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The Kovenant - Animatronics (CD)

Animatronics
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Album Details: Animatronics

Release Date:10/19/1999
Label:Nuclear Blast Americ
UPC:727361640620

User Reviews: Animatronics

  • Overall:

    Excellent.

    By consequences00  Jan 5, 2001

    From total Black Metal to Techno-esque Black Metal, The Kovenant always know how to make excellent music. Although this album as good as Nexus Polaris, in my opinion, it's still got some great work on it, and is one of the best albums I've ever hear...d.As for calling their change "selling out," I'd rather have a band "sell out" and take things in a slightly different direction, rather than sound exactly the same on every album.Empirical regards,Consequences Read more Less

  • Overall:

    Animatronic is a masterpiece.

    By pinatahed333  Jul 24, 2000

    This album is unbelievably good. It has a distinct sound that is so complex that it would be difficult for others to recreate. Comparisons to Marilyn Manson are made by people who limited musical knowledge. Manson's group has never had guitars that ...were anywhere close to this complex, or even in this style. Some synth parts are comparable, but the only track that reminds me of Manson is track 3. People will scorn it because they will think that it is a sellout project, but it truly takes guts for legends to make an album that utilizes influences that many of their peers would despise. It is good to see Hellhammer doing something new. He likes Duran Duran, so it only makes sense for him to do something with New-Wave influences. The vocals are dynamic and change rapidly at odd times without pattern, and they show a lot of range and skill. I never cared for the original Babylon Zoo "Spaceman" but I have to admit that the Kovenant really made an awesome song out of it.And if this album happens to get them popular (which is unlikely because their message is just too blackish for most people) then good for them. They deserve to make money. And they can spread unpopular ideas to people who normally don't get exposed to them. Manson only ever said "think for yourself," and never said any REAL blasphemy, but these guys could do some good for the world. Read more Less

Pro Reviews: Animatronics

  • All Music Guide

    Sporting a retooled lineup and a new name spelling (in order to avoid confusion with the Swedish band Covenant), Kovenant moves toward the '90s mainstream with their sophomore album, Animatronic. While the sound is obviously rooted in the Norwegian black metal scene from which most of the band's members came, the album goes off in several different directions, often within the same song: more accessible, Cradle of Filth-style black metal, complete with female backing vocalist; keyboard-driven goth metal, with baroque-sounding passages and moody soundscapes; the other side of the goth metal equation, influenced by Mercyful Fate's elegant riffing and classic horror themes; Marilyn Manson-style theatrics. At times, Kovenant have problems pulling all of this together into a cohesive style of their own, but their ambition is admirable and their sound ultimately distinct from most of their contemporaries.

    - Steve Huey, All Music Guide

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Kovenant

With their line up consisting of Nagash (vocals/ bass), Blackheart (guitar), Astennu (guitar), Hellhammer (drums) and Sverd (keyboards), it seemed obvious that their parents blessed them with these names just for the sake of starting a goth/ metal act. Having gotten their start in 1992, Covenant made their way from playing clubs all through their home base of Norway to ... Read more