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There is more than one known artist who once went under the name Covenant:
1. Swedish electronic act Covenant was started by a group of friends in Helsingborg in western Sweden. Eskil Simonsson, Joakim Montelius, and Clas Nachmanson inspired by bands like Kraftwerk, The Human League, and by EBM pioneers Front 242 and Nitzer Ebb.
In university life in Lund southeast of Helsingborg hey assembled a small recording studio in Nachmanson’s bedroom and began to experiment with their own musical compositions. In 1989, the name “Covenant” was selected for the group, the name derived from the spiritual bond the trio professes to share.
Their first publicly-released track “The Replicant”, was made by invitation of Swedish record label Memento Materia and released on a compilation album in 1992 The track thrilled label executives prompting them to ask for a full album. In 1994, the group compiled enough songs to release the album, which became Dreams Of A Cryotank. It was well received by critics and fans alike, and with its success they decided to take their musical efforts more seriously, upgrading and adding more equipment, relocating their studio, and committed to tour.
In 1995, Covenant performed at a festival in Germany on request of Off-Beat Records. The band impressed Off-Beat’s A&R representative, who signed them to a record deal the following day leading up to 1996’s Sequencer.
San Francisco-based record label 21st Circuitry agreed to distribute Covenant’s albums in the United States, expanding the band’s reach and Covenant recorded the Theremin EP in 1997 specifically for an American release and began touring throughout the US and Canada.
1. Swedish electronic act Covenant was started by a group of friends in Helsingborg in western Sweden. Eskil Simonsson, Joakim Montelius, and Clas Nachmanson inspired by bands like Kraftwerk, The Human League, and by EBM pioneers Front 242 and Nitzer Ebb.
In university life in Lund southeast of Helsingborg hey assembled a small recording studio in Nachmanson’s bedroom and began to experiment with their own musical compositions. In 1989, the name “Covenant” was selected for the group, the name derived from the spiritual bond the trio professes to share.
Their first publicly-released track “The Replicant”, was made by invitation of Swedish record label Memento Materia and released on a compilation album in 1992 The track thrilled label executives prompting them to ask for a full album. In 1994, the group compiled enough songs to release the album, which became Dreams Of A Cryotank. It was well received by critics and fans alike, and with its success they decided to take their musical efforts more seriously, upgrading and adding more equipment, relocating their studio, and committed to tour.
In 1995, Covenant performed at a festival in Germany on request of Off-Beat Records. The band impressed Off-Beat’s A&R representative, who signed them to a record deal the following day leading up to 1996’s Sequencer.
San Francisco-based record label 21st Circuitry agreed to distribute Covenant’s albums in the United States, expanding the band’s reach and Covenant recorded the Theremin EP in 1997 specifically for an American release and began touring throughout the US and Canada.
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Squishi_ wrote:
why are all their songs on the lastfm radio live?
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goodW1N wrote:
ссаные блэкеры, пошли в жопу. Шведы вперёд!
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LiamEBM wrote:
Not gonna lie, didn't like Modern Ruin.
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InterceptorZero wrote:
v HAH!
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limpicatto wrote:
Also, as far as I know, the keyboardist of Apoptygma Berzerk was in The Kovenant.
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skalberg242 wrote:
Black metal Covenant for the loss. I remember reading an interview with Nagash (frontman of the norwegian Covenant/The Kovenant) about their change of name back in the late 90's. He said something like "yeah fuck we had to change the name because of some swedish gay synthpop band". That was funny, because I've always thought that early swedish Covenant (Cryotank and Sequencer) was both way darker and harder than the norwegian band ever was (and of course a lot better too). And Eskil and his bandmates dressed like elegant men while the norwegian counterpart wore make-up and womens clothing. Sorry, I'm drunk (early on a monday morning of all things) so I'm rambling...
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skinnydrifter wrote:
Thats black metal The Kovenant... I could do with a new album by the real Covenant right about now!
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Fatroll wrote:
Black metal Covenant FTW !
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skalberg242 wrote:
Fail against my domination, learn the sweetness of my mercy, guide my reckless steel, make me feel, or fix my speed!
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gothic-and-more wrote:
in this week's update: 5 new bands moved into gothic top list, 3 dropped out, and the analysis covers now >1590 bands; and ... Covenant moved out of the top12 list, read more: http://www.last.fm/user/gothic-and-more/journal
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Gloritron wrote:
¡¡¡vengan a México!!!
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InterceptorZero wrote:
v Already did "Northern Light".
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alin1 wrote:
@InterceptorZero: Try also "Monochrome" and "Call The Ships To Port" from Northern Light.
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alin1 wrote:
Amazing band!
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InterceptorZero wrote:
Listening to Modern Ruin now, I like how "Lightbringer" has an 'arctic' feel to it, which isn't something I get a lot from this genre.
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DEVANGELOU wrote:
I am a happy man
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gothic-and-more wrote:
Hello, from >800 bands, 10 are characteristic for gothic last.fm groups, and... Covenant are in the top10, see others at: http://www.last.fm/user/gothic-and-more/journal
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Demon_Aosoth wrote:
In times before the light! The best ever!
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Exizz wrote:
like it
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Hrodebert wrote:
go film!
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ICD10-F52, COVENA, NimRato34 and 3 other people added Covenant to their libraries. 1 hour ago
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justareggae tagged Covenant with futurepop and ebm. Tuesday evening
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SrBonares added Covenant to the lineup of Covenant at Sala Heineken. last week
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qdes wrote about Covenant in Best of 2011. last week
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