...the lyrical and musical concept behind Summoning is based on Middle Earth, the mind world created by Tolkien, dealing with descriptions of landscapes, battles and great events of Tolkien's books just like "Lord of the Rings" or "The Silmarillion".
My musical influences are lots of metal bands from the 80's just like Manilla Road, Cirith Ungol, Sacrilege and of course Bathory. Nowadays I just listen to Dark Wave and Ritual music just like Quntal, Sopor Aeternus, Shinjuku Thief, just to mention a few and of course everything from the Swedish cult label Cold Meat Industries.
- Silenius / Summoning interview, Psicoterror, 1996
SUMMONING's second album, Minas Morgul, was released on this day in 1995.