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Vienna, Austria (1993 – present)

Summoning is an band from Vienna, Austria. Their style has been described as Tolkien black metal - not without reason, for the lyrics on most of the albums they have published deal with the mythological world of J.R.R. Tolkien. The notable exception being “Stronghold”, which takes its lyrical content from many of Tolkien’s poems rather than directly from his novels.

Summoning was formed somewhere in 1993 by Silenius (Michael Gregor), Protector (Richard Lederer) and Trifixion (Alexander Trondl) who met in a pub they used to frequent. Before his activities in Summoning, Protector was playing drums in a thrash/death metal band Marlignom, that nearly got a record deal at Peaceville Records, however the band parted ways. His very first musical experience was a rock band at the age of 15 and a four year study of drums. The musical experience of Silenius was a doom metal band Shadow Vale (at 16 years old) and few years in music school studying piano. Before Summoning, Silenius was making music with Pazuzu (Raymond Wells) in a band Cromm (They made some demos that sounded like Abruptum, but never released anything else). Trifixion played in Pervertum.

Summoning made two demos (“Upon the Viking’s Stallion” and “Anno Mortiri Domini”), promo tape for “Minas Morgul” and one or two tape samplers with Pazuzu and Cromm. Most of the songs from their demos were never released or were released in different versions.
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  • nukleardeath

    Summoning is still alive and middle earth will awake again.

    2 hours ago
  • leofaig

    Land of the Dead is amazing

    yesterday morning
  • Lijkvocht

    YES! YES! YES!

    yesterday morning
  • RobotPolarBear

    "Another epic NSBM album in the works" - hmm...

    yesterday morning
  • RobotPolarBear

    I'm curious as to what they're going for with the new album - Oath Bound kinda hinted at a more ambient direction. Guess we'll find out soon enough.

    yesterday morning
  • AsphyxiaTorment

    Yes, after playing Skyrim for months and studying every detail of it, they finally have an ideal sound for the new album.

    Thursday evening
  • Violet__Evileye

    Finally, they're back again.

    Thursday afternoon
  • headbenscha

    now it's official...

    Thursday afternoon
  • Nordensgaldr

    Another epic NSBM album in the works, I hope this is true.\m/

    Thursday morning
  • HELLIATOR

    cant wait, [2] i almost forgot how awesome they are!

    Thursday morning
  • backslashh

    Can't wait!

    Wednesday afternoon
  • XxSrDnLxX

    Five years of waiting... Another album like Stronghold would be fantastic. Excellent news.

    Wednesday afternoon
  • yinzx7

    Excited!

    Wednesday morning
  • riksjarl

    Excellent news.

    Wednesday morning
  • xVictimOfADownx

    Hence, why this year is going to a memorable year for metal music.

    Tuesday morning
  • Skipari

    Ohh, what magnificent news! I guess they got a Valar-message..."Your task is not finished yet!" ^^ - Summoning ist wieder da, genial! Alles Beste für diese Scheibe!

    Tuesday morning
  • Nightsward

    This is too awesome.

    Tuesday morning
  • PartyBoy666

    yessssssssssssssssssssssss

    Monday evening
  • Atreidezz

    @floxyz Gods of Middle Earth, not Metal Gods :)

    Monday evening
  • floxyz

    Best news of the year, in a year we will be listening to new music made by the Metal Gods themselves! Thank you!

    Monday evening
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15 Feb 2006 | from blog.myspace.com/upthehammers

The new album's name will be "Oath Bound" and it's tracklist is : 01. Bauglir02. Across the Streaming Tide03. Mirdautas Vras04. Might and Glory05. Beleriand06. Northward07. Menegroth08. Land of …

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