Skyshaper

2006 studio album by Covenant

Skyshaper

Studio album by

Covenant

Released| March 2006
Genre|

* Futurepop
* synth-pop

Length| 53:21
Label| Metropolis
Covenant chronology
| Northern Light
(2002)  | Skyshaper
(2006)  | Modern Ruin
(2011)

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Singles from  Skyshaper

1. "Ritual Noise"
Released: 20 Jan 2006[1]
2. "Brave New World"
Released: 10 Oct 2006[2]

Professional ratingsReview scores

Source| Rating
Allmusic| [3]

Skyshaper is Covenant's sixth studio album. It was released in Europe by Synthetic Symphony / SPV on 2006 March 3 and in the United States by Metropolis Records on 2006 March 7. It reached No. 44 in the German mainstream charts.

"Ritual Noise" was the album's first single, reaching No. 64 in Germany on 3 February 2006 (charting for 3 weeks)[4] and No. 42 in Sweden on 26 January 2006 (charting for 2 weeks)[5] and "Brave New World" was the second. The song "20 Hz" was featured in the 2005 video game Project Gotham Racing 3.

The band took 14 months to record this album. According to Covenant band member Joakim Montelius, the band went through 150 revisions of "Brave New World", and also numerous revisions of several other songs on Skyshaper.[6]

## Track listing

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No.| Title| Length

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1.| "Ritual Noise"| 7:18
2.| "Pulse"| 6:04
3.| "Happy Man"| 2:46
4.| "Brave New World"| 5:24
5.| "The Men"| 3:17
6.| "Sweet & Salty"| 6:10
7.| "Greater than the Sun"| 5:09
8.| "20 Hz"| 5:09
9.| "Spindrift"| 7:00
10.| "The World Is Growing Loud"| 4:57

Limited edition versionNo.| Title| Length

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11.| "Subterfugue for 3 Absynths"| 42:08
12.| "Relief"| 4:32
13.| "Ritual Noise" (Calico Remix)| 4:51

## Chart positions

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Skyshaper
Chart (2006)  | Peak position

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German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[7] | 44
German Alternative Charts (DAC)[8] | 1

"Ritual Noise"
Chart (2006)  | Peak position

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Germany (GfK)[9] | 64
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[10] | 42

## References

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1. ^ "Ritual Noise CD single at Discogs". Discogs. Retrieved 30 July 2012.
2. ^ "Brave New World CD single at Discogs". Discogs. Retrieved 30 July 2012.
3. ^ "Allmusic review".
4. ^ "Offizielle Deutsche Charts - Offizielle Deutsche Charts".
5. ^ Steffen Hung. "Covenant - Ritual Noise". swedishcharts.com. Retrieved 2022-08-13.
6. ^ Uhlenbruch, J. "Niggels" (25 January 2006). "Covenant - January 2006 Pt. I". Reflections of Darkness music magazine. Retrieved 30 July 2012.
7. ^ "Officialcharts.de – Covenant – Skyshaper". GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 2 April 2014.
8. ^ "DAC Top 50 Albums 2006". Trendcharts oHG. AMC Alster Musik Consulting GmbH. 2007. Archived from the original on 23 April 2008. Retrieved 21 January 2022.
9. ^ "Covenant – Ritual Noise" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. Retrieved 20 March 2019.
10. ^ "Covenant – Ritual Noise". Singles Top 100. Retrieved 30 May 2016.

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Covenant

* Eskil Simonsson
* Daniel Jonasson
* Daniel Myer

* Joakim Montelius
* Clas Nachmanson
* Andreas Catjar

Studio albums|

* Dreams of a Cryotank
* Sequencer
* Europa
* United States of Mind
* Northern Light
* Skyshaper
* Modern Ruin
* Leaving Babylon
* The Blinding Dark

Live albums/DVDs|

* Synergy: Live in Europe
* In Transit

Related articles|

* Wir sind die Nacht
* Haujobb

Authority control databases |

* MusicBrainz release group

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