SUMMONING - Minas Morgul CD

When you get down to it, Minas Morgul is a powerful atmospheric black metal album that truly shows off the strengths of the Summoning formula. The composition of the instrumentals are simple, but effective at building the grand atmospheres of forests and mountains. The vocals also add in more intensity to the atmosphere, and the Tolkien lyrics are about as perfect as you can get with these types of songs. Summoning would continue to double down on this atmospheric sound, and we would even see some bands replicate this formula. However, in my opinion, none of them would come close to the true beauty that lies in Minas Morgul.