Every song by the band Summoning (read their lyrics and you'll know why:
http://www.darklyrics.com/s/summoning.html
Any battle sequence i always think of Manowar's Blood of My Enemies:
Three sons have I,and they
Ride by my side.-The fierce,
The black, and the wicked are
their names-we ride down my
enemies on their half-hearted flight.
No voice of mercy-no evangels of light.
Mighty messengers-heathens rage
Witness our coming-gods of the dead.
I ride through the air-
I laugh as I die-with powers of evel
Dark knowledge is mine.
The 1st sin was trust.-
Kill without warning-for blood now
I lust
Strong wind-magic mist
To Asgard the Valkries fly
High overhead-they carry the dead
Where blood of my enemies lies.
Three sons have I,and they
Ride by my side.-The fierce,
The black,and the wicked are
their names-we ride down my
enemies on their half-hearted flight.
No voice of mercy-no evangels of light.
Strong wind-magic mist
To Asgard the Valkries fly
High overhead-they carry the dead
Where blood of my enemies lies.
I know its more Viking themed but it still fits the mood for me...Come to think of it, pretty much any Viking Metal goes well with Tolkein for me (Ancient Rites, Enslaved, Bathory, etc)
When I think of a tale in the Silmarillion, where some elf guy (i'm sorry, i've read it twice and i still can't keep track of ANY of the names) slays Glaurung and he himself is slain because of Glaurungs poisoned blood, and his lover comes to grieve for him i think of this song by My Dying Bride
9. For My Fallen Angel
As I draw up my breath,
And silver fills my eyes.
I kiss her still,
For she will never rise.
On my weak body,
Lays her dying hand.
Through those meadows of Heaven,
Where we ran.
Like a thief in the night,
The wind blows so light.
It wars with my tears,
That won't dry for many years.
Loves golden arrow
At her should have fled,
And not Deaths ebon dart
To strike her dead.
When Merry's looking in the Palantiri-Black Sabbath by Black Sabbath
For various episodes of The Silmarillion
And I Lust... By Anathema (more for the atmosphere of the song than for the specific lyrics)
1. ...And I lust
Stately columns standing in solemn rows
Such empty honours are suitable for those
Whose death erases all renown and fame
And vanquishes their glory with their name
Wandering aimlessly through dead filled fields
Rewards are just, who knows what absence yields?
By the golden beauty of dusk
and the sun low in our sky
By the haunting shadows of trees
and graves, mesmerized am I.
Searching deep inside trying to reach my dreams
I see a face stare back at me... oh, so serene.
By the golden beauty of dusk
and the sun low in our sky
By the haunting shadows of trees
and graves, mesmerized am I.
Those whispering shades... sad, silent glades
But not for those whose superior worth
After death extols them to the earth
I would even venture to assume
That one need not build for them a tomb
By human art, since glory heaven sent
Serves them as a living monument
Pain is a far away land,
Misery, a lifetime's journey...
...and I lust for death (judgement).
King Crimson goes well with Tolkein as well
thats all for now folks (more later maybe)