14-02-2011, 13:17
not my thing, but it may be yours
can't say there was anything I really liked, but some of it wasn't terrible
Grade - 1.2
released Feb 8th, 2011
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from the album - Lightbringer - 1.5
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=idT8E0bHn6k
Bio from all music
Covenant is a Swedish electronic band signed to San Francisco's 21st Circuitry Records. Their music is built around deep, droning tones and thundering rhythms that support dark songs focusing on science fictional and cyberpunk themes, such as "Replicant" and "Painamplifier" from Dreams of a Cryotank. The third recorded band to use the name Covenant, they issued The United States of Mind in early 2000.
Album Review from darkwave
Released by Synthetic Symphony/SPV on February 8, the long-awaited album from COVENANT, âModern Ruinâ is the bandâs ninth and probably the one which took the longest in the making. Five years after full-length âSkyshaperâ and the live âIn Transitâ, COVENANTâs comeback is a fulgurating statement of their power of enthrallment on the scene. Hailed three months ago by the well-received single âLightbringerâ (feat. Necro Facility), the album, its deluxe release and the first single stay atop of sales charts and generate an incredible buzz.
Proof to the albumâs success stands the albumâs core of 11 tracks, forced into shape by the bandâs trio: ESKIL SIMONSSON, DANIEL MYER, and JOAKIM MONTELIUS. What âModern Ruinâ does in effect, is similar to fusion cuisine: adding a pinch of darkwave to a broth of electro and future pop. It starts with an engaging intro, homonymous with the album title, and sets an alarming tone to what ensues. And itâs no wonder, since âLightbringerâ (feat. Necro Facility) stirs up next. It is a majestic, athletic track â with a lengthy and elaborate structure that not incidentally, we suppose, proposes a thematic cleansing: from shedding skin to burning down as a sacrifice, the listener is passed through a cleansing curtain that ensures their initiatory novitiate into the album.
âJudge of My Domainâ is an enthralling track of well-directed ignitions and with great dynamics. Just as the ensuing âDynamo Clockâ, that sets off a series of explosions in a musical minefield. Its compelling sound, really sustained and with vocals that keep it cool, âDynamo Clockâ becomes an axis for the album, tilting it until the feeling kicks in like a genuine painkiller. âKairosâ, a short tribute to serenity and momentousness, inspired by the ancient Greek philosophical term that relates to opportune moments as opposed to general time.
âThe Beauty and the Graceâ continues the philosophical pondering with a melancholic, yet at the same time optimistic anthem. A suggestive track, disrupting and setting a cadence, it creates a very subtle crevice in the album. âGet Onâ is motivational, it talks about survival in a cosmogony of new worlds disappearing and forming, just to leave enough room to âWorlds Collideâ, a volcanic song of unusual intensity. âThe Nightâ is an atmospheric track for the club scene, which keeps some mysteries intact, just like the night. âBeat the Noiseâ is generous, Olympic, and complex: it is an unrestrained gush of sound that follows a very danceable pattern.
The last track of the album, âThe Roadâ, thus entitled in tribute to the movie rendition of Cormac McCarthyâs homonymous novel, is an inspiring, electric and very well concerted track. The feeling of devastation of taking an almost eternal walk through a world that ceased to exist in search of physical and emotional warmth is rendered in COVENANTâs track as a sumptuous distant call asunder from a realm that deserted pure emotion and belonging.
The deluxe release of âModern Ruinâ also includes a 5-fold remix of âWir Sind Die Nachtâ plus samples from âIch War Nichtsâ and âWunderâ.
âModern Ruinâ is a fine example of a well designed album, with great musical color and intriguing insights, both poetical and instrumental. A virtuoso example of what todayâs electronica is heading into, âModern Ruinâ sets a trend that we would like to see reduplicated in numerous musical acts to come. Songs from the album, in the making at the time, were performed by COVENANT in their Bucharest concert on April 8, 2010, organized by VIVA MUSIC.
Track Listing
1 Modern Ruin
2 Lightbringer
3 Judge Of My Domain
4 Dynamo Clock
5 Kairos
6 The Beauty And The Grace
7 Get On
8 World's Collide
9 In The Night
10 Bear The Noise
11 The Road
can't say there was anything I really liked, but some of it wasn't terrible
Grade - 1.2
released Feb 8th, 2011
from the album - Lightbringer - 1.5
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=idT8E0bHn6k
Bio from all music
Covenant is a Swedish electronic band signed to San Francisco's 21st Circuitry Records. Their music is built around deep, droning tones and thundering rhythms that support dark songs focusing on science fictional and cyberpunk themes, such as "Replicant" and "Painamplifier" from Dreams of a Cryotank. The third recorded band to use the name Covenant, they issued The United States of Mind in early 2000.
Album Review from darkwave
Released by Synthetic Symphony/SPV on February 8, the long-awaited album from COVENANT, âModern Ruinâ is the bandâs ninth and probably the one which took the longest in the making. Five years after full-length âSkyshaperâ and the live âIn Transitâ, COVENANTâs comeback is a fulgurating statement of their power of enthrallment on the scene. Hailed three months ago by the well-received single âLightbringerâ (feat. Necro Facility), the album, its deluxe release and the first single stay atop of sales charts and generate an incredible buzz.
Proof to the albumâs success stands the albumâs core of 11 tracks, forced into shape by the bandâs trio: ESKIL SIMONSSON, DANIEL MYER, and JOAKIM MONTELIUS. What âModern Ruinâ does in effect, is similar to fusion cuisine: adding a pinch of darkwave to a broth of electro and future pop. It starts with an engaging intro, homonymous with the album title, and sets an alarming tone to what ensues. And itâs no wonder, since âLightbringerâ (feat. Necro Facility) stirs up next. It is a majestic, athletic track â with a lengthy and elaborate structure that not incidentally, we suppose, proposes a thematic cleansing: from shedding skin to burning down as a sacrifice, the listener is passed through a cleansing curtain that ensures their initiatory novitiate into the album.
âJudge of My Domainâ is an enthralling track of well-directed ignitions and with great dynamics. Just as the ensuing âDynamo Clockâ, that sets off a series of explosions in a musical minefield. Its compelling sound, really sustained and with vocals that keep it cool, âDynamo Clockâ becomes an axis for the album, tilting it until the feeling kicks in like a genuine painkiller. âKairosâ, a short tribute to serenity and momentousness, inspired by the ancient Greek philosophical term that relates to opportune moments as opposed to general time.
âThe Beauty and the Graceâ continues the philosophical pondering with a melancholic, yet at the same time optimistic anthem. A suggestive track, disrupting and setting a cadence, it creates a very subtle crevice in the album. âGet Onâ is motivational, it talks about survival in a cosmogony of new worlds disappearing and forming, just to leave enough room to âWorlds Collideâ, a volcanic song of unusual intensity. âThe Nightâ is an atmospheric track for the club scene, which keeps some mysteries intact, just like the night. âBeat the Noiseâ is generous, Olympic, and complex: it is an unrestrained gush of sound that follows a very danceable pattern.
The last track of the album, âThe Roadâ, thus entitled in tribute to the movie rendition of Cormac McCarthyâs homonymous novel, is an inspiring, electric and very well concerted track. The feeling of devastation of taking an almost eternal walk through a world that ceased to exist in search of physical and emotional warmth is rendered in COVENANTâs track as a sumptuous distant call asunder from a realm that deserted pure emotion and belonging.
The deluxe release of âModern Ruinâ also includes a 5-fold remix of âWir Sind Die Nachtâ plus samples from âIch War Nichtsâ and âWunderâ.
âModern Ruinâ is a fine example of a well designed album, with great musical color and intriguing insights, both poetical and instrumental. A virtuoso example of what todayâs electronica is heading into, âModern Ruinâ sets a trend that we would like to see reduplicated in numerous musical acts to come. Songs from the album, in the making at the time, were performed by COVENANT in their Bucharest concert on April 8, 2010, organized by VIVA MUSIC.
Track Listing
1 Modern Ruin
2 Lightbringer
3 Judge Of My Domain
4 Dynamo Clock
5 Kairos
6 The Beauty And The Grace
7 Get On
8 World's Collide
9 In The Night
10 Bear The Noise
11 The Road
