Nexus Polaris


Nexus Polaris is the second studio album by the Norwegian metal band, Covenant, and was released in 1998 through Nuclear Blast.
This is the final album that the band would release under their Covenant name, the proceeding year the group would change their name to The Kovenant where they would begin performing electronic/industrial metal as opposed to symphonic black metal.

Album history

The original album In Times Before the Light was successful at staging a fan base in the black metal scene in Norway. Nagash and Blackheart had greater ambitions for the band and wanted better production and pay for their music. Record label Nuclear Blast caught eye of the band and Covenant signed with them.
Starting the new album, Nagash and Blackheart wanted to form an actual band this time. They enlisted guitarist, Astennu, keyboardist Sverd, Sarah Jezebel Deva, and Hellhammer. Nagash took over bass and vocal duties while Blackheart took guitar.
Nexus Polaris was hugely successful and allowed Covenant to do a two-week tour and was on national Norwegian television for six days. This was also a sign showing Covenant moving from black metal to a more industrial metal sound. Soon Covenant found themselves nominated for a Norwegian Grammy. They attended and won for Best Hard Rock band, the first ever.
A re-release of Nexus Polaris was made in 2002. The original tracks were left untouched, but two versions of "New World Order", a song from their 1999 album Animatronic, were included as a bonus.

Track listing

Personnel