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The Covenant

by Benevolent

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Peter Jones
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Peter Jones Really skillful mix of ambient, heavy groove and even some electronic moments. Excellent album.
Al
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Al This album is the most pleasant suprise of 2014 so far, I got so excited I must have played it five times in a row, got hooked on the amazing melodies, great solos, catchy rhythms and lots of proper metal shredding! A five-star album, no doubt! Favorite track: The Collector.
GeN2Mo
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GeN2Mo There's not that many bands that can compose a 9 minute song that actually feels like a song. Never relying on extreme twists and turns but instead on recurring hooky grooves and memorable melodies.
Benevolent pull this off again and aigain on this album. And beautifuly so. No minute is wasted here. Every groove sucks you in, every melody will stay in your head. Favorite track: The Seeker.
Hamood Hallak
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Hamood Hallak Amazing album ... so proud to know that great music like this is coming out of the middle east .... cheers guys Favorite track: Asphyxia.
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1.
Void 01:38
Incinerate the past Weathered soul In the void that finds you Differentiate the path You're not alone In the void that finds you
2.
Asphyxia 09:41
Barricades of visions, darker than the truth Uncharacteristic divisions Omens of an impending doom And it breaks my will in time As it takes over my mind Projecting sorrow to me The sickness won't leave me be Self-deconstruction Hazardous to reality Mortal thought inception Generating an altered self Patient to an illness that's self-produced And the dark harmonies of mental abuse And it breaks my will in time As it takes over my mind Projecting sorrow to me The sickness won't leave me be Pathological fear crafting all your pain Psychological induced sickness Fragments of your illustration Incinerate the past Weathered soul In the void that finds you Differentiate the path You're not alone In the void that finds you Incinerate the past Weathered soul In the void that finds you Differentiate the path You're not alone In the void that finds you This entity wrecks all you create It is the wielder of all hate As we find our pathway to the end Where all this darkness shall transcend
3.
The Seeker 07:02
Frightening doubts, crawling in Frantic queries, veiled as sin Facts and truths, I dispute Confront inquests, I can't compute Inner war, I endure To purify this tainted core Delve deep into your soul Seek the path above them all Dark sages spread across the land Derailing seekers to the path that's damned Bestow strength to egoic minds Instilling evil to mankind Panic laden societies Soaked in discontent Mayhem walks their blood A vicious cycle of torment Inner war, I endure To purify this tainted core Delve deep into your soul Seek the path above them all Seek the path of ascendance Seek the path of ascendance Seek the path of ascendance Seek the path of ascendance Delve deep into your soul Seek the path above them all
4.
Radiate 02:40
[Instrumental]
5.
Illusion 08:40
Invisible walls Control our perception Our minds are poisoned by the encryption No one's safe from their crown Chained with no release We're all lost and deceived Waves of their lives, floating inside the space around Sliding down far from the truth Our lifeless lives The blurry lines swept us down, the broken crystalline We are programmed to believe, the vast design we perceive Weapons of beams that can't be seen Paint the colours onto our screens We can never know what is real Can we trust what we feel? They are the ones who orchestrate the sequence of blasphemy Can't you see? Break the system, take the shackles off Break the system, take the shackles off Break the system, take the shackles off Break the system, take the shackles off Greed and lust fueling the machine That's stripping down our basic needs to live Falsifying hope and burying all our dreams Colliding with the wrong ones We fight our own kind A swindle to break us apart Break the system, take the shackles off Break the system, take the shackles off Break the system, take the shackles off Break the system, take the shackles off The blurry lines swept us down, the broken crystalline We are programmed to believe, the vast design we perceive The blurry lines swept us down, the broken crystalline We are programmed to believe, the vast design we perceive
6.
Heathen 06:04
Forsaken, rousing in silence Vascular systems, now tapering Concealing of vivisepulture Debts to pay for this false inhumation This cold void affrighting the mind My bloodshot eyes, do they deceive? Sermoned by the twin beams of light Of an ostensible apocalypse Your decent is to nothing Oblivion, condemned to subsistence undone Housed in shadow There is no escaping this feeble construct of your deeds Wielder of the master orb Deception's exposed Father of all fallacies My abode to be In turmoil and agony Alternate reality On the other side Rendering my cataleptic Wandering corridors of crypts How long can vitality remain? Shimmering light Shining through Heed life It calls me again and again Is this the end? Gaia revive me once again Gaia revive me once again
7.
This is all I know, I cannot be tamed To torture you all was my designed fate Conceived in the wallows of shame I cannot resist the urge to be the only one to exist Save your prayers I see your end in sight The fire burns black For I have arrived I breathe the light that will never shine Blinding your eyes and reaping your life You're left to die I travel the world from land to sea Light will never shine wherever I may be Devour you all I stage your fall No mercy at all The darkest of days all you'll know Save your prayers I see your end in sight The fire burns black For I have arrived I breathe the light that will never shine Blinding your eyes and reaping your life You're left to die Conceived Petrified and never to be free I hear silent cries reverberating 'round me The fear, it never subsides, I left them all to die Save me from the heathen path I never chose to be this way Fire burning black (Fire burning black) Fire burning black (Fire burning black) Conceived Petrified and never to be free I hear silent cries reverberating 'round me The fear, it never subsides, I left them all to die Save me from the heathen path I never chose to be this way
8.
Dissipate 02:15
[Instrumental]
9.
Darkness starts to take its toll (to take its toll) A looming fear set to unfold My blood's transfused by the beast (by the beast) Who I am slowly disappears A thousand fires burning inside, the demon's seed I cannot defy Metamorphosis has already begun Can I be saved? Can this be undone? I am the man the sin did chose The one to devour, and made to fall Lucifer's what I am to be, but I won't let him become me And I will fall I'll take you with me You will die for tempting me And if I crawl you will be the ground beneath I won't be your slave I feel it navigating my veins through dehumanizing pain My soul was stolen but never sold, by the dark trying to unfold He will rise from within my core, to make his way and take control Skies of hell reign over my world Possession in its final phase I have no hope to run and flee, the darkness grows in me I am to vanquish my own, to be the beast the world will never know And I will fall I'll take you with me You will die for tempting me And if I crawl you will be the ground beneath I won't be your… I feel it navigate my veins, through dehumanizing pain I can see through his eyes, the most sickening visions With each part of me that dies, with every inner incision He's coming alive and it's the time To stage my fall and take him with me Memories of a life, they flash back before me, as tears fall across my face As I give this world one last embrace, for life to go on, we must be gone Be gone, be gone, be gone, be gone And I will fall I'll take you with me You will die for tempting me And if I crawl you will be the ground beneath I won't be your slave I will fall I'll take you with me You will die for tempting me And if I crawl you will be the ground beneath I won't be your slave I won't be your slave I won't be your slave I won't be your slave
10.
Ascension 07:49
Project the waves and cast the light Open my eyes to the florescent spite Shine the radiance to wash my spirit free Glance at the mirror Straight into me Our presence will fade, but the echoes remain The glory we've made shall not be in vein Structures of light will break through our shadows For what comes beyond today are heaven's meadows My dementia's fading, my companion for all that's passed The weight of the world finally off my chest Hope in me is trailing, the walkways of Eden's grass The sun will never rise, for light will never set The northern cold In this city of Gold Where all answers are found Where we all are heaven bound The time that we've longed for is what we're here to explore The journey to forever, for the final crossover My dementia's fading, my companion for all that's passed The weight of the world finally off my chest Hope in me is trailing, the walkways of Eden's grass The sun will never rise, for light will never set My dementia's fading, my companion for all that's passed The weight of the world finally off my chest Hope in me is trailing, the walkways of Eden's grass The sun will never rise, for light will never set My dementia's fading, my companion for all that's passed The weight of the world finally off my chest Hope in me is trailing, the walkways of Eden's grass The sun will never rise, for light will never set
11.
Rebirth 02:59
Eyes closed Light reaching in Sound of a new place Comprehend the change Comprehend the change

credits

released March 18, 2014

BENEVOLENT IS
Fadi Sarieddine - Vocals
Hadi Sarieddine - Guitar / Clean Vocals
Mohammed Gad - Guitar

Guitars, Bass, Vocals, and Electronics recorded at Haven Studio. Engineered by Hadi Sarieddine

Bass guitar played by Mohammed Gad

Drums played and recorded by guest drummer Andols Herrick at Studio D Productions in Cleveland, Ohio. Engineered by Don DeBiase.

Produced and Mixed by Hadi Sarieddine at Haven Studio

Mastered by Acle Kahney at 4D Sounds

Album artwork by Edidong Udo

BENEVOLENT IS PROUDLY ENDORSED BY:

Ignite Amps, AMT Electronics

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IN LOVING MEMORY OF DAVID GOLD

BENEVOLENT THANKS: All our amazing fans and friends around the world, along with a very special thanks to the following people: Barney Ribeiro, Andols Herrick, Federico Berti & Carlo Costable from Ignite Amps, Ahmad Magdy, Bader Nana, Ramzi Ramman, John Bakhos, Nadeem Bibby, Imad Dahleh, Miltiadis Kyvernitis, Adnan Mryhij, Fadi Al Shami, Hamood Hallak, Sary Bibi, Paul Williams, Daniel Forbrich & Josh DeShazo from Stealing Axion, Mohab Ezz, Kareem Chehayeb, Monish Shringi, Acle Kahney, Mohammed Bailouni and everyone from Coat of Arms, Rak Hiasat, Mujtaba Badr, Abdulrahman Soofi, Kristina Kozovska, Irish Yoscu, and our amazing families and loved ones.

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