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Vienna's Summoning formed in 1993 and quickly abandoned straightforward black metal in favor of a deeply atmospheric, keyboard-driven sound rooted almost entirely in J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle-earth mythology. Across eight studio albums on Napalm Records — including Dol Guldur (1996), Stronghold (1999), Oath Bound (2006), and With Doom We Come (2018) — the duo of Protector and Silenius developed a signature style built on programmed drums, layered synths, and choral arrangements. The band has never performed live, functioning strictly as a studio entity throughout their career.
Devastating Blackened Death Metal out of Texas.
Summoning Hellgates forge black/death metal from Madrid, opening infernal portals through extreme compositions. Emerging in 2025, they bring hellish intensity to the Spanish capital's underground.
Summoning Sickness forge epic heavy and doom metal from Aalborg in northern Jutland, combining the grandeur of epic metal with doom's crushing weight. Formed in 2022, they bring spell-casting heaviness to the North Jutland underground.
Summoning the Impaler is a black/death metal band from Phoenix, Arizona, formed in 2015, blending the savagery of death metal with the cold, atmospheric menace of black metal.
Summoning the Lich is a St. Louis, Missouri outfit formed in 2020 that combines melodic death metal hooks with the crushing breakdowns of deathcore, drawing on fantasy and occult themes in their lyrical world.
Summum Silentium ("Supreme Silence") channel black metal from the Rafzerfeld region, drawing on the genre's contemplative and atmospheric traditions. Their music balances the ferocity of black metal with moments of eerie, meditative stillness.
Sumo Cyco formed in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada in 2011, co-founded by vocalist Skye Sweetnam — a former Capitol Records solo artist — and guitarist Matt Drake, channeling heavy metal, punk, and electronic music through the fictional lens of 'Cyco City.' Their 2014 debut Lost in Cyco City introduced a high-energy sound indebted to industrial metal and punk rock, and the band won Best Female-Fronted Band at the Toronto Independent Music Awards in 2012. Signed to Napalm Records, they have released four studio albums, most recently Neon Void (2025).
Sumokem is a stoner/doom metal band from Little Rock, Arkansas, formed in 2015, delivering slow, fuzz-drenched riffs and hazy grooves rooted in the Southern heavy rock tradition.
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