Rock Bands and Tolkien (Nightwish and more)

[Lindale]

Originally Posted by Eomer of the Rohirrim

I would also point out that the rather famous Amon Amarth are unrelated to Tolkien: they just liked the name.

Quite true. And sometimes I wonder, do those black metallers think they get cooler or something by alluding to one such as Tolkien, who is easily associated with modern epics. I mean, if those metallers allude to something as crass as those horrible Meyer things, they'd get classified as emo/screamo stuff.

I bought that Nightfall in Middle-earth album a few years ago and found it to be very tiresome. Nightwish I have no opinion of.

You break my heart. But what is Burzum? Can you post a link? (Sorry. Am in the ROTC lounge right now, and what I'm doing is illegal surfing )