Customer Reviews

In Times Before the Light

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once again, Nagash (or lex icon as i say) destroyed one of my most all-time favorite release of this album.

i HAVE the original version and i love it....until then he screwed this remix (or reissued?) up. they need to get rid of that lady from COF, i don't like her. this album sounds so corny, it's not even funny. they removed the darkest parts of all the songs anr replaced it with gay BOUNCY BEAT keyboards.

if you want the original version, you better try hard, cuz i'm not sure if you can still find it. you'll most likely find this crap in stores. but get the original version. it's way better, believe me

As we all know, this release of "In Times Before The Light" is a re-issued version of the original recording. The original version of this album is incredible. I am lucky enough to own a copy. The reason they re-issued the album is because they shared the same name as a band from Sweden. Beacuase of this they were forced to change their name to The Kovenant. After the name changed, unfortunately so did the bands sound. This not being a good change at all. If you do ever get to hear / own a copy of the original Black Metal version, listen to that rather than this. As another reviewer stated, the whole atmoshpere of the original recording has been lost. The album doesn't feel the same.

The samples are WRONG, they are from the 2002 "remix" album!(their worst album)This re-release includes the 1994 demo "from the storm of shadows" as bonus content. This is an essential album in your nineties Black metal collection!

I stumbled across this band largely by accident, and am a fan of the genre. On the whole, the album is generally good. So why the low marks? The songs are well constructed on this album and the guitar work is generally less redundant than that of the band's more recent releases. The feature to this album though is indefinately the eerie aura that the infectious keyboard melodies contribute to the album. While the album is well constructed its achilles heel is the production. Specifically the guitar and drums. What happened? The beat is great and the guitars are searing, however, the mix on this album is extremely poor and the guitar and drums sound as though they are constantly playing through transistor radio. Parting shot, the album is well written and the songs are good but the poor production makes the album seem lack luster and somewhat disappointing.

This listing does not tell you that this version is totally remixed. It's still a good album if you like black metal and some industrial effects added in. The ORIGINAL version IS BETTER!

Don't even bother with reisues of this album. It is not metal. It is industrial. If you like industrial then you will really like this album. If you're looking for one of the greatest black metal albums ever, search a record store in Norway. This isn't it.

As Lex Icon says in the liner, "This album is not representative for the music we do today but its a good way to experience the band in its dark adolescence." Its a good cd on its own. Just don't expect another Animatronics or you might be disappointed. It stands on its own.

This is a remake of the first Kovenant (or Covenant as they were called back then) album.
This album .... Plain and simple. The first version was a true black metal album and this version is not. I thought that Lex Icon and the other were smarter than to destroy the only good kovenant (or Covenant) album .

Now this is not a new release from this band as it was originaly to be released in 1997. However, this CD was deffinately worth the wait! The first song totally blew me away! The keyboards and the extreme guitars, with furious drums take the listener to a place you would wish that gothic anarchey would rule. Now I'm a(self proclaimed) Goth that listens to anything dark, ranging from Goth, deathrock, horror punk, industrial, ambiance, ethereal, classical, blackmetal, deathmetal, and even acoustic dark satire. Now there are a handful of Black Metal and Deathmetal that I think are absolutly brillient song writters and Kovenant is definatly one of them. This album is not to be missed. Just sit back, put on your old taped reruns of the beetlejuice cartoon, stick this disc in your CD player, invite your frinds and prepare to rip your house to shreds....