Tolkien in modern music? - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Balin999 · 02-10-2003, 07:05 AM

There's an Austrian band called Summoning that has very much focused on LotR. They have taken many lyrics of Tolkien, although it is hard to understand them sometimes, because they are more or less a black metal band. But they have developed over the years, and now they use horns, keyboards and other stuff, and there is no shrieking anymore.
The Album-titles are:
Lugburz

Minas Morgul

Dol Guldur

Nightshade Forests

Stronghold

and: Let mortal heroes sing your fame

It's worth downloading their songs (The Lugburz-album is not really one of my favourites).
One of their best songs is "Kôr", found on Minas Morgul.

Another (young) band that I know of is Battlelore, they are strongly Tolkien-related. The cover of one of their cds shows Morgoth. actually a picture of Alan Lee I think. They are more into Black/Death Metal, but the music is not that brutal, and they have a very good ballad called "the green maid" which reminds me very much of Luthien and Beren.

02-10-2003, 07:05 AM	#4
Balin999 Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: May 2000 Location: East of the Sun, West of the Moon Posts: 493	There's an Austrian band called Summoning that has very much focused on LotR. They have taken many lyrics of Tolkien, although it is hard to understand them sometimes, because they are more or less a black metal band. But they have developed over the years, and now they use horns, keyboards and other stuff, and there is no shrieking anymore. The Album-titles are: Lugburz Minas Morgul Dol Guldur Nightshade Forests Stronghold and: Let mortal heroes sing your fame It's worth downloading their songs (The Lugburz-album is not really one of my favourites). One of their best songs is "Kôr", found on Minas Morgul. Another (young) band that I know of is Battlelore, they are strongly Tolkien-related. The cover of one of their cds shows Morgoth. actually a picture of Alan Lee I think. They are more into Black/Death Metal, but the music is not that brutal, and they have a very good ballad called "the green maid" which reminds me very much of Luthien and Beren. __________________ ...Nichts ist gelber als Gelb selber... ...The opposite of courage in our society is not cowardice, but conformity... ...Everything is possible, except to ski through a revolving door...