After a string of smaller projects and bands, in 1992, Scott-David Allen moved from San Francisco to Seattle and began work on various songs with no real plan to release any of the material written.

Consisting of eleven of the twelve songs from the first two EPs, the track Crown of Thorns was omitted due to the amount of space a CD could accommodate at the time.

Written and recorded during the passing of a new millennium and a move across country, the release was a reflective, personal and much more subdued offering.

The release was noticeably more upbeat than If The Heavens Should Fall but still retained a slightly more modern, core A Covenant of Thorns sound.

This album marked a noticeably harder direction with the inclusion of hard-hitting synth bass sounds and driving guitars.

According to Allen, the name A Covenant of Thorns symbolizes the contrast between everyday events: Often, I tend to write based on an emotion or feeling.