- Covenant (Morbid Angel album)
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Covenant 
Studio album by Morbid Angel Released June 22, 1993 Recorded 1992-1993 Genre Death metal Length 41:12 Label Earache (Europe), Giant (North America) Producer Morbid Angel
Flemming RasmussenMorbid Angel chronology Abominations of Desolation
(1991)Covenant
(1993)Domination
(1995)Professional ratings Review scores Source Rating Allmusic 
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This table needs to be expanded using prose. See the guideline for more information.Covenant is the third official full-length album by Florida based death metal band Morbid Angel. It was released on June 22, 1993. This album represented Morbid Angel's first foray into mainstream metal, through their contract with Giant Records. The music video for "God of Emptiness" was featured on Beavis and Butt-head and received airplay on MTV. The style of this album is more akin to the slower style of the previous album Blessed Are the Sick. Some early pressings of the album had a Parental Advisory logo on the cover. Future pressings of the album were produced without the advisory.
Covenant was reissued as a Digipak in 2011.[2]
Much of the lyrics for this album, written by David Vincent, could be considered Morbid Angel's most Occult and Satanic based.[citation needed] The album's cover image shows a page from The Book of Ceremonial Magic by Arthur Edward Waite to the right, and a reproduction of "The Pact Of Urbain Grandier" on the left.
According to Nielsen Soundscan, Covenant is the best selling death metal album of all time, with sales of over 127,000 in the United States alone.[3]
Track listing
No. Title Music Length 1. "Rapture" Trey Azagthoth, David Vincent 4:17 2. "Pain Divine" Azagthoth, Vincent 3:58 3. "World of Shit (The Promised Land)" Azagthoth, Vincent 3:20 4. "Vengeance Is Mine" Azagthoth, Vincent 3:15 5. "The Lions Den" Vincent 4:45 6. "Blood on My Hands" Azagthoth, Vincent 3:43 7. "Angel of Disease" Azagthoth 6:15 8. "Sworn to the Black" Azagthoth, Vincent 4:01 9. "Nar Mattaru" Azagthoth 2:06 10. "God of Emptiness - I: The Accuser
- II: The Tempter"
Azagthoth, Vincent 5:27 Credits
- David Vincent – bass, vocals
- Trey Azagthoth – guitar, keyboards
- Pete Sandoval – drums
- Morbid Angel – production
- Tom Morris – engineering
- Flemming Rasmussen – production, engineering, mixing
- Luton Sinfield – photography
References
Morbid Angel Studio albums Altars of Madness · Blessed Are the Sick · Covenant · Domination · Formulas Fatal to the Flesh · Gateways to Annihilation · Heretic · Illud Divinum InsanusLive albums Entangled in ChaosAssociated acts Categories:- 1993 albums
- Morbid Angel albums
- Earache Records albums
- Albums produced by Flemming Rasmussen
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