Skyshaper

Skyshaper
Studio album by Covenant
Released March 2006
Genre Synthpop, Futurepop
Length 53:21
Label Metropolis
Covenant chronology

Northern Light
(2002)		 Skyshaper
(2006)		 Modern Ruin
(2011)
Singles from Skyshaper
  1. "Brave New World"
    Released: 10 Oct 2006[1]
  2. "Ritual Noise"
    Released: 20 Jan 2006[2]
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [3]

Skyshaper is Covenant's sixth studio album. It was released in Europe by Synthetic Symphony / SPV on 2006 March 3 and in the United States by Metropolis Records on 2006 March 7.

"Ritual Noise" was the album's first single, and the song "20 Hz" was featured in the 2005 video game Project Gotham Racing 3.

The band took 14 months to record this album. According to Covenant band member Joakim Montelius, the band went through 150 revisions of their song "Brave New World", and also numerous revisions of several other songs on Skyshaper.[4]

Track listing

No. Title Length
1. "Ritual Noise"   7:18
2. "Pulse"   6:04
3. "Happy Man"   2:46
4. "Brave New World"   5:24
5. "The Men"   3:17
6. "Sweet & Salty"   6:10
7. "Greater Than the Sun"   5:09
8. "20 Hz"   5:09
9. "Spindrift"   7:00
10. "The World is Growing Loud"   4:57

Chart positions

Chart (2006) Peak position
German Albums (Official Top 100)[5] 44

References

  1. ↑ "Brave New World CD single at Discogs". Retrieved 30 July 2012.
  2. ↑ "Ritual Noise CD single at Discogs". Retrieved 30 July 2012.
  3. ↑ "Allmusic review".
  4. ↑ Uhlenbruch, J. "Niggels" (25 January 2006). "Covenant - January 2006 Pt. I". Reflections of Darkness music magazine. Retrieved 30 July 2012.
  5. ↑ "Covenant – Skyshaper". Officialcharts.de. GfK Entertainment. Retrieved April 2, 2014.