Summoning "With Doom We Come"

With Doom We Come is the eighth full-length album by the Austrian atmospheric black metal band Summoning. The album was released on 5 January 2018, through Napalm Records. The cover art is based on Georg Janny's painting, The Dragon's cave (1917). The songs are inspired by the literature of J. R. R. Tolkien, with the title of the album being spoken by Treebeard as the Ents march on Isengard in The Two Towers.

Track listing

All music is composed by Summoning

1. "Tar-Calion" 7:15
2. "Silvertine" 8:53
3. "Carcharoth" 9:19
4. "Herumor" 7:08
5. "Barrow-downs" (instrumental) 2:47
6. "Night Fell Behind" 7:20
7. "Mirklands" 10:59
8. "With Doom I Come" 11:17

Total length: 64:58

Lyrical references

"Tar-Calion" uses vocal samples from the first episode of the animated series Thor & Loki: Blood Brothers (2011).

"Silvertine" is the modified version of William Wordsworth's poem "The Thorn".

"Carcharoth" and "With Doom I Come" both are taken from J. R. R. Tolkien's poem "The Lay of Leithian".

"Herumor" is taken from Edgar Allan Poe's poem "Alone" and the poem "Into the Unknown" by Kim Jones.

"Night Fell Behind" is taken from William Motherwell's poem "The Cavalier's Song".

"Mirklands" is taken from Ralph Waldo Emerson's poem "Good-bye".

The art in the booklet was done by Clarkson Stanfield (1793-1867), Alexandre Calame (1810-1864), and Edward Theodore Compton (1849-1921). The dragon painting on the cover was done by Georg Janny (1864-1935).

Recording information:

Recorded and mixed at Nachtschattenstudio.