Stronghold, by Summoning

Stronghold

by Summoning

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Caradhrasss My love for summoning begins here. Every single track is a banger!

Cryptic Void Still an amazing album (and music project, right after Die Verbannten Kinder Evas).

Boa Thorium Stronghold is my favorite Summoning release - hitting the perfect spot between classic BM and DS spiced with a pinch of power metal.

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1.	Rhun 03:25	buy track
2.	Long Lost To Where No Pathway Goes 07:23	buy track
3.	The Glory Disappears 07:49	buy track
4.	Like Some Snow-White Marble Eyes 07:19	buy track
5.	Where Hope And Daylight Die 06:28	buy track
6.	The Rotting Horse On The Deadly Ground 08:25	buy track
7.	The Shadow Lies Frozen On The Hills 07:01	buy track
8.	The Loud Music Of The Sky 06:47	buy track
9.	A Distant Flame Before The Sun 09:43	buy track

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This album brought with it a change in the sound of the band, as it was much more guitar-oriented and equipped with more compact keyboard melodies.
"Where Hope and Daylight Die" was sung by Tania Borsky, ex-girlfriend of Protector and a former member of the Exile Children of Eve.

The cover of the album was adapted by "The Bard", a 1817 painting by John Martin.

This album is the first of Summoning, on which audio clips were also used.
The clips used came from the films Braveheart and Legend.

Stronghold is also the first album on which not all lyrics by J. R. R. Tolkien have been derived.
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released May 10, 1999

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