Armenian unblack metal band Blood Covenant presents a music video for the song ‘At the Cross’ . The song is an old Armenian Christian hymn and features special guest Vahe Ayvazyan [Duduk]. The track is taken from their latest album “Sign Of Time” which was released in 2011 via Darknagar Records. The video can be seen below.
The band Blood Covenant was formed by Segør [Sergey Areskin] and Garegin [Garik Amian] in 2001. Initially the band was called Iron Cross and played “Thrash – Death Metal”. At that time the band consisted of three members. After several performances in festivals and clubs, the staff of the band underwent certain line up changes.
Then in 2003 Segør became the vocalist of the band and together with Garegin started the recordings of the first studio album in Symphonic Black Metal genre, The Day of Lord [2003]. Later, in December 2005 the recordings of the second studio album titled “The Blood of the New Covenant” started, which was released in 2007. In December 2009 the band released the single ‘At the Cross. In the beginning of 2011, they have released a CD “Sign Of Time” and a DVD “The Blood of the New Covenant”.
Currently the band consists of Segør [Sergey Areskin] – Vocals/Guitar, Garegin [Garik Amyan] – Drums, Armen Hovhannisyan – Bass, Mark Areskin – Guitar, Narek Onanyan – Guitar, Hasmik Hovhannisyan – Keys
In July 2012 we did an interview with Segør / Blood Covenant. In case you have missed this, you can find it here. Here you can also watch their first music video ‘The Blood of the New Covenant’ which is the first christian sympho black metal video from Armenia. This clip is presented on DVD, released in 2011 by Darknagar Records.
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Video below for ‘At the Cross’
Related Articles:
Interview With ‘Blood Covenant’ [July 2012]
‘Blood Covenant’ Releases Music Video For ‘Hayr Mer’ [Sept. 2012]
Blood Covenant – Sign Of Time [Album Review]
‘Blood Covenant’s’ Mainman ‘Segør Erskine’ To Release New Solo Album, Album Teaser Available For Streaming [June 2013]