We have entered the new milenium and U.F.O. have split ... again. M. Schenker and Co have some problems to work together for a long period of time. What a shame for us, what a shame for our ears! What ever happen in the future, this Covenant will stay forever in their discography.

There are lineups where individual musicians just can't be replaced without losing an important part of the puzzle. And where would U.F.O. be without their three most important protagonist Michael Schenker, Phil Moff and Pete Way? The band experienced their greatest moments with these musicians and are unreservedly accepted only in that combination. When Schenker's unusually fluent guitar with its classical quotations meets Mogg's clear, charismatic voice, there are no words to describe the effect: a very special sound, a feeling, a sparkling atmosphere that only this combination could (can?) achieve.

The term "magic" has been worn a little thin, but it certainly hits the core of the emotions that U.F.O.'s new album Covenant evokes. Magic and beautiful. Covenant comes in two parts (double cd), the studio album plus an official live bootleg (7 songs: Mother Mary, This Kids, Let It Roll, Out In The Streets, Venus, Pushed To The Limit, Love To Love).

The studio album is simply unbelievable and the songs could only be written by ... UFO. What a feeling, what a sparkling atmosphere. From Love is Forever to The World & His Dog, this record has been "touched" by the Gods. UFO have to be one of the most underrated hard rock bands to have ever existed. Of course, with their "boggy" hard-rock style, this band plays may be an "unfashionable" music, but I still don't see any difference between them and Journey. Critics seem to leave UFO out of things and concentrate on other bands when referring to hard rock.

If you ask me, then I will tell you that UFO are amazing. On this Covenant, the music spirit of the 70's are back to life, like a resurrection. A must, simply a must.