Industrial metal
The trio's third full-length album, "Europa", debuted in 1998. "Europa" carried Covenant's initially aggressive, often distorted brand of music into the beat-driven realm of synth pop, marking the beginning of a gradual evolution in the band's collective sound. Also in 1998, they sued the Norwegian black metal/Industrial metal band The Kovenant (then known as "Covenant") for the rights to the name "Covenant", arguing that they had established use of the name first and forcing the Norwegian band to change the spelling of their name.