Animatronic (album)
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| Studio album by The Kovenant | ||||
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Publication |
October 1999 |
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| Label (s) | Nuclear Blast | |||
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Title (number) |
10 |
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running time |
51:06 |
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Siggi Bemm |
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Studio (s) |
Woodhouse Studios, Hagen |
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Animatronic is the third studio album by the Norwegian metal band The Kovenant . It was released by Nuclear Blast in 1999 .
Creation and publication
After Nexus Polaris , the band had to be renamed from Covenant to The Kovenant for legal reasons, and Sarah Jezebel Deva , Astennu and Sverd left the band. Nagash , now with the new pseudonym Lex Icon, left Dimmu Borgir to concentrate on The Kovenant. The recordings for a new album, the working title Prophecies of Fire , took three months. In addition to original compositions was a Babylon Zoo - Cover recorded. Eileen Küpper was involved as the singer, Siggi Bemm acted as the producer of the album, which was finally released under the title Animatronic .
Track list
- Mirrors Paradise - 5:01
- New World Order - 4:31
- Mannequin - 5:01
- Sindrom - 5:31
- Jihad - 5:59
- The Human Abstract - 4:55
- Prophecies of Fire - 4:38
- In the Name of the Future - 4:56
- Spaceman - 5:23 ( Babylon Zoo - Cover )
- The Birth of Tragedy - 5:16
style
With the name change and the line-up changes, there was a strong stylistic development, because Animatronic leaves the black metal roots of the band even further behind than Nexus Polaris . The change between idiosyncratic croaking and operatic singing, occasionally also between melodic guitars and keyboards, is maintained, but “[m] usically, […] KOVENANT move between Sisters Of Mercy , Tiamat , Marilyn Manson , Die Krupps and Dimmu Borgir and throw one great crossover of goth , industrial and metal in the balance. "
reception
The album received mostly positive reviews. Carsten Kleine from Rock Hard criticizes “the silly and flat cover version of the Babylon Zoo hit”, but praises the band's new style and thinks “THE KOVENANT really have something to say and can write great songs.” Tak von vampster says: “ If Captain Future did metal, that's what it would sound like! Ziggy Stardust in Hell, so to speak! […] Here, what does not seem to belong together grows together. ”On metal.de , Animatronic is described as“ [d] crazy but nevertheless well thought out ”and“ the best that the band has delivered so far ”. Like Nexus Polaris , this album was also awarded the Spellemann Prize.
Web links
- Animatronic at Allmusic (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Biography , accessed February 9, 2013.
- ↑ a b The Kovenant - Animatronic , metal.de , accessed on February 9, 2013.
- ^ A b Carsten Kleine: The Kovenant. Animatronic , Rock Hard # 150, accessed February 9, 2013.
- ↑ Tak: The Kovenant: Animatronic , vampster , accessed February 9, 2013.
- ↑ spellemann.no ( Memento of the original from September 21, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed February 9, 2013.
