Morbid Angel - Covenant review
| Band: | Morbid Angel |
| Album: | Covenant |
| Style: | Death metal |
| Release date: | June 22, 1993 |
| A review by: | Herzebeth |
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
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.
Covenant has just amazing production and artwork, the sound was the best in Morbid Angel's history, it's incredibly loud and clear. The artwork is quite astonishing and blasphemous as always; the cover is quite direct and goes straight to what the album wants to transmit, and even in the serigraphy of the disc they drowned the audience in evil concepts (there's a picture of the "baptism" where you can see a guy on his knees kissing the devil in his "you know where")
The album opener is "Rapture" an orgy of hard but catchy riffs, incredible drumming and amazing solos; this one gets the prize of lyrical content, just read this lines "Confront me unholy ones, Bastard saints scorn of the earth, I summon thee now poison me, Death under will burn in my soul." Well, this is only the first paragraph of the song, now imagine how the rest goes, there's no doubt why Morbid Angel earned their "lyrical gods" stamp with this album. Then we have "God Of Emptiness" a dialogue between "The Accuser" and "The Tempter" it's a really crushing song, a "classic" in better words; this one is maybe not as brutal as the rest of the tracks, but the impact of the lyrics and the intensity of its intro ("Nar Mattaru") is just freaking overwhelming.
Anyway, this album is truly one of Morbid Angel's Best works; you already have this on your shelves I'm sure...if not, you're a poser or you seriously need to buy "Covenant" before someone notices this absence.
Best Tracks: "Rapture", "Sworn To The Black", "God Of Emptiness"
Rating breakdown
| Performance: | 10 |
| Songwriting: | 10 |
| Originality: | 9 |
| Production: | 9 |
Written by Herzebeth | 21.03.2007
Comments
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| Katatronik Angel of Lust Posts: 1018  |
One of their best ever, definitely! God of Emptiness is a masterpiece IMO!
---- "The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown." Howard Phillips Lovecraft
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| Paganblood The Aryaputra Posts: 1194  |
Yes, I already have this and most of Morbid angel albums with me! good review for a good album. 
---- that which shines without names and forms...
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| Sunioj Posts: 3894  |
THE best ever, I enjoy every track off this album...Trey Azgthoth slays in this release.
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| Dangerboner Lactation Cnslt Posts: 7262  |
This is one of my favorite death metal albums ever. Rapture and Blood On My Hands are my favorite songs, but I also really enjoy Angel of Disease. Trey is the man. 
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| __Az__ Posts: 859  |
Id agree, this is probably the best Morbid Angel album Ive heard so far.. I agree with the review, every track in this album speaks for itself. Its an amazing album, and one that definately deserves to be in every death metal fans collection...
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| Syk myspace/bonerama Posts: 1504  |
Wow, I bought this a couple days ago and just listened to it, was kinda disappointed. Most people to whom I usually have similar taste rated it 9 or 10, but only The Lion's Den stood out to me. Also thought the production was a bit off... I'd give it an 8 - 8.5 - it doesn't hit me like Legion, Heartwork or End Complete/World Demise do edit 5 years later - rating for this is around the same yet my impression of the album is a tiny bit higher... I generally don't rate stuff so highly anymore. World Demise should be removed from my old last sentence, and "/ stick with" should immediately follow "hit" ...and Lion's Den has fallen to tracks 7 & 8 (and perhaps 9 & 10... it's still hard to choose any over anything else, apart from songs 2-4 - World is the most boring of 'em all... though every now & then, I like what little melody it does have)
---- death ? thrash ? death/doom/prog ? Hail Zoldon! he's not the kind you have to [url=../bands/album.php?album_id=28982]wind up[/url] on Sundays
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| theflyingmachine Posts: 499  |
Written by Syk on 27.10.2007 at 08:16 I actually think the production is decent, and better than probably 90% of death metal albums. Try giving Blood on my hands, Sworn to the black, and Angel of disease another spin.
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| Syk myspace/bonerama Posts: 1504 |
Written by theflyingmachine on 02.11.2007 at 04:17 Yeah, Angel of Disease is my second favourite but the writing (musically speaking - lyrics are something else) feels lower quality than what's on the earlier releases. There's nothing as striking as Evil Spells, Abominations etc
---- death ? thrash ? death/doom/prog ? Hail Zoldon! he's not the kind you have to [url=../bands/album.php?album_id=28982]wind up[/url] on Sundays
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| Deadmeat Necrobutcher Posts: 2437  |
Written by [user id=26806] on 17.03.2008 at 16:45 Because the production is something very important but when you hear that album the production is the last thing you'll notice. Basically you can't notice anything, your brain is cut in pieces...
---- Υou've sold your human essence to the cold world of dead and empty things... You're SOLD!
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| Uirapuru Liver Failure Posts: 2955  |
Good album. Angel of Disease is the best song.
----  ---- member of the true crusade against old school heavy metal, early 80s thrash, NWOBHM, traditional doom, first and second wave black metal, old school death metal, US power metal, 70s prog rock and atmospheric doomsludgestoner. o/
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| wormdrink414 Elite Posts: 1295  |
This album has some of my favorite riffs of all time. Most of them are a bit slow by today's standards but that obviously shouldn't matter.
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| @gent_-_orange Posts: 905  |
I love this album but i cant help but feel "Angel of Disease" should be taken off the album, for me it just seems so out of place when played with the rest of the album.
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| BitterCOld The Ancient One Admin Posts: 15287  |
Written by @gent_-_orange on 08.01.2011 at 02:53 agree 100%. it's horribly, uh, pleasant and totally awkward compared to the rest of the album. it's almost the "pop" old school death metal plan in action.
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| @gent_-_orange Posts: 905 |
Written by BitterCOld on 08.01.2011 at 09:30 I thought i was alone on that lol . Had the song been on Altars of Madness it would have made more sense IMO (Aparrently it was recorded years earlier) , I like the song but most of the time i end up skipping it because it is so out of place compared to the rest of the songs.
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| Angelic Storm Melodious Posts: 6675  |
Woah, its been a looong time since Ive heard this one!  I think its a good little album, although its definitely weaker to me than it's predecessor "Blessed Are The Sick".
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| Richard Elite Posts: 4862  |
Written by @gent_-_orange on 08.01.2011 at 13:38 The original version of Angel of Disease can be heard on 'Abominations of Desolation', recorded back in 1986! It's certainly catchy but IMO that's not a bad thing - Morbid Angel have shown a strong sense of catchiness and groove throughout their career, along with the more brutal stuff. The song is still totally Morbid Angel sounding.. Part of their appeal is their diversity.
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| @gent_-_orange Posts: 905 |
Written by Richard on 10.01.2011 at 04:21 Yeh i agree with that dont get me wrong, But it is mostly the production of that song that does it for me it just sticks out like a sore thumb and it really messes with the flow of the album ..... still though i like the song, But i still think that the album would be better off without it and IMO it should have been on Altars of Madness
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