In Times Before the Light

In Times Before the Light
Studio album by The Kovenant
Released 1997
Recorded August 1995 at X-Ray Studios
Genre Symphonic black metal
Length 50:38
Label Mordgrimm
Producer Sire Johannesen
The Kovenant chronology
From the Storm of Shadows
(1994)
In Times Before the Light
(1997)
Nexus Polaris
(1998)
Remixed edition cover
2002 remix
Re-release cover
2007 re-release

In Times Before the Light is the debut studio album by the Norwegian black metal band The Kovenant, and was released in 1997 through Mordgrimm.

Album history

In Times Before the Light is the first album The Kovenant (at that time called Covenant) created back in 1995. The only members at the time were Nagash and Blackheart. The album is considered to be symphonic black metal and provided Covenant a good fan base in Norway. The album was created when Nagash and Blackheart were of young age, at least 17 years old. The release was significantly delayed due to loss of album artwork in shipment to the record company.[1]

A re-recorded version of In Times Before the Light was released in 2002 through Hammerheart Records due to Nagash and Blackheart (now 'Lex Icon' and 'Psy Coma') citing that they were not satisfied with the original release. Covenant were also forced to change their name to The Kovenant due to a dispute with a Swedish electronic band of the same name. The outcome is significantly different from the original; an industrial version of the original symphonic black metal album. The remixed tracks are longer, various elements were added to them and many parts were re-recorded.

The album was re-released in 2007 through VME/Head Not Found as In Times Before the Light 1995, with tracks from their 1994 demo From the Storm of Shadows as bonus content.[2] The material was remastered by Tom Kvalsvoll.

On October 29, 2011, Nagash did a one-time only performance of the entire album at the Aurora Infernalis III festival in Arnhem, Netherlands.[3] Except for Nagash, no other members of the current incarnation of the band participated.

Track listing

No. Title Length
1. "Towards the Crown of Nights"   05:50
2. "Dragonstorms"   04:58
3. "The Dark Conquest"   06:54
4. "From the Storm of Shadows"   05:13
5. "Night of the Blackwinds"   03:40
6. "The Chasm"   03:44
7. "Visions of a Lost Kingdom"   03:26
8. "Through the Eyes of the Raven"   05:00
9. "In Times Before the Light"   05:59
10. "Monarch of the Mighty Darkness"   05:54
Total length:
50:38

Personnel

Other information

References

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