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Morbid Angel - Covenant



8.6 | 716 votes |
Release date: 22 June 1993
Style: Death metal

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01. Rapture
02. Pain Divine
03. World Of Shit (The Promised Land)
04. Vengeance Is Mine
05. The Lion's Den
06. Blood On My Hands
07. Angel Of Disease
08. Sworn To The Black
09. Nar Mattaru
10. God Of Emptiness

Top 20 albums of 1993: 7

Additional info
First death metal album released on a major label (only in USA.)
Some original copies have the Parental Advisory label on the covers but were removed from later releases of the CD.
Released in 2006 as a picture-LP by Painkiller Records, limited to 1000 copies.

Produced by Morbid Angel and Flemming Rasmussen.
Engineered by Tom Morris and Flemming Rasmussen at Morrisound Studios, Tampa, Florida.
Mixed by Flemming Rasmussen at Sweet Silence Studios, Copenhagen, Denmark.

Full Dynamic Range vinyl was on November 4, 2013 through the Earache Records, available in the following quantities and colours:

100 - green (Earache Webstore exclusive) **
200 - clear (Earache Webstore exclusive) **
200 - dark blue with light blue splatter *
300 - clear with black marble *
300 - white with black splatter **
400 - clear with red marble **
1400 - black *
* includes free sticker
** includes free sticker and slipmat

Staff review by
Herzebeth
Rating:
9.6
One of the most important and cherished albums in the band's roster. Covenant has an incredible Aura of supremacy and bereavement along its whole existence. Let me start by saying, Covenant is a work of art, a masterpiece in the Morbid Angel catalog that everyone must have, if not only for the musical greatness also for the conceptual valor this album on its own has.

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published 21.03.2007 | Comments (23)

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24.09.2011 - 19:00
Rating: 9
musicalkaratekid

Not their best, but angel of disease and god of emptiness are godly\m/
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24.09.2011 - 19:13
Angelic Storm
Melodious
Definitely a great album, which only feels like a disappointment as it was unlucky to be the follow up to the absolute classic and one of the greatest death metal albums of all time, "Blessed Are The Sick"! xD
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24.09.2011 - 20:00
Rating: 9
@gent_-_orange

Written by Angelic Storm on 24.09.2011 at 19:13

Definitely a great album, which only feels like a disappointment as it was unlucky to be the follow up to the absolute classic and one of the greatest death metal albums of all time, "Blessed Are The Sick"! xD

Indeed the Blessed is the best album they did, Altars was great but the leap In Maturity and Musicianship as well as a more "Intelligent" style of song writing did it for Blessed. Covenant suffers slightly compared to Blessed but its an excellent album in its own right.
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24.09.2011 - 20:15
Angelic Storm
Melodious
Written by @gent_-_orange on 24.09.2011 at 20:00
Indeed the Blessed is the best album they did, Altars was great but the leap In Maturity and Musicianship as well as a more "Intelligent" style of song writing did it for Blessed. Covenant suffers slightly compared to Blessed but its an excellent album in its own right.


That is exactly how I feel about the first 3 albums too. Altars... was a fantastic debut, and at the time of it's release must have been a breath of fresh (or putrid, if you want to call it that! ) air for the metal scene. "Covenant" is a really great album, and the fact it's actually weaker than it's predecessor, only highlights how amazing that album actually is. "Blessed Are The Sick" is one of those rare albums that transcends being just a "great album", there's a majesty about it, an almost ethereal presence within it's sound and songs that makes it very special. To me, it's not merely one of the all time classics of death metal, but of all metal and music in general. Truly a masterpiece in every sense of the word. xD
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09.09.2012 - 21:41
dinualin94
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Epic Album
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11.02.2013 - 19:27
nille

One of the best and highest quality death metal albums I have ever heard.
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17.11.2013 - 03:03
Rating: 9
TrollandDie

If indeed a rapture does ever occur, this album should be the soundtrack to armageddon
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31.01.2015 - 06:03
Mattybu

Other than Angel of Disease, which sounds totally out of place amongst the rest of the songs on here, this is a really great death metal album. No idea what the deal with that song is though. But even if it weren't on the album I still think Altars is probably better as far as Morbid Angel goes.
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30.06.2017 - 05:46
Maco
Pvt Funderground
Listening to Sonne Adam made me appreciate God Of Emptiness more. Great finale for an album.
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30.06.2017 - 05:57
Marcel Hubregtse
Grumpy Old Fuck
Sonne Adam
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30.06.2017 - 06:33
Maco
Pvt Funderground
Written by Marcel Hubregtse on 30.06.2017 at 05:57

Sonne Adam


You're the expert , gimme more stuff like Sonne Adam pleaaaaaseeeee
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Crackhead Megadeth reigns supreme.
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30.06.2017 - 14:51
Rating: 7
X-Ray Rod
Skandino
You both forced me to listen to Transformation after a long time. Man, the main riff on the chorus of "We Who Worship The Black" never gets old. What a morbid riff.
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Written by BloodTears on 19.08.2011 at 18:29
Like you could kiss my ass
Written by Milena on 20.06.2012 at 10:49
Rod, let me love you.
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30.06.2017 - 23:35
VIG
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I'm gonna have to check that out^
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17.10.2020 - 12:30
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Tage Westerlund
One funny album, great artwork, and if you judge song God of Emptiness it has death/doom touch , I like that song and video. Maybe only think what I like from this band actually, I can say its on my play list sometimes.
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11.06.2021 - 16:08
Rating: 9
nonZero

Light-years better than Altars of Madness and Blessed are the Sick IMO.
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23.09.2022 - 04:35
Rating: 5
Nate612

I absolutely hate the sound of the guitar on this
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