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Hi there!

As we all know our boys are busy recording new material for a future release...

And I'm curious - what would be your hopes and dreams regarding a new Covenant project?

Whatever comes to your mind, just post it here. No matter if it's with regard to the next studio album or the respective live presentation of it. No matter if it concerns the sound direction, the formats in which new outputs might be released, the single(s) release(s), potential remixers, the promotion, the artwork, whatever - your thoughts please!

I'm curious.

- Niggels

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Original von Vorbedacht
Oh, I read new Covenant project as new Covenant side project.

Sorry for being unclear - I meant new Covenant project as in new Covenant album + new Covenant single(s) + new Covenant (world) tour. The whole package, so to speak.

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Original von design_femme
1) more lovely cd packaging like the last three releases

Yeah! :-]

The least few releases had a great design, I really hope that the next one will have something of the same great standard. But I'm sure it will.

And of course I hope for a cool vinyl release too!!

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2) a song that's sweeping and epic like "The Men"

...sweeping and epic like the long version (live version) of The Men!

Which brings me to my mind that I hope that the band will make the right decisions next time - The Men and Ritual Noise are two tracks where the album versions are imho not on par with the alternative versions released elsewhere, I'm afraid. The long version of The Men is superb, while the album version sounds somewhat incomplete. The Edit and Version S of Ritual Noise rock the house - so I was a little disappointed when I listened to the album version later. But that's minor mourning...

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3) a song that's minimalist like "Consumer"

We have many comments with "a song sounding like..." - I actually do not want Covenant to repeat themselves, or becoming formulaic. But then I'm sure that's not what anyone here meant.
I would vote for a "carrot and stick"-type of album! Give the masses the epic dance tracks which have made Covenant big in the clubs, and challenge people with really obscure stuff with other tracks.

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4) a tour date in my hometown

Yep, a tour date in your hometown, and a tour date in my hometown. As a German resident I surely cannot complain about a lack of Covenant gigs, though.

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5) daniel myer adding his personal touch and kicking ass as usual

This is a must!! Not because I wouldn't trust Eskil and Joakim to be able to produce a great album - they have nothing to prove in this department anymore! But after all these years Covenant can only benefit from the fresh air and the new perspectives an experienced new musician like Daniel will introduce into the sonic world of Covenant. The recent live shows featuring Daniel proved that he brings new elements to the sound, and a new level of excitement. I simply hope that this will translate to a new album.

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6) pancakes

Pancakes have nothing to do with covenant. But they sound really good right now.

I vote for free beers. :lol:

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Original von design_femme
And if the new album doesn't meet our expectations, I will buy you a beer and make me pancakes. That way, something on our list can be crossed off

You're such a clever woman!

And I also have a feeling that the new stuff will be quite exciting and up there with the band's very best, although in one way or other radically different in terms of sound and style.

And I hope that there will be a new little teaser at Covenant's Myspace site soon.

The Youtube clip of Bon Harris (Nitzer Ebb) working in the studio gave me the idea - I really would love to watch something similar from our boys!

After all it's an easy thing to do - just grab a camera, film something, and then post it on Youtube. The exposure of such a clip is potentially massive! Just make it more interesting than the recent Depeche Mode in the studio clips.