Morbid Angel - Covenant (Vinyl LP | Reissue | Gatefold | 2017)

Morbid Angel – Covenant is the third studio album by death metal band Morbid Angel from Tampa, Florida. It was recorded at Morrisound Studios in Tampa and mixed by Flemming Rasmussen at Sweet Silence Studios in Copenhagen, produced by Rasmussen and the band. The original came out in June 1993 on Earache and, in the US, on the major label Giant Records. According to Nielsen SoundScan it sold over 150,000 copies in the US, and Rolling Stone ranked it No. 75 among the greatest metal albums in 2017. This copy is the remastered 2017 Earache reissue in a gatefold sleeve.

Pressing details

• Label / Cat. no.: Earache MOSH081FDRUS
• Format: Vinyl LP, Album, Stereo
• Pressing: Reissue, remastered
• Country: UK, Europe & US
• Year of this pressing: 2017 (original: 1993)
• Genre: Metal, Death Metal
• Extras: Gatefold sleeve

Condition

• Condition: Second hand
• Media: NM-
• Cover: NM-

Graded to Goldmine standard (see Vinyl Grading). The images are our own scans of the actual copy for sale.

Tracklist

Side A

1. Rapture
2. Pain Divine
3. World Of Shit (The Promised Land)
4. Vengeance Is Mine
5. Lion's Den

Side B

1. Blood On My Hands
2. Angel Of Disease
3. Sworn To The Black
4. Nar Mattaru
5. God Of Emptiness

Personnel

Morbid Angel: David Vincent (vocals, bass), Trey Azagthoth (guitar, keyboards), Pete Sandoval (drums). Produced by Flemming Rasmussen and Morbid Angel; engineered by Flemming Rasmussen and Tom Morris. Music mostly by Trey Azagthoth (Lion's Den: David Vincent), lyrics mostly by David Vincent (Angel Of Disease: Trey Azagthoth).

FAQ

Is this the original pressing?
No. Covenant was first released in 1993. This copy is the remastered 2017 Earache reissue (MOSH081FDRUS) in a gatefold sleeve, described on the sleeve as “Full Dynamic Range” pressed from the original tapes.

Does Erik Rutan play on Covenant?
No. Covenant was recorded as a trio by David Vincent, Trey Azagthoth and Pete Sandoval. Erik Rutan joined afterwards and appears on the follow-up Domination from 1995.

What does Media NM- / Cover NM- mean?
NM- (Near Mint minus) means, for both record and sleeve, close to new with at most minimal signs of use. All grades are explained on our Vinyl Grading page.

Do you have more Morbid Angel records?
Yes, for example Morbid Angel – Formulas Fatal To The Flesh on purple vinyl, Morbid Angel – Heretic and Morbid Angel – Kingdoms Disdained. More titles are in our Metal collection.