History Music / Summoning

* SopranoAndGravel: Their vocals are mostly the typical MetalScream expected from BlackMetal, but they use clean choirs on some albums (mostly performed entirely by Protector and Silenius) as well. A good example is the title track of ''Old Mornings Dawn''. Additionally, one song, "Where Hope and Daylight Die", contains entirely clean singing from Protector's ex-girlfriend, Tania Borsky.

* InstantAwesomeJustAddDragons: The cover of ''Mortal Heroes''.

* ThemeNaming: Their first four albums are all named after towers from [[LordOfTheRings Middle Earth]]. Also, every album cover except "Mortal Heroes" has a picture of a mountain on it.

* {{Fanfare}}: "Mirdautas Vras" is a rare example of a '''villainous''' fanfare, and qualifies as {{Crowning Music of Awesome}}. Listen [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P5IMCH7INcE here]].

* BilingualBonus: Usually from Tolkien's {{Fictionary}}.

* NewSoundAlbum: Closer to a full-blown {{Genre Shift}}, from ''Minas Morgul'' onward (as explained above).

* ShoutOut: Most of their lyrics are inspired by Tolkien. They've also adapted lyrics from other authors, such as Creator/WilliamWordsworth and Sir Walter Scott, and some lyrics on ''Let Mortal Heroes Sing Your Fame'' were inspired by Creator/MichaelMoorcock's Eternal Champion.

Former members include:

* EpicRocking: Most Summoning songs clock in at 7 minutes or more. The longest as of 2015 is "Land of the Dead", which is nearly thirteen minutes long.

They announced a comeback in 2012, and the new album ''Old Mornings Dawn'' was finally released in summer 2013. The band's eighth album will reportedly be released in 2016.

They announced a comeback in 2012, and the new album ''Old Mornings Dawn'' was finally released in summer 2013.

* EpicRocking: Most Summoning songs clock in at 7 minutes or more.

** Especially "Mirdautas Vras", which is [[http://www.lyricstime.com/summoning-mirdautas-vras-lyrics.html just as threatening as it sounds]] once translated.

* LoudnessWar: The CDs from ''Stronghold'' onward were clipped. Vinyl editions, such as ''Old Mornings Dawn'', often got separate masters that were free from this problem.

* BadassBoast: ''Farewell''

** Especially ''Mirdautas Vras'', which is [[http://www.lyricstime.com/summoning-mirdautas-vras-lyrics.html just as threatening as it sounds]] once translated.
* BlackSpeech: ''Mirdautas Vras''

* {{Fanfare}}: ''Mirdautas Vras'' is a rare example of a '''villainous''' fanfare, and qualifies as {{Crowning Music Of Awesome}}. Listen [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P5IMCH7INcE here]].
** ''Bauglir'' might count as a fanfare as well.

* IAmSong: ''Farewell''

* InstrumentalThemeTune: Each album traditionally starts with a short instrumental piece.

* ShaggyDogStory: ''Northward''

* TheCoverChangesTheMeaning: ''The Shadow Lies Frozen On The Hills''. By taking the more sinister verses as lyrics and adding {{Psycho Strings}}, they turn a hobbit walking song into {{Nightmare Fuel}}.

* TitleOfTheDead: ''Land of the Dead'', the final song of ''Oath Bound''.
* VillainSong: ''Mirdautas Vras'' is meant to be narrated by [[EvilOverlord Sauron]].
* VoiceOfTheLegion: The choir segments in ''Farewell'', ''Might and Glory'' and ''Land of the Dead'' are actually sung by just Lederer and Gregor, with a reverberation effect.

Shortly after recording ''Lugburz'', Trondl was kicked from the band for being "a commercial-thinking asshole". Lederer and Gregor continued as a duo, and instead of getting a new drummer changed to keyboard percussion to produce a more epic, atmospheric style. They combined this with low-key guitars and multi-layered synthesizer and keyboard melodies mimicking a full orchestra, while retaining the growling vocals to produce what would become the trademark Summoning sound. Most of their lyrics were inspired by the works of Creator/JRRTolkien, with some songs taking lyrics straight from poems/songs in Literature/{{The Hobbit}} and Literature/{{The Lord of the Rings}}. Some of the songs on ''Let Mortal Heroes Sing Your Fame'' are also inspired by the works of MichaelMoorcock.

* DoingItForTheArt: As is common for black metal musicians. They fired a drummer for being a [[ExactWords "commercial-thinking asshole"]]. They don't perform live, and once they have finished the songs they never edit or play them again, focusing on next projects instead.

* EndingTheme: ''Farewell'' was used for the closing credits of ''{{Damnatus}}''.

* GenreBusting: After Lugburz they went from {{Black Metal}} to...atmospheric metal? Epic metal? Ambient metal? Summoning still classify themselves as "black metal" and most people [[SureWhyNot go with it]] just to simplify things.

Shortly after recording ''Lugburz'', Trondl was kicked from the band for being "a commercial-thinking asshole". Lederer and Gregor continued as a duo, and instead of getting a new drummer changed to keyboard percussion to produce a more epic, atmospheric style. They combined this with low-key guitars and multi-layered synthesizer and keyboard melodies mimicking a full orchestra, while retaining the growling vocals to produce what would become the trademark Summoning sound. Most of their lyrics were inspired by the works of JRRTolkien, with some songs taking lyrics straight from poems/songs in Literature/{{The Hobbit}} and Literature/{{The Lord of the Rings}}. Some of the songs on ''Let Mortal Heroes Sing Your Fame'' are also inspired by the works of MichaelMoorcock.

Since ''Oath Bound'', both members have taken time out to work on other projects, with Lederer working on music for a full-length release while waiting for Gregor to finish recording the next album for his solo band Kreuzweg Ost.

* TitleOfTheDead: ''Land of the Dead'', their final song so far.

Shortly after recording ''Lugburz'', Trondl was kicked from the band for being "a commercial-thinking asshole". Lederer and Gregor continued as a duo, and instead of getting a new drummer changed to keyboard percussion to produce a more epic, atmospheric style. They combined this with low-key guitars and multi-layered synthesizer and keyboard melodies mimicking a full orchestra, while retaining the growling vocals to produce what would become the trademark Summoning sound. Most of their lyrics were inspired by the works of JRRTolkien, with some songs taking lyrics straight from poems/songs in {{The Hobbit}} and {{Lord of the Rings}}. Some of the songs on ''Let Mortal Heroes Sing Your Fame'' are also inspired by the works of MichaelMoorcock.

Shortly after recording ''Lugburz'', Trondl was kicked from the band for being "a commercial-thinking asshole". Lederer and Gregor continued as a duo, and instead of getting a new drummer changed to keyboard percussion to produce a more epic, atmospheric style. They combined this with low-key guitars and multi-layered synthesizer and keyboard melodies mimicking a full orchestra, while retaining the growling vocals to produce what would become the trademark Summoning sound. Most of their lyrics were inspired by the works of JRR Tolkien, with some songs taking lyrics straight from poems/songs in {{The Hobbit}} and {{Lord of the Rings}}.