''Summon in Thunder'' is
Himsa
Himsa was an American metalcore band from Seattle, Washington. Formed in 1998, their band name is from the Sanskrit word himsa, which means "harm" or "violence".
The group released four full-length studio albums, two EPs and one DVD before th ...
's fourth and last full-length album. It was released September 18, 2007, through
Century Media Records
Century Media Records is a German heavy metal record label with offices in Germany, the United States and the United Kingdom. In August 2015, Century Media was acquired by Sony Music for US$17 million.
Background
Century Media was founded by R ...
. Music videos were made for the songs "Unleash Carnage" and "Big Timber".
Reception
Blabbermouth.net
''Blabbermouth.net'' is a website dedicated to metal and rock news, as well as album and music DVD reviews. It is run by the website's founder Borivoj Krgin. The first version of the website was launched in March 2001. In October 2001, the rec ...
states "The first class recording team... ...harnesses the unit's musical ferocity, emphasizing every detail, right down to vocalist terrorist John Pettibone's paint-peeling delivery. It is in fact an all-consuming sound with an emphasis on the splitting of ears. The shock of the up tick in fury occurring after the first spin is downright destabilizing."
Jason Jordan on the Last Rites website states the album "is a good, thrashy metalcore record that surpasses the band's previous entries, but not by a considerable distance", that "''Summon in Thunder'' is noticeably heavier and more memorable than any disc in their catalog", and "it's also a testament to the fact that this quintet is improving while moving up the metal ladder simultaneously."
Track listing
#"Reinventing the Noose" – 5:17
#"Haunter" – 4:17
#"Big Timber" – 4:00
#"Given in to the Taking" – 4:02
#"Skinwalkers" – 6:41
#"Curseworship" – 4:03
#"Hooks as Hands" – 4:16
#"Ruin Them" – 3:33
#"Den of Infamy" – 4:15
#"Unleash Carnage" – 2:02
#"Summon in Thunder" – 3:13
References
2007 albums
Himsa albums
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