Country	Norway
Years active	1992 - present
Genres	Black Metal, Industrial Metal
Labels	Nuclear Blast
Members	Stian Arnesen Amund Svensson

The Kovenant is a Norwegian band which has evolved from symphonic black metal to industrial metal on more recent albums. The band was originally known as Covenant, but due to a dispute with a Swedish electro band that shared the same name (see Covenant), it was later changed to The Kovenant. Image File history File linksMetadata Kovenant_logo. ... Image File history File links The_Kovenant. ... 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ... A music genre is a category (or genre) of pieces of music that share a certain style or basic musical language (van der Merwe 1989, p. ... This article is about the musical genre. ... Industrial metal is a musical genre which draws elements from industrial music and heavy metal music. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Nuclear Blast is an independent record label and mail order record distributor with subsidiaries in Germany, the United States and Brazil. ... Stian Arnesen aka Nagash or Lex Icon is a Norwegian black metal musician. ... Symphonic black metal has the same components as melodic black metal but a lot more orchestral pieces, mostly during the entire length of the song, mixed with the black metal element. ... Industrial metal is a musical genre which draws elements from industrial music and heavy metal music. ... The members of Covenant. ...

Biography

The Kovenant (who at this point in time were known as Covenant) was formed 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 created when they were both young and established them a fan base in Norway. 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ... This article is about the musical genre. ... Stian Arnesen aka Nagash or Lex Icon is a Norwegian black metal musician. ... Troll was founded by Nagash Blackheart, formerly of Dimmu Borgir. ... In Times Before the Light is the first album from Norweigan black metal band, The Kovenant, and was released in 1997 through Mordgrimm. ... 1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

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. Nuclear Blast is an independent record label and mail order record distributor with subsidiaries in Germany, the United States and Brazil. ... 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... Dimmu Borgir ( (help·info); pronounced Di-moo bore-gear) is a Symphonic/Melodic Black Metal band from Norway. ... Carpe Tenebrum (Seize the darkness in Latin) is the Black/Death Metal soloproject of the former Dimmu Borgir and Covenant guitarist Jamie Stinson, better known as Astennu. ... Steinar Sverd Johnsen is a Norwegian piano/keyboard/synthesizer player and composer. ... Arcturus (α Boo / α Boötis / Alpha Boötis) is the brightest star in the constellation Boötes, and the third brightest star in the night sky, with a visual magnitude of −0. ... Sarah Jezebel Deva ( born February 25 , 1977 in Forest Gate , East London , England) is a backing vocalist in Cradle of Filth. ... Cradle of Filth is a heavy metal band formed in Suffolk, England in 1991. ... Biography Hellhammer Jan Axel von Blomberg, also known by his stage name Hellhammer, is a black and avantgarde metal drummer from Oslo, Norway. ... Mayhem is an influential black metal band formed in 1981 in Oslo, Norway. ... Nexus Polaris is the sophmore album of Norweigan black metal band, The Kovenant, and was released in 1998 through Nuclear Blast. ... Nuclear Blast is an independent record label and mail order record distributor with subsidiaries in Germany, the United States and Brazil. ... Grammy Award statuette The Grammy Awards, presented by the Recording Academy (an association of Americans professionally involved in the recorded music industry) for outstanding achievements in the recording industry, is one of four major music awards shows held annually in the United States (the Billboard Music Awards, the American Music... Dimmu Borgir ( (help·info); pronounced Di-moo bore-gear) is a Symphonic/Melodic Black Metal band from Norway. ...

After the release of Nexus Polaris, Sverd, Astennu, and Sarah were fired for what Lex has said to be "various reasons" in several interviews. Only Hellhammer remained. The band then found themselves being sued by Swedish EBM band, Covenant (of the same name). The Swedish band argued that they owned the name "Covenant" as they had been known as Covenant before Nagash and Blackheart formed their band. Consequentially, they were forced to change their name to The Covenant. Unfortunately, simply adding "The" in front of the name would not suffice, because a Dutch heavy metal band had been named The Covenant since 1988. So they added "The" and replaced the "C" with a "K" to avoid any future confusions, leading to them simply being known as "The Kovenant". EBM can be an acronym for: electronic body music evidence-based medicine Everybody But Microsoft - A virtual group that acts as a competitor to Microsoft and its partners. ... The members of Covenant. ... Heavy metal is a form of rock music characterized by aggressive, driving rhythms and highly amplified distorted guitars, generally with grandiose lyrics and virtuosic instrumentation. ...

In 1999, The Kovenant recorded and released Animatronic, which portrayed a stylistic change from symphonic black metal to industrial metal (although some people prefer to categorize it as cyber metal, space metal or Avant Garde metal -- all of which suggest a progressive influence). Soon the band changed their individual stage names to suit their new direction: Nagash became "Lex Icon", Blackheart became "Psy Coma", and Hellhammer became "Von Blomberg". The new album also afforded them another Norwegian Grammy and they gained a new member, Angel, while touring the USA. Although the new sound was frowned upon by some more traditional black metal listeners, the music also inspired other bands such as Black Nocturnal Darkness on their 2002 Xenobite-album. 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... Animatronic is the third album from Norweigan black metal band, The Kovenant, and was released in 1999 through Nuclear Blast. ... Symphonic black metal has the same components as melodic black metal but a lot more orchestral pieces, mostly during the entire length of the song, mixed with the black metal element. ... Industrial metal is a musical genre which draws elements from industrial music and heavy metal music. ... Industrial metal is a musical genre which draws elements from industrial music and heavy metal music. ... Avant garde metal, sometimes called experimental, is a cross-genre reference to metal bands characterized by large amounts of experimentation and by non-standard sounds, instruments, and song structures. ... Grammy Award statuette The Grammy Awards, presented by the Recording Academy (an association of Americans professionally involved in the recorded music industry) for outstanding achievements in the recording industry, is one of four major music awards shows held annually in the United States (the Billboard Music Awards, the American Music...

After the Animatronic tour, Lex and Psy took a break and decided to re-record In Times Before the Light. But Nuclear Blast wanted nothing to do with the album, so they changed labels and released it through Hammerheart Records. A re-release of Nexus Polaris took place as well during 2002. Animatronic is the third album from Norweigan black metal band, The Kovenant, and was released in 1999 through Nuclear Blast. ... In Times Before the Light is the first album from Norweigan black metal band, The Kovenant, and was released in 1997 through Mordgrimm. ... Nuclear Blast is an independent record label and mail order record distributor with subsidiaries in Germany, the United States and Brazil. ... Nexus Polaris is the sophmore album of Norweigan black metal band, The Kovenant, and was released in 1998 through Nuclear Blast. ... For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ...

In 2002, the band found themselves back in the studio, recording S.E.T.I., their fourth album. Von Blomberg decided to do more touring and left the band to handle other projects. Two new members were recruited: Küth (of Ram-Zet) on drums and Brat (of Apoptygma Berzerk) on keyboards. They then toured Europe and the USA to promote the album. For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ... S.E.T.I. is the fourth album by progressive space metal band, The Kovenant, and was released in 2003 through Nuclear Blast. ... Ram-Zet Ram-Zet promo photo // Biography Norways Ram-Zet originally began as a one-man project in 1998 by mastermind Zet in order to bring his own musical visions to life after having played in numerous assorted bands (including an outfit called MFM with former Artch singer Eric... Apoptygma Berzerk is a Norwegian synthpop/EBM/futurepop musical group. ... World map showing Europe A satellite composite image of Europe Europe is one of the seven traditional continents of the Earth. ...

Currently the band is working on a DVD and a new album titled Aria Galactica, due to be released sometime in 2006. Lex Icon announced recently that they have 14 pieces written so far. The album will come with a second disc comprised entirely of symphonic renditions of the tracks from the primary disc, which suggests a return to the more symphonic style exhibited by the band on their 1998 album Nexus Polaris. 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Lex recently announced the following on his blog: The Kovenant fans will have to wait a few more months for us to begin recording ARIA GALACTICA. Progress is slow but getting there. Working on the vocals atm, and finding a good studio that has open timeslots ARIA GALACTICA will be our best album... by far

On July 31, Lex decided to stop his blogging due to fans being "know-it-alls" and telling him what he should do with his music. Therefore there will more than likely be no news from him about any Kovenant topics. Psy still has his blog, but it is unsure if he will keep blogging as well.

Members

Current line-up

• Stian Arnesen (Nagash/Lex Icon), Vocals, Bass, all music and lyrics - 1993-
• Amund Svensson (Blackheart/Psy Coma), Guitar, all music and lyrics - 1993-

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Session/Tour members

• Angel Stengel (Angel), Guitar - 2000
• Küth, Drums - 2003
• Geir Bratland (Brat), Synth - 2003

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Former members

• Jamie Stinson (Astennu), Guitar - 1998-1999
• Steinar Johnsen (Sverd), Keyboard - 1998
• Sarah Jezebel Deva, Female Vocals - 1998
• Jan Axel Blomberg (Hellhammer/Von Blomberg), Drums - 1998-2003

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Discography

Studio releases

• In Times Before the Light - (1997)
• Nexus Polaris - (1998)
• Animatronic - (1999)
• S.E.T.I. - (2003)
• Aria Galactica - (2007)

In Times Before the Light is the first album from Norweigan black metal band, The Kovenant, and was released in 1997 through Mordgrimm. ... 1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Nexus Polaris is the sophmore album of Norweigan black metal band, The Kovenant, and was released in 1998 through Nuclear Blast. ... 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... Animatronic is the third album from Norwegian black metal band, The Kovenant, and was released in 1999 through Nuclear Blast. ... 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... S.E.T.I. is the fourth album by progressive space metal band, The Kovenant, and was released in 2003 through Nuclear Blast. ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD (or CE) era. ...

EPs

• S.E.T.I. Club - (2003)

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Demos and bootlegs

• From the Storm of Shadows [Demo] - (1994)
• Wâldrock 2000 [Bootleg] - (2000)
• Fragments of Reality [Bootleg] - (2006)

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Related bands

The Kovenant has had the unlikely pleasure of consisting of members and recruits from popular Black Metal bands, as well are more mainstream bands that are more generally related to the Kovenant's newer musical direction. This article is about the musical genre. ...

• Apoptygma Berzerk - Both Angel and Brat play in this synthpop Norwegian band
• Arcturus - Sverd and Hellhammer are a part of this Avant-Garde band that played Black Metal in their early days
• Cradle of Filth - Sarah Jezebel Deva has done female vocals for this British band
• Dimmu Borgir - Both Lex Icon and Astennu were a part of this band before they left
• Mayhem - Hellhammer's well known Black Metal band
• Ram-Zet - Küth drums for this Norwegian band
• Troll - Lex Icon, Psy Coma, and Hellhammer are now a part of what use to be Lex Icon's one man band that gained him a reputation in the Black Metal scene

Apoptygma Berzerk is a Norwegian synthpop/EBM/futurepop musical group. ... Arcturus is an avant garde metal band formed in Norway in 1987 under the name Mortem. ... Cradle of Filth is a heavy metal band formed in Suffolk, England in 1991. ... Dimmu Borgir ( (help·info); pronounced Di-moo bore-gear) is a Symphonic/Melodic Black Metal band from Norway. ... Mayhem is an influential black metal band formed in 1981 in Oslo, Norway. ... Ram-Zet Ram-Zet promo photo // Biography Norways Ram-Zet originally began as a one-man project in 1998 by mastermind Zet in order to bring his own musical visions to life after having played in numerous assorted bands (including an outfit called MFM with former Artch singer Eric... Troll was founded by Nagash Blackheart, formerly of Dimmu Borgir. ...

External links

• The Kovenant Official Website
• The Kovenant at Myspace
• The Kovenant page at Nuclear Blast
• The Kovenant at Encyclopaedia Metallum
• Covenant at Encyclopaedia Metallum
• The Kovenant at BNR Metal Pages
• Lex Icon's blog