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WARP CHAMBER emanate from the shadows once and finally
After nearly four hours of crushing sets, it was impossible to imagine the terrors death metal oddity Warp Chamber would bestow upon day one of this year’s Covenant Festival. The five young faces took to …
DUNGEON SERPENT ascend to the forefront of death metal’s future
Cultivated from the fertile soil of the PNW underground, Dungeon Serpent has rapidly become a rising death metal act to watch. Their debut album, World of Sorrows, highlighted then-sole member Arawn’s uncanny ability to tap …
THE OMINOUS CIRCLE speak from behind the shroud
2017 was a stellar year for death metal. It saw releases from genre pillars like Incantation, Immolation, and Morbid Angel. It visited the cosmos with The Chasm and collapsed into a black hole with Succumb. …
COVENANT FESTIVAL V RETROSPECTIVE: Congregation of Timeless Deathcraft
You see them. Your people. A few on the bus, all exit at the same stop, start the walk up the hill. Hoodies with patches adorned, the tell-tale scrawl hieroglyphics of black and death metal …
MORTIFERUM see their necrotic path clearly through decaying eyes
That pivotal moment in time is nearly upon us once again, a fleeting three nights of morbid celebration to the outermost regions of the sonic realm: Covenant Fest V. Looming like some hideous mecca for …
BÖLZER front-man Okoi Jones challenges controversy, reveals the source of inspiration, and will never surrender!
We here at Covenant, like many others, were utterly spellbound the first time we heard Bölzer. One resonant strike from the ten-string guitar, one primordial howl, and our hearts were instantly seduced. The last four …
ASCENSION crosses the line between life and death, dream and truth
The crux of the Covenant has always been the synthesis of artwork with a much higher significance beyond what we can readily perceive. The ineffable. The liminal. The numinous. Call it what you will. Since …
MATRON THORN: the void philosophy of magic and inverse creation from AEVANGELIST’s leading enigma
Today we have the unique pleasure of speaking with one of the most enigmatic figures in the extreme metal world. Coupling a bizarrely tangible aesthetic with exceptionally unforgiving, unapproachable music, Matron Thron has made a …
Fear & Loathing at COVENANT FESTIVAL IV: A Manic Retrospective
THE COVENANT LIVES! Among all the things involved in putting together this account of Covenant 2018– the article outlining, the draft edits, the irreparable hearing loss and brain damage, etc. — the greatest challenge lay …
ANTIMO BUONANNO: Mexico’s living legend – From gore-soaked maniac to blackened warrior from Hell
There are few names in the pantheon of Mexican heavy metal history as important as that of Antimo Buonnano. From being a catalyst in the Mexican death metal sound, to an international tenure in the …