I needed a palate cleanser. Almost all the music I've been listening to this week has been to clean out my backlog of unlistened records. Unfortunately most of them have fallen flat.
With all the dungeon synth that I've been listening to lately its only natural that Summoning would end up hitting the turntable. Stronghold is the first of their albums to do so, likely not the last.
God I love this album. From the first notes of Long Lost to Where No Pathway Goes to the final tones of A Distant Flame Before the Sun, the album sweeps me away to a completely different plane of existence.
The keyboards have such a wonderful warm tone to them, combined with the cold guitars and harsh vocals it creates a wonderfully dynamic sound. The way they interweave together, the melodies, the methodical drums and percussion... its so epic, its so majestic, its Summoning at their best.
Not everything is perfect. The Rotting Horse on the Deadly ground goes on for too long. Not every melody is a sweeping epic in The Glory Disappears.
For me though, this ultimately doesn't matter. The album is able to overcome its faults through the majesty of the music. On Stronghold Summoning have created something special.
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