{"product_id":"covenant-the-blinding-dark-limited-book-edition-2cd","title":"Covenant - The Blinding Dark \/ Limited Book Edition","description":"\u003cp\u003e2CD hardcover book (48 pages, 18x18 cm) incl. \"Psychonaut EP\" with 6 bonus tracks and liner notes. Strictly limited to 1.500 copies!\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The Blinding Dark\" is definitely not Covenant's most easily accessible album. It does not contain as many hits as classics like \"Northern Light\" or \"United States of Mind\", and it is surely less pleasant than Covenant's most striking earworms \"Dead Stars\" and \"Happy Man\". Still, \"The Blinding Dark\" is exciting not only because of its telling title, but also since it shows a remarkable development in style, something that Covenant decidedly wanted with this record – and not least thanks to the subject matter they address. Of course, dancefloors will still shake during \"Sound Mirrors\", \"Immortal\" or \"I close My Eyes\", yet  the albums focuses rather suppressed tracks of subtle darkness such as the Kraftwerk- and Jarré-inspired \"Dies Irae\" and the Lee Hazelwood(!) cover \"Rider on a wild Horse\", a 1977 country anthem that has been turned into a sombre, sluggish electro requiem with heavy acoustic drums.\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEventually \"The Blinding Dark\" offers a lot to discover, not least probably because long-standing Covenant member Joakim Montelius has once again taken more responsibility in the studio than on their previous works and due to the fact that Daniel Myer (haujobb, Architect) has returned as a permanent fixture in the group's live line-up.\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThus, \"The Blinding Dark\" may hark back to one of Covenant's less \"hit-heavy\" records that turned out to have more depth and longevity just because of its raw character. It is their second full-length \"Sequencer\" that could have been the blueprint for the mood on \"The Blinding Dark\" with slower numbers such as \"Tabula Rasa\" or \"Flux\". And there could be worse references, right?\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTracklisting CD1:\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003ctable class=\"tracklist_table\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"80%\"\u003e\r\n\u003ctr\u003e\r\n\u003ctd align=\"right\" width=\"10\" class=\"tracklist_head\"\u003e No.\u003c\/td\u003e\r\n\u003ctd align=\"left\" width=\"90%\" class=\"tracklist_head\"\u003e Track \u003c\/td\u003e\r\n\u003ctd align=\"center\" width=\"10\" class=\"tracklist_head\"\u003e Time \u003c\/td\u003e\r\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003ctr class=\"trackline\"\u003e\r\n\u003ctd class=\"tracklist\" align=\"right\"\u003e1\u003c\/td\u003e\r\n\u003ctd class=\"tracklist\" align=\"left\"\u003eFullwell\u003c\/td\u003e\r\n\u003ctd class=\"tracklist\" align=\"center\"\u003e--\u003c\/td\u003e\r\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003ctr class=\"trackline\"\u003e\r\n\u003ctd class=\"trackline\" align=\"right\"\u003e2\u003c\/td\u003e\r\n\u003ctd class=\"trackline\" align=\"left\"\u003eI close My 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align=\"center\"\u003e--\u003c\/td\u003e\r\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003ctr class=\"trackline\"\u003e\r\n\u003ctd class=\"trackline\" align=\"right\"\u003e6\u003c\/td\u003e\r\n\u003ctd class=\"trackline\" align=\"left\"\u003eInterlude\u003c\/td\u003e\r\n\u003ctd class=\"trackline\" align=\"center\"\u003e--\u003c\/td\u003e\r\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003ctr class=\"trackline\"\u003e\r\n\u003ctd class=\"tracklist\" align=\"right\"\u003e7\u003c\/td\u003e\r\n\u003ctd class=\"tracklist\" align=\"left\"\u003eDies Irae\u003c\/td\u003e\r\n\u003ctd class=\"tracklist\" align=\"center\"\u003e--\u003c\/td\u003e\r\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003ctr class=\"trackline\"\u003e\r\n\u003ctd class=\"trackline\" align=\"right\"\u003e8\u003c\/td\u003e\r\n\u003ctd class=\"trackline\" align=\"left\"\u003eSound Mirrors (Fulwell)\u003c\/td\u003e\r\n\u003ctd class=\"trackline\" align=\"center\"\u003e--\u003c\/td\u003e\r\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003ctr class=\"trackline\"\u003e\r\n\u003ctd class=\"tracklist\" align=\"right\"\u003e9\u003c\/td\u003e\r\n\u003ctd class=\"tracklist\" align=\"left\"\u003eInterlude\u003c\/td\u003e\r\n\u003ctd class=\"tracklist\" align=\"center\"\u003e--\u003c\/td\u003e\r\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003ctr class=\"trackline\"\u003e\r\n\u003ctd class=\"trackline\" align=\"right\"\u003e10\u003c\/td\u003e\r\n\u003ctd class=\"trackline\" align=\"left\"\u003eIf I give My Soul\u003c\/td\u003e\r\n\u003ctd class=\"trackline\" align=\"center\"\u003e--\u003c\/td\u003e\r\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003ctr class=\"trackline\"\u003e\r\n\u003ctd class=\"tracklist\" align=\"right\"\u003e11\u003c\/td\u003e\r\n\u003ctd class=\"tracklist\" align=\"left\"\u003eSummon your Spirit\u003c\/td\u003e\r\n\u003ctd class=\"tracklist\" align=\"center\"\u003e--\u003c\/td\u003e\r\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003c\/table\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003eTracklisting CD2 \"Psychonaut EP\":\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003ctable class=\"tracklist_table\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\" cellspacing=\"0\" 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