Modern Ruin (Covenant album)

Modern Ruin is the seventh studio album of Swedish futurepop band Covenant. It was released on 17 January 2011 by Synthetic Symphony.[2]

Modern Ruin
Studio album by Covenant
Released	January 2011
Genre	Futurepop industrial synth-pop
Length	57:08
Label	Metropolis
Covenant chronology
Skyshaper (2006) Modern Ruin (2011) Leaving Babylon (2013)
Singles from Modern Ruin
"Lightbringer" Released: 22 October 2010

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
COMA Music Magazine	Favourable[1]

The second disc features various versions of "Wir Sind Die Nacht", a song the band recorded for the film of the same name.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Modern Ruin"	Joakim Montelius, Mattias Möller	1:28
2.	"Lightbringer (feat. Necro Facility)"	Henrik Bäckström, Oscar Holter, Eskil Simonsson	5:41
3.	"Judge of my Domain"	Montelius, Simonsson	6:05
4.	"Dynamo Clock"	Montelius, Daniel Myer	5:32
5.	"Kairos"	Simonsson	1:11
6.	"The Beauty and the Grace"	Myer	4:52
7.	"Get On"	Simonsson	4:40
8.	"Worlds Collide"	Myer	4:16
9.	"The Night"	Simonsson	3:20
10.	"Beat the Noise"	Simonsson	6:00
11.	"The Road"	Montelius, Myer, Simonsson	4:53
12.	"Modern Ruin II" (Hidden Track)	Montelius	9:10

All tracks are written by Holter, Simonsson.

Wir sind die Nacht (Bonus CD)

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Wir sind die Nacht (Soundtrack)"	3:45
2.	"Wir sind die Nacht (Oscar Holter Remix)"	5:06
3.	"Wir sind die Nacht (Full Instrumental)"	8:24
4.	"Wir sind die Nacht (Henrik Bäckström Remix)"	5:09
5.	"Wir sind die Nacht (Sample)"	0:11
6.	"Ich war nichts (Sample)"	0:52
7.	"Wunder (Sample)"	0:04
Total length:		23:31

Personnel

Covenant

• Joakim Montelius – production (1, 3, 11, 12)
• Daniel Myer – production (4, 6, 8, 11)
• Eskil Simonsson – vocals, production (2, 3, 5, 7, 9–11, "Wir sind die Nacht")

Additional musicians

• Henrik Bäckström – vocals (2)
• Andreas Radler – machinedrum (10)

Technical personnel

• Oscar Holter – preproduction (2), production ("Wir sind die Nacht"), mastering ("Wir sind die Nacht")
• Mattias Möller – production (1), RSF Kobol expander (1)
• Björn Engelmann – mastering
• Ben Wolf – band photos
• Stefan Alt – other photographs
• Dirk Rudolph – logo, font
• Tobias Green – artwork, design

Charts

Chart (2011)	Peak position
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[3]	44
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[4]	31

References

1. Knowles, Jack (2 February 2011). ":CD Review: Covenant – Modern Ruin". coma-online.com. COMA Music Magazine. Archived from the original on 7 April 2012. Retrieved 17 December 2020.
2. "Covenant's 'Modern Ruin' - the full details!". side-line.com. Side-Line Music Magazine. 23 November 2010. Archived from the original on 2 December 2010. Retrieved 17 December 2020.
3. "Officialcharts.de – Covenant – Modern Ruin". GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 2 April 2014.
4. "Swedishcharts.com – Covenant – Modern Ruin". Hung Medien. Retrieved 2 April 2014.