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Summoning -Let Mortal Heroes Sing Your Fame dlp

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Double album on black vinyls with gatefold cover.

If you’re familiar with Summoning you know that they are very Tolkein/Lord of the Rings influenced, and if you’re into that kind of music but don’t know Summoning this is the perfect place to begin. It has more of the old medieval feel than Stronghold yet the Instruments are clearer than on Dol Guldur or Minas Morgul. The production is excellent except for the guitars which are just about as distorted as they can get. The drum machine still plays that familiar beat but keeps things interesting when need be giving us Timpani and Tom parts that are a nice variety from the usual snare/bass/tambourine beat. The album starts with “A New Power is Rising”, which is the usual hymn like intro that Summoning albums have and builds up gradually, starting with just a French Horn and gradually building up, adding more and more instruments (btw Summoning does all these instruments with Keyboard) until it reaches a very epic conclusion. Than comes “South Away”, a song dominated by medieval trumpets and some good samples. The chorus is great, and never gets old, and the vocals are first heard on this song, and as usual they are great. Next come In “Hollow Halls Beneath the Fells” and “Our Foes Shall Fall” which I think of a little as one song because they give me the same kind of vibe. The verse of In Hollow Halls… and intro of Our Foes Shall Fall are particularly good. “The Mountain Kings Return”, one of the longest songs on the album has a pretty guitar dominated intro and a great bridge. All the playing stops and then a solo instrument plays followed by a Sample of “So We Come to it in the End” and a fill into the chorus. Genius song structure for this song. “Runes of Power” is next and the strings and horns remind of the first song. The chorus has no singing except for a sound sample which fits perfectly. Then comes “Ashen Cold”. Great intro. Great chorus. Great Bridge. Great Verse. Great Song. The last song is “Farewell” in which Summoning incorporate clean singing for the first time in the chorus and the result is great. Wonderful trumpet lines as well in this song. Very good closer. Metal fan or not, I recomend this cd to anyone who can tolerate non-clean vocals, and even if you cant, its still worth to give it a try.

Track listing:
1. A New Power Is Rising
2. South Aman
3. In Hollow Halls Beneath The Falls
4. Our Foes Shall Fall
5. The Mountain King Return
6. Runes Of Power
7. Ashen Cold
8. Farewell

Additional information

Label

Napalm Records

Release Year

Catalogue Number

NPR 097 LP