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Or Creeping Death, or Wherever I May Roam, or maybe The Call of Ktulu.

Why must we pick one?

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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

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

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What happens when guys from four or five different death metal bands hang out together in their spare time?

They start a new gothic rock band, of course.

https://youtu.be/y1PQE6cxXK4

It's time for Metal Transmitted by Relays, and for the past few weeks, we've been deep in the dark depths of extreme metal, so let's hear something a bit more accessible.

Cemetery Skyline is a new band that is compromised of members from well known Death Metal groups Dark Tranquillity, Insomniun, Amorphis, Dimmu Borgir, Sentenced, and others...

but it isn't Death Metal. They're recording their version of 90's and 2000's gothic, which they're calling Nordic Gothic. And it just so happens that they're releasing their album next Friday, October 11th.

https://youtu.be/NasMtOyj__s

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

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Brought the cattle up to the corral this morning.

Calves got sorted off, dewormed, and weaned. Bull calves got banded.

#proofofwork #grownostr #farmstr #beef

Interesting.

Sounds like agorism to me. But they had a failure of OPSEC somewhere.

Don't you dare try to breed larger sheep without permission from the state.

If only government cared as much about human health as it does for the supposed health of wildlife.

(It seems the hurricane response news has me in a very anti-government mood this week.)

Set up some furnished canvas tents. Yurts also seem to be popular, but I think a bit more pricey/complex.

Perhaps a small pavilion with fire pit and outdoor cooking area.

Replying to Avatar Guy Swann

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He didn’t want to boast, but he gave me permission to publicly thank him.

The trust you guys have put in me to make sure this goes to where it needs to is seriously humbling. Thank you ❤️ nostr:note12mn2d0rdyns30jpjphq7cwzvq0jxvs8308rx0spt9gqg2vgk3fssqd54qx

Bitcoiners are more fiscally responsible than FEMA.

And Guy Swan is more trustworthy than the federal government.

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If metal doesn't involve dwarves or space, I probably don't like it.

Speaking of dwarves....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q120ExX1WHk

This is over of my favorite metal bands with a new release.

#tunestr #music #metal #dwarves #drinking #feasting

Awesome. After watching that, I can't help but be reminded of this one.

https://youtu.be/FLQnrOZmZoc

These two bands should tour together. That would be a great show.

We don't make concrete like that anymore. That old stuff is indestructible. It's full of local creek gravel, which around here, is hard chert and quartz.

I once watched a guy try to break a well cover made from that old concrete with an 8,000 lb excavator. Pounded on it for ten minutes, and barely chipped the surface.

I think I'd trust that old silo more than an identical new one made from modern concrete.

How about a little break from fiat world craziness.

Check out this old silo I found in the woods.

#grownostr #getoutside #touchgrass #ruralruins

It's a modified pipe tamping tool. The "tape" is a piece of bicycle inner tube that it slides under.

The two other guys I'm going with have elk tags. I am going to watch over the camp, cook some good food, help pack out any animals we harvest, and generally chill off grid and away from work.

T-Minus 11 days until my hunting trip.

Pretty much have my haversack items squared away.

Shelter, clothing and food items will get dropped once we set up base camp, but this is my basic gear that I will always be carrying.

#grownostr #outdoorgear #hunting #getoutside #edcstr

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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"

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

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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

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

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Peaceful, contemplative fall evening here tonight.

Using brass, brier, and flame to summon smoke from leaf.

Cornell and Diehl Awakened Elder

(Latakia, Kasturi, Virginias, Burley, Perique, and Black Cavendish)

In a T. Cristiano bent Dublin

#grownostr #pipestr #tobacco #zippo