Adept released comeback album 'Blood Covenant' and shared a video for the title track • GRIMM Gent

Earlier this week, ADEPT unveiled their latest single “Blood Covenant”, further stoking the metal scene’s excitement for the eponymous Blood Covenant, their long awaited fifth studio album released October 24, 2025, via Napalm Records. The title track and album opener shows ADEPT wielding spacey, dancing guitar leads that bring you into the emotionally captivating world of Blood Covenant. Arriving nine years after their most recent album, metalcore pioneers ADEPT keep their sound diverse, making sure their triumphant comeback will have been well worth the wait!

Formed in the early 2000s in Trosa, Sweden, ADEPT helped shape the early European metalcore landscape, rising to prominence through passionate songwriting, high-octane live shows, and raw emotional energy, touring with genre mainstays like Bring Me The Horizon, Underoath, and A Day To Remember. Following their fiery comeback at Core Fest 2024 and numerous explosive festival performances, the band will hit the road for an anniversary headlining tour through Europe, celebrating Blood Covenant and two decades of ADEPT. You can find a complete list of dates below.

Drenched in vivid hues of red, Blood Covenant is a raw, unflinching reflection on scars carried, battles fought, and the hunger to feel something genuine. Opening with the intense title track “Blood Covenant”, the album sets a brooding tone that echoes through the record. “Heaven”, drags the listener through a storm of guilt and fast-paced riffs, while the hard-hitting “Define Me” follows with an imposing attitude and snapping aggression, underlining its uncompromising message of self-reclamation. Both tracks are marked by ADEPT’s signature blend of emotional intensity and unrelenting breakdowns. “YOU” dives deep into the emotional wreckage of love lost, with swelling, cathartic guitar leads and honest, bleeding heart lyricism. “Time Is a Destroyer” pulses with urgency and existential dread, unfolding over a haunting acoustic backdrop accented by swelling strings, while “Parting Ways” channels melodic death metal energy, shifting seamlessly between soaring clean vocals and anguished shouts, capturing a moment of vulnerability wrapped in restrained heaviness and reflection. “Filthy Tongue” dives headfirst into brooding industrial terrain, fusing harsh textures and hypnotic rhythms into a raw, relentless beast. Tracks like “Ignore the Sun” lean into darker, more cinematic territory, introducing eerie ambient layers and post-metal textures that enhance the record’s emotional complexity. “The Rapture of Dust”, the album’s closer, collapses the record into a final, sweeping moment of reflection—crushing and beautiful in equal measure.

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Blood Covenant Tracklisting:

Blood Covenant
Heaven
Define Me
YOU
Parting Ways
Filthy Tongue
Time Is A Destroyer
Battered Skin
No Matter The Years
Ignore The Sun
The Rapture Of Dust

Blood Covenant will be available in the following formats:
1-LP Marbled Translucent Orange, incl. 12p Booklet – strictly limited to 300 copies worldwide (Napalm Records Mailorder only)
1-LP Gatefold BLACK
1-CD-Digipak, incl. 16p Booklet
Digital Album

Produced by Henrik Udd (Bring Me The Horizon, Architects) together with guitarist Gustav Lithammer and vocalist Robert Ljung at Henrik Udd Recording, the album boasts a sonically expansive and emotionally intimate production. Mixed by Henrik Udd and mastered by Thomas “Plec” Johansson (Soilwork, Dynazty) at The Panic Room, Blood Covenant wields immense weight and clarity without sacrificing any of its raw energy.

With a legacy spanning two decades, ADEPT recently crushed stages at massive festivals across Europe like Nova Rock and Summer Breeze Open Air.The Swedish heavyweightsindisputably stand at the threshold of their most vital chapter yet. As they prepare to embark on their massive 20-Year Anniversary Tour this winter, Blood Covenant doesn’t just mark a comeback. It redefines the band—scarred but unshaken, and more inspired than ever.

20 Year Anniversary
EU/UK Tour 2025
27.11.25 DE – Berlin / Astra Kulturhaus
28.11.25 DE – Hamburg / Fabrik
29.11.25 DE – Dresden / Alter Schlachthof
30.11.25 NL – Tilburg / 013 Poppodium
02.12.25 UK – Manchester / Club Academy
03.12.25 UK – London / O2 Academy Islington
04.12.25 FR – Paris / La Maroquinerie
05.12.25 DE – Stuttgart / LKA Longhorn
06.12.25 CH – Aarau / KiFF
07.12.25 AT – Vienna / Flex
09.12.25 CZ – Prague / MeetFactory
10.12.25 DE – Frankfurt / Zoom
11.12.25 DE – Cologne / Essigfabrik
12.12.25 DE – Münster / Skaters Palace
13.12.25 DE – Saarbrücken / Garage
14.12.25 DE – Munich / Backstage Werk