Nexus Polaris
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| Studio album by Covenant | ||||
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Publication |
March 1998 |
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admission |
August and September 1997 |
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| Label (s) | Nuclear Blast | |||
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Title (number) |
8th |
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running time |
43:30 |
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Siggi Bemm |
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Studio (s) |
Woodhouse Studios, Hagen |
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Nexus Polaris is the second studio album by the Norwegian metal band Covenant . It was released by Nuclear Blast in 1998 .
Creation and publication
After the debut album In Times Before the Light was only released two years after the recordings by the small English label Mordgrimm, the band founders Nagash and Blackheart had greater ambitions for their second album. So they could sign a deal with Nuclear Blast and bring Sarah Jezebel Deva , Astennu , Sverd and Hellhammer into the band. With this line-up, Covenant recorded Nexus Polaris in the summer of 1997 . Siggi Bemm produced and mastered the album. It was released on CD and LP, in 2000 under the band name The Kovenant, which was changed for legal reasons, also in a new edition with bonus titles.
Track list
- The Sulfur Feast - 4:10
- Bizarre Cosmic Industries - 5:51
- Planetarium - 4:02
- The Last of Dragons - 6:29
- Bringer of the Sixth Sun - 6:32
- Dragonheart - 4:52
- Planetary Black Elements - 5:49
- Chariots of Thunder - 5:48
- Bonus title
- New World Order (Clubmix) - 4:26
- New World Order (Metalmix) - 3:53
style
Covenant develop the melodic-atmospheric Black Metal of the debut strongly on the album . Blackheart described the style as Progressive Space Metal. In addition to Nagash's idiosyncratic croak, Sarah Jezebel Deva sings operatically; the guitar riffs and solos are constantly supplemented by keyboard runs, the melodies of both instruments show influences from classical music . The arrangements are complex and bombastic. There are similarities to the style of bands like Arcturus , Ancient or Dimmu Borgir .
reception
The album received mostly positive reviews. On metal.de it is criticized that on Nexus Polaris “two or three really good songs are represented”, the rest is “however pure, properly played mediocrity” and both the keyboards and Deva's singing spread an “almost embarrassing atmosphere”. In Rock Hard , however, it is praised that the album is “packed with songs that immediately slip into your ears and are bursting with surprises and interesting effects. Sarah [...] gives the pieces the necessary amount of atmosphere [...]. The innumerable classical elements […] make 'Nexus Polaris' a first-class listening pleasure. ”Deadleft from voenger.de also judges:“ The songs are memorable, melodically well designed, e . Sometimes theatrical, voluminous and variable. [...] So if you are hoping for something new and progressive, you should definitely risk one or even both ears here. ” Nexus Polaris was awarded the Spellemann Prize.
Web links
- Nexus Polaris at Allmusic (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Biography , accessed February 8, 2013.
- ↑ a b Deadleft: Covenant # Nexus Polaris , voenger.de , accessed on February 8, 2013.
- ↑ a b Covenant. Nexus Polaris , Rock Hard # 130, accessed February 8, 2013.
- ↑ Antti J. Ravelin: Nexus Polaris at Allmusic (English), accessed on February 8, 2013.
- ^ Covenant - Nexus Polaris , metal.de , accessed on February 8, 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.
