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Артист: Summoning Альбом: Oath Bound, 2006 Жанр: Epic Black, Pagan Формат файла: APE/CUE Ссылка: CD Нахождение: Torrent

At a time when black metal has for the most part left the dangerous terrain it discovered and relapsed into the same rhythm and slight harmony music that dominates the mainstream airwaves, Summoning have returned to the attack by favoring subtlety over synchronized drama. Where black metal has since 1996 veered toward a modernist conception of music, where disparate voices fuse into convenient singularity and maintain a product-oriented consistency and convenience, the latest Summoning album is a work of art that cherishes its ambiguity like a place for travelers to wander.

The previous two Summoning albums, like journeymates Graveland, tried to find a medieval sound that could work by unifying guitars and keyboards and drums into a happy, rock 'n roll harmony; while these were not bad, they fell short of what made the older albums great. Although nearly invisible to an outsider, what has happened on "Oath Bound" is nothing short of a reactionary revolution: the band has returned to its medievalist aesthetic, in which different instruments stay slightly at odds with each other and drift between partial harmony and incomplete dissonance, and through this choice has re-awakened its sense of epic.

Black metal has often been described as the better aspects of death metal crossed with Dead Can Dance, and only Graveland and Summoning remain to plumb that territory, with remarkably similar results: when they get too close to the texture of soundtracks, which being designed as support for visual entertainment are product-oriented and consistent like mail-order wallpaper, they turn into repetitive and meaningless music that is all appearance and no content. Much as Graveland is starting to liberate itself, Summoning has begun a re-exploration of the chaotic and naturalistic nature of black metal, and as such is no longer trying to make a consistent feeling but a varied, journeylike experience for adventures of the mind.

The introduction to this album resembles something by Penitent or another gothic band, with a keyboard melody repeated over a background drum texture; eventually chanting voices in the echoes of forgotten tombs also intrude, but not before the basic pattern of this album is established. Each song begins with a theme which has a countertheme that ends a pair of phrases, and the two are then concluded by a summary motif; this repeats several times and then leads into a second pair of themes which play off the summary motif, and these go through several permutations - including interventions by rhythmic interludes or silences - before returning to the original theme or concluding abruptly in discontinuity.

Guitars find a language that is both everything that black metal achieved, and expansive toward a larger vocabulary of music, using open strumming more consistently than any metal album in recent history, to which they add fast synchronistic strumming, sweep-picking and inventive downstrum fills. Keyboards are not an echo but a complement to the primary string instrumentals, and drums have faded Kraftwerk-style into a smattering of enigmatic patterns repeated like a tapestry behind the shifting landscape of music. Although the aesthetics and melodic compositional style of this band are together so distinct as to appear recombinant from a distance, this album delivers a new chapter of full-bore dark exploration that dominates almost anything from the last ten years of this genre.

Track Listings
1. Bauglir
2. Across The Streaming Tide
3. Mirdautas Vras
4. Might And Glory
5. Beleriand
6. Northward
7. Menegroth
8. Land Of The Dead


It has been nearly five years since the last Summoning release. In between we have had new DVKE, Kreuzweg Ost, and numerous other projects by Silenius and Protector. Now however comes the band that they are most known for: Summoning. Blending epic landscapes, bombastic medieval percussion, and distant black metal guitar riffs Summoning are truely in a league of their own. Protector commented that on this album the guitars would adopt a more floating style. They indeed do, playing a more arpeggio-based style than ever before. It must also be noted that the artwork is once again superb, a landscape that lets the listener create the action in his own mind while listening.

This post has been edited by Welzewul on 23-04-2006, 14:14

А ковры?

Спасибо, кстати

Ща заценю!

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Спасибо!
Суровая штука!

А в Осла залить слабо?

Буду держать пока держалка не сломается Даю честное ЖЕЛЕЗНОЕ ( металическое ) слово

bob3194, а вот нет у меня сканера Бить не будешь ?

Товарищи металисты, на подходе еще КУЧА хороших весчей ... Готовьтесь

1 Bauglir

The mandatory intro song for Summoning. It begins with flute and drums. Then in come the strings and horns that are truely Summoning style. There are also Pizzicato strings in this song which have reappearred after being last heard on Dol Guldurs "Nightshade Forests." These go on for a little and then a spoken word sample comes. It deals with Tolkein as usual, though this sample pertains to the Silmarillion. Then enter some arabic drums which are a new addition to Summoning and are hand played by Protector. It ends with a sort of war march sample which may well have been taken from the LOTR trilogy.
3.5/5

2 Across the Streaming Tide

This begins with horns, very similar to something one might hear of the last cd. Then in comes the guitar and one can straightaway hear the "arpeggio" style Protector talked about. The vocals are done by Protector whose voice is very similar to the last cd which is great as he is an excellent vocalist. The song goes on for 10:20 but it is not noticable and does not become boring at any point as throughout the song there are numerous variations on riffs and solo parts that keep the listener engaged.
5/5

3 Mirdautas Vras

It should be first said that this has to be the first song sung in full Orkish. The lyrics, written by Arkan von Greifenstein (Ash Nazg, Greifenstein, Dismal) are entirely in the black language and are the first lyrics ever written in a Summoning booklet. What really brings them to life however, is Silenius' excellent vocals on this track. They are very harsh but still clear enough to follow. The instruments include Horns and Strings with no guitar at all. Once again there is a sample from the LOTR movies.
5/5

4 Might and Glory

Opens with an uncharecteristic kind of keyboard riff. It is very eerie and if one listens to the intro of the cd while looking at the artwork in the booklet one could swear one was in a dark desolate forest. Protector does vocals again. The band also does some clean choir vocals at the end which are similar to those on "Farewell". The choir goes on for a while and is complemented by a beautiful clarinet melody. The ending is guitar tremelo picking and the cawing of ravens.
5/5

5 Beleriand

Begins with a feeling very similar to DVKE. Then in comes the guitar and the song starts up. This the one song that probably has a more medieval feel like Dol Guldur and Minas Morgul as compared to the other songs on this cd. This may be because there is a flute in this that dominates some of the riffs. More excellent vocals by Silenius, and though not the best song, still a very solid song.
4/5

6 Northward

We first hear piano, an instrument that does not come to mind when one thinks Summoning. Really for a large portion of the song only drums piano and guitar play. Silenius does vocals yet again (yes they are very good). The song clocks in at 8:39. This may be a good time to mention that every song except the intro is longer than 8 minutes. That is not bad though because the songsnever get boring and you actually get your moneys worth of 70 minutes on this cd.
4.5/5

7 Menegroth

Hey thats my old band name! Anyway the beginning reminds me of the flute melody of Baulgir played on horns. Lots of small details that really give the song depth such as short harp parts and numerous solo parts (solo as in only one instrument playing the riff). The drumming is excellent throughout the cd and this cd is no exception with intricate tom patterns that, when panned so that they are heard only in one ear (they switch from left to right). Very nice, last song with Silenius on vocals.
4.5/5

8 Land of the Dead

The lyrics fit beatifully with this song. The song is very melancholic and has a beautiful string/piano melody. The song is 12:50 and is comprised of only four riffs, an example of Summonings simplistic and engaging genius when it cimes to song structure. The flute also has a lot of great melodies in here. Later the clean choir vocals reappear and replace the flutes melody. Protector does great harsh vocals, better than most Black Metal bands IMO. Amazing song.
5/5