel too many affectious obstacles Water must be allowed t…
Tension I'm in control in this domain I feel at home inside…
The Beauty and the Grace Ten thousand times, ten thousand ways To catch the beauty a…
The Island "Time will heal your wounds," she said as she took me…
The Last of Dragons The shattering of old illusions - created new surges of…
The Men We are the men Silent and cold Beautiful eyes Sheep among wo…
The Night I want to feel something tonight…
The Road This is the road that never ends It doesn′t curve it…
the Sulphur feast Thirsting, waiting... - I drank a sulphur feast Then, silen…
The World is Growing Loud The world is growing loud. It's time for us to…
Theremin We close our eyes and look in opposite direction We ignore…
Thy Kingdom Come We melt down Worlds collide We are forming a sun Love und…
Tour De Force You burn the ground to hold your position You ran away…
Unforgiven I think you are not my friend I think you're…
Voices The forcing walla are closing in And the sky is still…
Void Incomplete and in search for emotions For ever alone in his…
Wall of Sound We are born alone and lonely we remain When we learn…
Wasteland The wind tried to tell us We failed to understand We lost…
We Break Down We break down…
We Stand Alone Stand before the gates and watch Metropolis Empires come an…
We Want Revolution Kill your television Steal the satellites Download all the c…
Wind of the North I filtered the wind to sense the colours of the…
Winter Comes So the winter comes Where we belong I feel the cold Within m…
Wir sind die Nacht Wir sind die Nacht. Wir sind die Nacht. Wir sind die Nacht. …
Worlds Collide When dreams will fade And eyes will shape When sounds will…
Worlds Collide (demo version) When dreams will fade And eyes will shape When sounds will b…
XRDS You had demons help that night You stopped my heart You ke…
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LASHINGS UK
never heard this... nice!