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In a basement in Austria, there lived a black metal band. It was not a black metal band filled with satanic themes and a low recording quality, nor was it a Norwegian band that stabbed people or burned churches in it's spare time.

It was Summoning

And that means Tolkien inspired lyrics, majestic atmospheric soundscapes, and a much needed change of pace for black metal.

https://youtu.be/Vb1-yX3WhnA

Welcome to Metal Transmitted by Relays. This month we're featuring metal bands influenced by Tolkien.

And the time has come to dive into Black Metal, but don't be scared, it's not really as black as you've been led to believe, a fact I largely credit to Summoning.

They borrowed the foundation of their sound from the Black Metal subgenre but rather than focusing on anger, despair, or anti religion themes, they wrote songs about Middle Earth.

https://youtu.be/JvzY5aQDe70

They also recorded the first metal song written entirely in the Black Speech of Mordor.

https://youtu.be/phjb-PLK6DI

Their career has spanned over eight albums in which they've established a deep Tolkien nerd credibility far beyond any other band I've ever come across. They also pioneered the atmospheric black metal scene in inspiring several other bands to contribute to their particular style of black metal.

But if you're a fan of the classic black metal sound, they have an album for that too.

https://youtu.be/bAYqEiysNmA

#metal #tunestr #tolkien #heavymetal #music #grownostr #metaltransmittedbyrelays

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Jordan Richner 1y ago

Far, far below the deepest delving of mainstream music, the world of metal is gnawed by nameless vocals... I have walked there, and I will bring now report to darken the light of day

https://youtu.be/iBrugTuI28c

It's time for Metal Transmitted by Relays, where I feature lesser known metal bands and subgenres each week. Continuing our Tolkien theme, today we have metal from the deep places of the world.

Khazad Dum is a band named after the Dwarven name for Moria, the ancient, abandoned, underground stronghold of the Dwarves. And what sound did they choose to accompany their Dwarven motif?

Funeral Doom.

(Shout-out to Wind Rise for their Dwarf theme, but sorry, Doom Metal is way more "Dwarven" than Folk/Power metal.)

Khazad Dum has released one album, "Hymns from the Deep". It's a concept album about the Fellowship's journey through Moria.

Funeral Doom is the ultimate low-time- preference music. It's best experienced in it's entirety.

https://youtu.be/KoZS1pMsBMU

The only lyrics I was able to find.

STONES OF SORROW

"Ithkêl murbêl

Buh Dashât sadishîn

Doom of the deep folk wrote on blackened blades

Tidings of Balin’s fate through tale of plight

Stones of sorrow tell their tale as light fades

Wrought by hands of time in stillness of night

Hooded faces silent beside the tomb

Reflecting upon the brave lord’s lone quest

Went alone to look in Mirror mere’s gloom

An arrow in the dark death manifest

Grim readings sing bloody tunes of cruel ends

Cloven shields and helms conjoin words to deeds

Morning’s end to dread and horror extends

Vile tides come to repeat prior misdeeds

They are coming

We cannot get out"

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Jordan Richner 1y ago

J. R. R. Tolkien has named more bands than any other human on Earth.

Welcome to Metal Transmitted by Relays, my series of weekly notes featuring lesser known metal bands and subgenres.

This will be the final installment of our September Tolkien Theme. I'm changing up the format a bit this week. Typically, I showcase one band that I have legitimitely listened to and enjoyed, but today, I am presenting a whole list of bands and will share music from a few that I have deemed worth a listen.

My goal is to make the case that JRR Tolkien has named more bands than anyone, ever.

It has become common practice among the metal communuty that if you need a cool band name, just consult a map of Middle Earth. Tolkien made up multiple entire languages to enrich the fantasy world he created, and therefore, he also provided hundreds or even thousands of unique names and terms, which decades later, are just waiting to be used as awesome band names.

I have scoured the internet for articles, consulted AI, and trawled through the obscure reaches of Youtube and Encyclopaedia Metallum, and have compiled what I'm pretty certain is the most comprehensive list of Tolkien derived metal band names ever made. Let's begin.

Amon Amarth: Viking themed melodic death metal, the elvish name for Mount Doom

Gorgoroth: one of the pioneers of Norwegian Black Metal, named after the Northwestern region of Mordor

Burzum: Varg Vikernes' Black Metal project before he went to jail for stabbing and killing a rival band's guitarist

Eldamar: atmospheric black metal

https://youtu.be/9SKcnz6Ubow

Carach Angren: symphonic black metal

Eregion: power metal

Thangorodrim: black metal

Uruk-Hai: black metal

Anglachel: atmospheric black/dungein synth

Aragorn: heavy metal

Falls of Rauros: atmospheric black metal

Cirith Ungol: heavy metal

Argonath: black metal

Isengard: black metal solo project by the drummer from Darkthrone

Ephel Duath: Italian prog metal

Aglarond: gothic doom from Mexico

https://youtu.be/Q6F9iW_0ti0

Mordor: Industrial (Russian version of Rammstein)

Ainur: progressive rock orchestra

Arwen: symphonic metal

Fangorn: black metal

Fangorn: power metal

Avathar: thrash metal from Ecuador

Balrog: black metal

Gimli Son of Gloin:

Cirith Gorgor: black metal

Rhun: black metal

Gothmog: black metal

Lungorthin: black metal

Scatha: thrash metal

Valar: black metal

Hithlum: black metal

Lorien: power metal

Ainulindale: epic black metal

Barrow Wight: black metal

Dagorath: black metal

Dol Guldur: black metal

Minas Morgul: power metal

Dwarrodelf: atmospheric black metal

Emyn Muil epic black metal

Fangorn: black metal

Khazad-Dum: funeral doom

Nazgul: black metal

Numenorean: blackened death

Rivendell: black metal

Smeagol's Fate: black metal, dungeon synth

Smoke of Isengard: doom/stoner metal

Morgul Blade: heavy metal

https://youtu.be/y64Lym-nMq4

Tengwar: epic folk metal

Dol Amroth: power metal

Kor: black metal

Line of Durin: atmospheric black metal

Ondolinde: melodic death metal

Rivendell: black metal

Vanyar: epic black metal

Warg: black metal

Avathar: epic black/folk metal

Bauglir: melodic death metal

Orodruin: black metal/ambient

Caras Galadon: black metal

Mithril: power metal

Mordor: black/funeral doom

Orkrist: symphonic black/gothic/folk metal

Anduril: power metal

Beleriand: atmospheric black metal

Carn Dum: black metal

Dagorlath: power metal

Maeglin: black metal

Mirkwood: atmospheric black metal

Numenor: symphonic/black/power metal

Witchking: epic heavy metal

Wormtongue: black/folk metal

Zirakzigil: progressive stoner/sludge metal

Ash Nazg Burz: black metal

Keys of Orthanc: epic black metal/dungeon synth

https://youtu.be/L6m_xtk3esI

Kingdom of Angmar: atmospheric black metal

Morgul Vale: atmospheric black metal

Nurn: black/ambient

Olorin: Doom metal

Palantir: black/speed metal

Skald of Morgoth: black metal

Amon Din: melodic death metal

Arathorn: atmospheric black/folk metal

Arda: power metal

Baruk Khazad: folk/death metal

Carcharoth: Dungeon synth, black metal

Durthang: atmospheric black metal

Eldarion: atmospheric black metal

Erech: black metal

Flying Nazguls: black metal

Galadriel's Wrath: black metal

Kortirion: black metal

Maglor: folk metal

Mithrandir: black metal

Ungoliant: black metal

Eowyn: atmospheric black/dungeon synth

Carcharoth AV: atmospheric black metal

Daedeloth: death/doom

Dagorlad: atmospheric black/gothic

Ered Angmar: pagan black metal

Feanor: heavy metal

Galadriel: gothic/doom/death

Geist Elbereth: black metal

Ithil: black metal

Kharn: black/folk metal

Moria: deathcore

Moriquendi: black/folk metal

Servant of Morgoth: black metal

Lammoth: melodic black metal

https://youtu.be/MYfDmLqqkeE

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