Description
With Doom We Come is the eighth studio effort from Austrian duo Summoning, delivered after a five-year hiatus since Old Mornings Dawn. The album continues their signature blend of haunting atmospheres, epic synth landscapes, and Tolkien-inspired lore.
Unlike more traditionally aggressive black metal, this release emphasizes cinematic arrangements, mystical ambience, and a balance between orchestral elements and more restrained guitar passages. The guitars frequently recede into a supportive texture behind keyboards, choirs, flutes, horns, and programmed drums — creating a vast, otherworldly soundscape.
Vocally, the album offers dynamic contrast: Protector’s deeper, gravelly voice features more prominently, paired with Silenius’ harsher shrieks, backing choirs, and occasional spoken and clean vocal passages. The diversity in vocal tone across the tracks helps maintain emotional depth and avoids monotony.
Lyrically and thematically, the album draws heavily from J. R. R. Tolkien’s legendarium. The album title itself is a direct quote from the character Treebeard, used when the Ents march on Isengard in The Two Towers. Many song titles — such as “Carcharoth,” “Mirklands,” “Tar-Calion,” and “Silvertine” — reference characters, poems, or places within Tolkien’s works.
This is not a concept album in the strictest sense (the songs aren’t bound by a single narrative), but the consistent thread lies in its mythic and fantasy-based inspirations.