Covenant
Covenant is the third studio album by American death metal band Morbid Angel, following Altars of Madness and Blessed Are the Sick, and ahead of Domination in 1995. It came out on 22 June 1993 on Giant, the label deal that put the band in front of a much wider audience than before.
That exposure mattered. The album was shown widely on MTV's Headbangers Ball, and the video for "God of Emptiness" turned up on Beavis and Butt-head, which helped make this their breakthrough. It went on to sell over 150,000 copies in the United States, making it the best-selling death metal album as of 2003. It is often ranked among the genre's finest records, and bands such as Mithras, Portal and Dead Congregation have drawn on it. Rolling Stone placed it 75th in its 2017 list of the best metal albums. If you want to hear where death metal's reach grew, start here.
Covenant: tracklist and credits
10 tracks · 41:05Tracklist
- 1RaptureTrey Azagthoth and David Vincent4:17
- 2Pain DivineTrey Azagthoth and David Vincent3:57
- 3World of Shit (The Promised Land)Trey Azagthoth and David Vincent3:20
- 4Vengeance Is MineTrey Azagthoth and David Vincent3:15
- 5The Lions DenDavid Vincent4:45
- 6Blood on My HandsTrey Azagthoth and David Vincent3:43
- 7Angel of DiseaseTrey Azagthoth6:15
- 8Sworn to the BlackTrey Azagthoth and David Vincent4:01
- 9Nar MattaruTrey Azagthoth2:06
- 10God of EmptinessTrey Azagthoth and David Vincent5:26
- Produced by
- Morbid Angel, Flemming Rasmussen
- Recorded at
- Morrisound Recording, Tampa
- Mixed by
- Flemming Rasmussen
- Mixed at
- Sweet Silence Studios
- Engineered by
- Tom Morris, Flemming Rasmussen
- Labels
- Giant, Earache (UK)
- Length
- 41:05
Line-up
- Trey Azagthoth · electric guitar, keyboard
- Pete Sandoval · drums (drum set)
- David Vincent · electric bass guitar, lead vocals
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| Source | Date | Note |
|---|---|---|
| MusicBrainz | 22 June 1993 | |
| Wikipedia infobox | 1 June 1993 | |
| Wikidata | 22 June 1993 | |
| US release | 22 June 1993 | earliest US date |
| UK / Europe release | 22 June 1993 | earliest UK or European date |
19 editions
| Date | Country | Label | Barcode | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | GB | Earache Records | 5018615108146 | other |
| — | US | Giant | 075992450423 | other |
| 1993 | US | Giant | 075992450447 | other |
| 1993 | GB | Earache Records | 5018615108115 | other |
| 1993 | CA | Giant | 075992450423 | other |
| 22 June 1993 | GB | Earache Records | 5018615108146 | original |
| 22 June 1993 | US | Giant | 075992450423 | original |
| July 1993 | AU | Modern Invasion Music | 9317507731421 | other |
| 1994 | BR | Rock Brigade Records | other | |
| 21 October 1995 | JP | Victor | 4988002325832 | other |
| 2000 | PL | KOCH International | 5018615108122 | other |
| 2006 | AR | Icarus Music | other | |
| 2006 | BE | Painkiller Records | other | |
| 23 July 2008 | JP | Victor | 4988002550333 | other |
| 2011 | GB | Earache Records | 5055006508130 | other |
| 4 November 2013 | GB | Earache Records | 5055006508192 | other |
| 8 September 2017 | XE | Earache Records | 5055006508161 | other |
| 2018 | GB | Earache Records | 5055006508178 | other |
| 30 April 2026 | GB | Earache Records | other |
Cover art sources
coverartarchive · native: native 2760x2760
| Source | Size | Verdict |
|---|---|---|
| coverartarchive ✓ | 2760×2760 | native: native 2760x2760 |
| deezer | 1800×1800 | native |
| fanarttv | 1000×1000 | upscaled |