Sequencer Sequencer Stalker Figurehead Phoenix Slow Motion Tabula-rasa Storm Luminal Flux

Of all the bands I have been label mates with over the years, this is the one who has captivated me the longest. I am still a true fan to this day, and love most all of their cds. Unlike the scene that picks other lps and songs to adore covenant by. I stand by this cd. To me, it is simply their best. From start to finish, not one bad song, every song is gold. There is a dark core to these songs that I love, and so much emotion in the vocals. One of my favorite cds of all time. Below is a fan video I made for my favorite song of this LP, in fact my favorite song by Covenant, Tabula-Rasa.

I remember hanging out with these guys in 2000. So much fun. Those guys even out drank me back in those days. LOL. Eskil and Joakim were always great to talk to. In fact Joakim even confessed up that he sampled my strings from the start of decypher from fun with knives and used it in one of their tracks :) No problems here. I was so flattered. I remember arguing with Joakim over what synth is better, the jupiter 8 or the xpander. Funny, they got an expander and hardly used it he told me LOL. I what I love about this cd is the roland acid sound. I think they used some old roland SH mono synth, one of the weird ones like a sh-1000 or something(don’t quote me, he told me, but it’s hard to remember) and sampled riffs into their yamaha sampler. They worked lo tech like me back in those days. Below is a FAN video made for the figurehead, there was another version of this video on youtube but the sound was so bad you could not even make out what it was, so I fixed it and re=uploaded it.

My favorite tracks are: Sequencer(this dark foreboding electronic grinding rythmic sound, then this rubber band “ROLAND” synth sound drive the track, with awesome arpeggios and strange vocals and amazing lyrics), Stalker(This is a very cool ebm anthem track), Figurehead(Pure industrial ebm heaven, one of the best club tracks ever, I love the intermittent stuttering string lines, genius), Phoenix(can tell they tipped their hat to old front 242 here), Slow Motion(This is the song that reminds me of the sisters of mercy, well just because towards the end he really freaks out while screaming the vocals, and it reminds me of when andrew eldridge does it, I love the melody during the chorus), Storm(I want to get struck by lightning), Flux(I love the roland rubbery synth sounds on the arpeggios). Below is the video for the Stalker.

This is a must own for anyone who dares say they like EBM. To me this is better than most of the old front 242 stuff that i know and love, better than most nitzer ebb. Not only that, this band has evolved and stayed very relevant in the scene still. I give this a 10 out of 5. Buy now! Click Here to download Sequencer by Covenant DRM FREE 256 mp3. Or Click Here buy Sequencer by Covenant on Audio CD.