The Covenant Progress

The Covenant Progress

Infobox Album |
Name = The Covenant Progress
Type = studio
Artist = Crimson Moonlight


Released = March 14, 2003
Recorded = January-February 2003 at Dream Factory and Studio Resound
Genre = Unblack metal
Length = 50:13
Label = Rivel Records
Producer = Tomas Johansson and Crimson Moonlight
Reviews =
Last album = "Heralding the Dawn (2001)
This album = "The Covenant Progress" (2003)
Next album = "Songs from the Archives (2003)

"The Covenant Progress" is the first full-length album by the Swedish group Crimson Moonlight. The album was released in 2003 on Rivel Records.

Recording history

"The Covenant Progress" was recorded at Dream Factory by Carl Johan Grimmark and at Studio Resound by Tomas Johansson in Janyary and February 2003. The album was produced by Tomas Johansson and Crimson Moonlight. "The Covenant Progress" was mastered at Criteria Mastering by Tomas Johansson. The album was released March 14, 2003. [The Covenant Progress booklet liner notes]

While the album still contains some keyboards, the musical direction went for a more melodic unblack metal style from the previous ep. "Eternal Emperor" is a revised version of that EP's title song. The lyrics talk poetically about Scandinavian wintery landscapes and often incorporate spiritual themes. "The Covenant" is an atmospheric, instrumental keyboard-driven song.

"The Covenant Progress" received a positive reception and several magazines and online sites gave it good reviews. [ [http://www.metallibrary.ru/articles/reviews/4890.html Metal-Library] ] [ [http://whiplash.net/materias/cds/003355-crimsonmoonlight.html Whiplash] ] [ [http://powermetal.de/cdreview/review-2459.html Powermetal.de] ] For example, the biggest Finnish metal music website Imperiumi.net credits the band for "playing black metal better than most of their anti-Christian colleques." [cite web |url=http://www.imperiumi.net/alb_2.php?id=1142 |title= Crimson Moonlight - The Covenant|accessdate=2008-02-26 |author=Ylitalo, Lauri |last= |first= |authorlink= |coauthors= |date=15.06.2005 |language= Finnish |doi= |archiveurl= |archivedate= |quote= ] The same reviewer writes that the debut album "The Covenant Progress" may not be a masterpiece but it is still damn good melodic black metal." By 2005 the album had sold over 3500 copies, making it the bands by far most successful release.

Track listing

#"Mist of the Spiritual Dimension" - 04:11
#"The Pilgrimage" - 05:29
#"Path of Pain" - 07:32
#"Thy Wilderness" - 06:35
#"Eternal Emperor" - (revised version) 03:48
#"A Painting in Dark" - 04:52
#"Eyes of Beauty" - 04:48
#"A Thorn in My Heart" - 05:55
#"The Covenant" - 07:03

Personnel

*Simon “Pilgrim” Rosén - vocals
*Petter Stenmarker - guitar, vocals
*Per Sundberg - guitar
*Hubertus Liljegren - bass, vocals
*Gustav Elowsson - drums

References


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