Covenant (Morbid Angel album)

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Covenant
Covenant cover
Studio album by Morbid Angel
Released June 22, 1993
Recorded 1992-1993
Genre Death metal
Length 41:12
Label Earache Records
Giant Records
Producer Morbid Angel
Flemming Rasmussen
Professional reviews
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. 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. Some early pressings of the album come with a Parental Advisory logo on the cover, however future pressings of the album removed this.

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 of the bestselling death metal albums of all time, with sales of over 127,000[1].

[edit] Track listing

  1. "Rapture" (Trey Azagthoth, David Vincent) – 4:17
  2. "Pain Divine" (Azagthoth, Vincent) – 3:58
  3. "World of Shit (The Promised Land)" (Azagthoth, Vincent) – 3:20
  4. "Vengeance Is Mine" (Azagthoth, Vincent) – 3:15
  5. "Lion's Den" (Vincent) – 4:45
  6. "Blood on My Hands" (Azagthoth, Vincent) – 3:43
  7. "Angel of Disease" (Azagthoth) – 6:15
  8. "Sworn to the Black" (Azagthoth, Vincent) – 4:01
  9. "Nar Mattaru" (Azagthoth, Vincent) – 2:06
  10. "God of Emptiness" (Azagthoth, Vincent) – 5:27
    • "I: The Accuser"
    • "II: The Tempter"

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