Stronghold (Summoning album)
Stronghold is the fourth full length album by Summoning. This album marked a change in the sound of Summoning as it was much more "guitar orientated with more compact keyboard-melodies".[1] "Where Hope and Daylight Die" features Tania Borsky, Protector's ex-girlfriend and a former member of Die Verbannten Kinder Evas, on lead vocals.
This album is the first by Summoning to feature audio-clips; the clips used on this album were from the movies Braveheart and Legend.[1]
Track listing
| 1. |
"Rhûn" |
3:25 |
| 2. |
"Long Lost to Where No Pathway Goes" |
7:23 |
| 3. |
"The Glory Disappears" |
7:49 |
| 4. |
"Like Some Snow-White Marble Eyes" |
7:19 |
| 5. |
"Where Hope and Daylight Die" |
6:28 |
| 6. |
"The Rotting Horse on the Deadly Ground" |
8:25 |
| 7. |
"The Shadow Lies Frozen on the Hills" |
7:01 |
| 8. |
"The Loud Music of the Sky" |
6:47 |
| 9. |
"A Distant Flame Before the Sun" |
9:43 |
Credits
- Protector - vocals, guitars, keyboards
- Silenius - vocals, keyboards
- Tania Borsky - vocals on 'Like Some Snow-White Marble Eyes'
Lyrical references
Stronghold marks the first time in which not all lyrics were derived from J. R. R. Tolkien
- Rhûn is Elvish word for "east" and was the name used for all lands lying east of Middle-Earth
- Long Lost where no Pathway Goes" is taken from the Lays of Beleriand, The Lay of the Children of Húrin and a Tolkien poem about St. Brendan's Death, called Imram.
- The Glory Disappears is taken from William Wordsworth's poem "Loud is the Vale" & "Lines Left upon a Seat in a Yew-Tree"
- Like Some Snow-White Marble Eyes is about when Húrin is held captive by Morgoth) & the lyrics are derived from a poem by Robert Frost called Stars
- Where Hope and Daylight Dies is from the Tolkien poem, "I Sit Upon the Stones Alone"
- The Rotting Horse on the Deadly Ground is taken from "the Song of Eriol" from the Book of Lost Tales".
- The Shadow Lies on the Frozen Hills is lyrically based on two poems found in The Fellowship of the Ring, in the chapters "A Conspiracy Unmasked" & "Many Meetings"
- The Loud Music of the Sky was taken from an anonymous poem called 'The Fairies' Song'
- A Distant Flame Before The Sun the lyrics are taken from the "Song of Eärendil" which was written & performed by Bilbo in Rivendell ("The Ring Goes South" in The Fellowship of the Ring)
References
[2]
- ^ a b Summoning's Official website
- ^ http://summoning.yuku.com/topic/383/Lyrical-Sources?page=1