Summoning

Raise your swords and put on your best chainmail armor before embarking on the quest that is The Bloodshed Summoning, Sacred Steel’s 8th studio album. These German metal giants have been smashing eardrums since 1996. This latest album does not stray from their heavy, power-thrashing legacy.Bloodshed Summoning album by Sacred Steel is scheduled to be released Feb 19, 2013 on the Cruz Del Sur label. "The Bloodshed Summoning" offers everything that old or new SACRED STEEL fans desire: heavy riffs and aggressive but catchy metal hymns. Bloodshed Summoning music CDs The cd-version comes with 3-bonus tracks, including a cover version of MISFITS "Dig Up Her Bones" SACRED STEEL is a trademark in the metal scene: all METAL with an own attitude, never everybody's darling - and damned proud of it! Bloodshed Summoning CD music contains a single disc with 15 songs.

Ever since the release of their debut album Lugburz (1995) SUMMONING have proven themselves to be the true guardians of Middle Earth! What started out as a project deeply rooted in traditional black metal took an epic turn in the following years – evergreens like Dol Guldur (1996) and Let Mortal Heroes Sing Your Fame (2001) bear witness to a continuously refined soundscape. Five years after Old Mornings Dawn, Protector and Silenius have turned over a new leaf in their bottomless saga: titled With Doom We Come, SUMMONING finally unveil first and hotly anticipated details about their upcoming opus, which is set to be released on January 5th 2018 on Napalm Records!

Seven long and agonizing years have finally come to an end, as "Old Mornings Dawn" - the highly anticipiated new album by the cult band SUMMONING - is about to be released! Despite the long break, the congenial duo Silenius and Protector did not stray an inch from their patch. Their distinctive melodies are the heart of all the songs on the latest longplayer, and bring the listeners directly into the fantastic world of Middle-Earth. This becomes evident in e.g. "Caradhras", where already the first notes let the mighty and ice-clad mountain appear in the mist, whereas "Flammifer" summons the spirit of Eärendil. The majestic and diverse hymns are a monument of epic proportions and are beyond comparison in each and every second. SUMMONING's Epic Black Metal is the perfect soundtrack for a world filled with legendary characters, massive strongholds and breathtaking landscapes. "Old Mornings Dawn" marks the glorious return of a band, who has already become a legend in its own right.