The Kovenant
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The Kovenant in 2010
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| Background information | |
| Also known as | Covenant |
| Origin | Hamar, Kingdom of Norway |
| Genres | Black metal, cyber metal, industrial metal, symphonic black metal (early) |
| Years active | 1993−1999 (as Covenant) 1999−present (as The Kovenant) |
| Labels | Mordgrimm, Nuclear Blast, Hammerheart, Head Not Found |
| Associated acts | Apoptygma Berzerk, Arcturus, Cradle of Filth, Dimmu Borgir, Mayhem, Ram-Zet, Troll, Carpe Tenebrum |
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| Past members | (see below) |
The Kovenant is a Norwegian black metal band from Hamar. The band originally formed as Covenant in 1993, but in 1999 were forced to change their name to The Kovenant due to a dispute with a Swedish electronic band of the same name.
The band was formed as Covenant in 1993 by two black metal artists known as Nagash and Blackheart. They both met when Blackheart decided to help Nagash with his one-man project Troll. No one seemed to pay attention to them after releasing a demo titled From the Storm of Shadows, but finally a record label, Mordgrimm, took notice of them and released their first album In Times Before the Light in 1997. This album was recorded two years prior in 1995 and established them a fan base in Norway. It sounds similar to Dimmu Borgir's first opus For All Tid. Indeed, Nagash is a long-time friend to the lead vocalist of Dimmu Borgir, Shagrath.
Covenant signed with Nuclear Blast, a major German label dedicated to the hard rock scene, in 1998 and recruited four other members to form an actual band. These people were Astennu (of Dimmu Borgir, Carpe Tenebrum), Sverd (of Arcturus), Sarah Jezebel Deva (of Cradle of Filth and others), and Hellhammer (of Mayhem and others). With these new recruits, they released their second album, Nexus Polaris, which was hugely successful (mainly thanks to Nuclear Blast's promotions) and is largely considered their best album to date by fans. The album also resulted in the band getting a Norwegian Grammy for Best Hard Rock Band and led to Nagash leaving Dimmu Borgir (for which he played bass) in order to concentrate fully on The Kovenant.
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