Stronghold 1999 For most fans this CD was the beginning of a new Era of "Summoning". That means that most of the old fans didn't like everything new that came up of the band from this point on, but in contrary this release brought many new fans to the band who in contrary didn't like the older releases that much. This CD was released in a time when the black metal movement slowly faded and many fans, bands and followers moved to other musical territories. In contrary "Summoning" tried to hold their musical and lyrical concept, but nevertheless some renewals have been made. First of all the band stopped recording in "Hörnix Studio" and used their own home-studio instead. Second this release was much more guitar orientated with more compact keyboard-melodies. So "Stronghold" maybe could be seen as the most "commercial" album of the band. For the first time female vocals have been used (done by "Tania B" from "Die Verbannten Kinder Evas"). On this release "Summoning" went on to experiment with spoken word samples; in this case from the movie "Braveheart" again and "Legend". What many people didn't recognize is that the intro melodie is the same one as the outro, but pitched down a few notes and manipulated a bit. Track-list: 1. Rhun 3:25 2. Long Lost to Where No Pathway Goes 7:23 3. The Glory Disappears 7:50 4. Like Some Snow-white Marble Eyes 7:20 5. Where Hope and Daylight Die 6:29 6. The Rotting Horse on the Deadly Ground 8:26 7. The Shadow Lies Frozen on the Hills 7:01 8. The Loud Music of the Sky 6:48 9. A Distant Flame Before the Sun 9:00