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» Edit Band » Add a Review » Add an Album » Add MP3 Link » Add News | | The Kovenant | | 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.
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 ...more
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