Visitors of Covenant's 2007 tour will have seen it already, Clas Nachmanson was nowhere to be seen on stage. Instead Clas' place in the band was taken by Daniel Myer of Haujobb/Architect fame. Does this mean that Nachmanson will be leaving the band? In an interview with Side-Line magazine Covenant's Joakim Montelius had this to say about Clas not taking part in the tour: "Clas is fine and happy to become a father in a few months. He simply decided to focus on other things than Covenant for a while. At this point we don't know if he's coming back at all. The future will tell."
Clear is that the presence of Daniel Myer was more than appreciated by the band. In the same interview, which you can read in Side-Line 60, Montelius' says that Myer's input had an influence on the dynamics and sound of the band live:
"Yes indeed. Almost too much... (smiles). No, not really. But Daniel is a true musician, which none of us really are in the true sense of the word. We are technicians and constructionists. We build music out of our ideas without considering how it should be performed live. Daniel is all that and an able musician as well. Give him something that makes noise and he makes music with it on the spot. That is a talent we never had before. So definitely, he adds a new dimension to our live sound."
The new dimension of the band's live sound became more than visible and audible when Myer added industrial drumming with some barrels on stage, even throwing them into the audience during Covenant's live gig in Novosibirsk, Russia, jumping after them to continue his drumming.
Source: http://www.side-line.com/
