''Let Mortal Heroes Sing Your Fame'' is the fifth studio album by the Austrian

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band Summoning. It was released on 31 October 2001, through

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. It is the first of their releases to feature male clean vocals, on the chorus of "Farewell". It is also their first album to make extensive use of audio samples (taken from radio productions of ''

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''), giving the album a slight dramaturgic bent. The cover art is based on Mark Harrison's painting, ''Draco Niger Grandis'' (1999), surrounded by a frame coming from

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's ''The Aino Myth'' (1891).

Track listing

Credits

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– guitar, keyboards, drum programming, vocals on "In Hollow Halls Beneath the Fells", "Our Foes Shall Fall", "Runes of Power", "Ashen Cold" * Silenius – keyboards, vocals on tracks "South Away", "The Mountain King's Return", "Farewell"

References

External links

''Let Mortal Heroes Sing Your Fame'' page at the band's official website
(defunct) {{Authority control 2001 albums Summoning (band) albums Napalm Records albums