Covenant (Morbid Angel album)
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- This is about the album by Morbid Angel. For other albums titled Covenant see Covenant (album).
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| Studio album by Morbid Angel | ||
| Released | June 22, 1993 | |
| Recorded | 1992-1993 | |
| Genre | Death metal | |
| Length | 41:12 | |
| Label | Earache Records Giant Records |
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| Producer(s) | Morbid Angel Flemming Rasmussen |
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| Morbid Angel chronology | ||
| Abominations of Desolation (1991) |
Covenant (1993) |
Domination (1995) |
Covenant is the third official full-length album by death metal band Morbid Angel. It was released on June 22, 1993. Often cited as the band's best work, this album represented Morbid Angel's first foray into the "mainstream", being signed onto Giant Records and having the music video for "God of Emptiness" shown on Beavis and Butt-head. The style is more akin to the slower drawlings of the previous album Blessed are the Sick, but darker and more disturbing in approach.
Much of the lyrics, written by David Vincent, could be considered Morbid Angel's most evil and Satanic.
According to Nielsen Soundscan, Covenant is one the bestselling death metal albums of all time, with sales of over 127,000[1].
[edit] Track listing
- "Rapture" (Trey Azagthoth, David Vincent) – 4:18
- "Pain Divine" (Azagthoth, Vincent) – 3:58
- "World of Shit (The Promised Land)" (Azagthoth, Vincent) – 3:20
- "Vengeance Is Mine" (Azagthoth, Vincent) – 3:15
- "Lion's Den" (Vincent) – 4:45
- "Blood on My Hands" (Azagthoth, Vincent) – 3:43
- "Angel of Disease" (Azagthoth) – 6:15
- "Sworn to the Black" (Azagthoth, Vincent) – 4:01
- "Nar Mattarru" (Azagthoth, Vincent) – 2:06
- "God of Emptiness" (Azagthoth, Vincent) – 5:27
- "I: The Accuser"
- "II: The Tempter"
