Summoning

[hibernal_dream]

I've also noticed the main riff is used in other songs (or atleast simular to) such as Devil Driver's, "These fighting words".

Fighting words indeed. :Smug:

 

[Slayed Necros]

Just black metal:

Emperor
Enslaved
Deathspell Omega
Graveland
Darkthrone
Immortal
Hellveto
etc...

I could list many more superior BM bands... lol

None of those, save Graveland, are even nearly as consistent as Summoning. The only other band within black metal that I can think of that has a consistent and extensive discography is Sabbat.

 

[Pitiless Wanderer]

Yea that was a terrible, terrible list for sure.

 

[metal_wrath]

lmfao

Spoken like true fanboys. Well done.

Seriously though... cease this madness.

 

[no country for old wainds]

i'd personally rather have an inconsistent band than a band that sticks so heavily to their formula as summoning, it starts to get really tedious after a while. but they do have some mighty peaks.

btw darkthrone, immortal and graveland at their best were certainly better bands than summoning.

 

[metal_wrath]

They were better bands at their worst too.

 

[V.V.V.V.V.]

We're discussing consistency of sound, not quality, retard.

 

[Manic Ferocity]

If he would just get to the back of the thread he'd realize that.

 

[no country for old wainds]

They were better bands at their worst too.

lol no

btw @OP and co. to call summoning one of the most 'flawless' bands of the last 2 decades does not equate to putting them in the top 5 bands of the last 2 decades. not at all.

 

[zabu of nΩd]

Agreed. It's really easy for a band to be "flawless" when their level of creative ambition is miniscule. That was pretty much my impression of Summoning when I first heard them, and they bored the fuck out of me to boot, but I'd be willing to give them another shot.

 

[Tonka Time]

You can't really listen to Summoning the way you listen to Immortal, Marduk, Mayhem, ...

 

[metal_wrath]

We're discussing consistency of sound, not quality, retard.

No "we" are not talking about consistency. Any fucking band can be consistent. He asked for better bands in the post which I responded to.

You Summoning fellators keep throwing around personal attacks because you have no argument.

 

[Krow]

You've been trolling this thread since the beginning, retard.

 

[metal_wrath]

You've been trolling this thread since the beginning, retard.

Actually I posted my opinion of the band and fanboy trolls continue to cry about how Summoning makes pretty music and shouldn't be insulted.

 

[Krow]

You've posted 10 times (not counting the posts MA deleted) in a thread about a band you dont like... seems pretty trollish regardless of your "reasoning."

 

[metal_wrath]

You've posted 10 times (not counting the posts MA deleted) in a thread about a band you dont like... seems pretty trollish regardless of your "reasoning."

At least I posted about Summoning...

 

[Krow]

My posts actually about the band were deleted for what the rest of the post contained.

They're consistent... and they've released quite a few albums. That reminds me of The Chasm (their music doesnt in any way) Their output per album,however, is no where on par with the output of The Chasm... whom I feel ARE in the top 5 metal bands to exist, quality and quantity of release-wise.

Summoning is a good band, maybe even a really good band, but they arent in the top metal bands ever, imo.

Better?

 

[skeptik]

What the fuck is with everybody being down on Summoning all of a sudden? I'm going to timetravel back two years ago where people actually still understood how superb they are. And, for the record, there is a sufficient amount of variety between albums in their discography, as much as most black metal bands at least I'd say. Perhaps it's less obvious because they still utilize the same basic tenets of their sound that separate them from other bands. They're all so different from everything else that's out there that they start sounding more alike to one another than I believe they are.

 

[Evil?]

Its cool to shit on formerly well praised bands DUH!

It makes you look sophisticated and edgy.

 

[metal_wrath]

I was about to say, their sound HAS changed somewhat. Either way bands who change their sound don't deserve any more or less praise.

My posts actually about the band were deleted for what the rest of the post contained.

They're consistent... and they've released quite a few albums. That reminds me of The Chasm (their music doesnt in any way) Their output per album,however, is no where on par with the output of The Chasm... whom I feel ARE in the top 5 metal bands to exist, quality and quantity of release-wise.

Summoning is a good band, maybe even a really good band, but they arent in the top metal bands ever, imo.

Better?

I would agree for the most part. Six albums over 15 years is not that much though.