Dark Covenant is a doom metal band from Canada. based in Quebec. They are signed to France's Emanes Metal Records.[1] Their influences are mainly old-school doom the likes of Candlemass and Solitude Aeturnus.[2]

Dark Covenant
OriginSt-Eustache, Quebec, Canada
GenresDoom metal
Years active2009–present
LabelsEMANES Metal Records
MembersChristian Verreault
Stephane Verreault
Yves Allaire
Past membersJonathan Hamel
Websitedarkcovenantdoom.com

History

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Yves Allaire and Christian Verreault, who had known each other for many years, came together with Christian's brother Stephane to form Dark Covenant in 2009.[3] That year they released a demo CD, which collected positive comments, including a review in Power Metal magazine[4] and a No. 1 position in Metallian Magazine's Top 10 list of Winter 2009/10.

The trio released their first full-length album in 2011, Eulogies for the Fallen, on French label EMANES Metal Records.[5][6] The album was well received, although criticized for lack of variety among the tracks; the style has been described as slow-paced and melancholy,[7] with operatic vocals.[2][8]

Discography

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  • Dark Covenant (demo) (2009)
  • Eulogies for the Fallen (2011)[9]

Members

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  • Christian Verreault - vocals
  • Yves Allaire - guitars, keyboards, drums, artwork
  • Stephane Verreault - bass

Former members

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  • Jonathan Hamel - drums

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "DARK COVENANT - Eulogies For The Fallen". Music in Belgium, 11-10-2013
  2. ^ a b "SH*T THAT COMES OUT TODAY: MARCH 20, 2012". Metal Sucks, by Vic Vaughn
  3. ^ "Dark Covenant - Eulogies For The Fallen". Lords of Metal,
  4. ^ Thomas Schmahl. "DARK COVENANT - Demo 2009". Power Metal, 12.01.2010,
  5. ^ Steinmetal. "Dark Covenant - Eulogies for the Fallen (Review by Lior "Steinmetal" Stein)". metal-temple.com. Retrieved 13 May 2016.
  6. ^ "Dark Covenant - Eulogies for the Fallen review - Metal Storm". metalstorm.net. Retrieved 13 May 2016.
  7. ^ Erika Becker. "DARK COVENANT - Eulogies For The Fallen". Power Metal, 09.02.2011, Pim Blankenstein
  8. ^ "DARK COVENANT - Eulogies For The Fallen (Emanes)". VS Webzine, 14 March 2011
  9. ^ "Eulogies for the Fallen". Metal.de (Google translation) Retrieved 2016-5-13
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