Covenant

Morbid Angel | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 22, 1993)
• Original Release Date: June 22, 1993
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Giant Records / Wea
• ASIN: B000002L1F
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (73 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,738 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #19 in Music > Hard Rock & Metal > Death Metal
  • #53 in Music > Hard Rock & Metal > Thrash & Speed Metal

Editorial Reviews

Digitally remastered edition of this 1993 album from the Death Metal outfit. Since its release nearly two decades ago, Covenant has been cited as the band's finest release. Not only that, according to Nielsen Soundscan, Covenant is one of the best selling Death Metal album of all time!. Earache. --This text refers to an alternate Audio CD edition.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars ONE OF THE BEST ALBUMS IN TH HISTORY OF METAL!!!, February 3, 2001

A Kid's Review

This review is from: Covenant (Audio CD)

this is by far,morbid angel's best album! very high qaulity death metal with a very slight black metal edge

9 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Morbid Angel's 3rd classic album., August 30, 2002

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Sean (Lakeland, Fl.) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Covenant (Audio CD)

Ok, so we are past "Altars Of Madness"; Classic. Then comes "Blessed Are The Sick"; ditto on that as well. Now we are up to "Covenant". Morbid Angel has always been one of the leading Floridian Death Metal bands, even today with the Death Metal genre is not as popular as it was in the early 90's. It starts off with pulverizing "Rapture" and ends with the slow, doom-like "God Of Emptiness". And in between is a whole lot of hell! This is what Death metal is supposed to be; an artform. A fuastian pact for more knowledge or things, speaking of which, you could say that Morbid Angel made the whole faustian pact buy signing on to a major record company. Did that contract water-down their music? Hell-no it didn't...it only made Morbid Angel whip-out some classic Death Metal in every word. David Vincent leads the hellish pack with his inhuman-vocals. In some parts he sounds just like Satan himself. His bass sound is very listenable in some parts. Trey Azagtoth is the master of guitar in all ways. One of the most prolific guitarists today. And then the grand-daddy of all drummers, Pete Sandoval. No words describe his barrage of all-out assault of double bass and blast beats. If you don't believe me, listen to the 5-second double-bass solo in "The Lion's Den". It sounds like a .50 Caliber machine going off past your ear. Other song highlights are the old-school Destruction-styled "Angel Of Disease", the infernal "Sworn To Black", and again the classic "God Of Emptiness". This album is one of my all-time favorite Death Metal album along with Death's "Scream Bloody Gore" and Cryptopsy's "None So Vile".

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Death Metal at it's best, June 24, 2002

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Osculum (Oceanside, CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Covenant (Audio CD)

Personally, I find this closer to black metal than death metal, but whatever you want to call it, it's supreme in it's genre. Blessed Are The Sick, and Altars of Madness also rule, but this one is my favorite and is very technical. It's faster, more consistant, and better produced than BATS, and it has ANGEL OF DISEASE (this little ditty reminds me of a punk rock song in some parts)! OK, maybe that one's not my favorite song or anything, but it's cool.

I think they went a little downhill after this, so IMO this is the pinnacle of MA's career, and isn't laughable like so many poser bands out there. So if you want extreme, ... agression, look no further than Covenant. If you aren't into real metal, stay away.