the one album i liked from summoning would be stronghold. i got it about 6 years ago, i think and enjoyed some of it a lot (esp. 'long lost to where no pathway goes, rotting horse on the deadly ground). i wasn't too impressed when they used spoken word in let mortal heroes... and i guess the album as a whole did not engage me too much. how does oath bound compare with these two (and dol guldur - i haven't really listened to anything earlier)?
they succeed in creating the necessary tolkien mood, i guess it's just not my thing.