Let's see just how many bands we can list whose names were pulled from his universe...

1. Amon Amarth
2. Gorgoroth
3. Burzum
4. Cirith Ungol
5. Cirith Gorgor
6. Isengard
7. Minas Morgul- Poland
8. Minas Tirith- Denmark
9. Shadowfax- Ireland
10. Ringwraith- Italy
11. Carach Angren
12. Sammath Naur
13. Amon Hen
14. Mordor
15. Morgul
16. Gandalf
17. Sauron
18. Silmarils
19. Lothlöryen (BRA - Folk)
20. Minhyriath (SUI - Death/Folk)
21. Balrog
22. The Nazgûl
23. Ephel Duath
24. mordagor
25. Arwen
26. Orkrist
27. Dungortheb

OMG what a tread, I dunno much but i know one sho's lyrics are 100% Tolkien its OLD Blind Guardian, read lyrics and enjoy speed metal


IMO Battlore was too insuprated from Tolkien
Amon Din - Serebian band
Azagal - Finish BM
Ze Rami - Swedidh ambient band
Flying Nazgûl - German BM
Galadriel - Slovenia DOOM metal
Gorthaur's Wrath - Croatian band

Ehh theres many IM in MA each daya nd see etleast one Tolkein band, so Im not memorty robot cant remeber all

Borknagar sounds Tolkieny to me

but I guess it could be Norwegian or something

Wow, there are lots and sounds like you've named a good many of them. I think... Mor Dagor as well, but I'm not certain.

And let's not forget the Tolkien driven lyrics of LED ZEPPELIN!!!

There are so many band names now you would THINK are from Tolkien as well! With goofy names like Gorgomoth, Grongachon, Bang-A-Rang-PETER! (HOOK..), Cirk Blagor, etc. Note, these are made up names, but.... shit, I'm going to bed soon.

Let's not forget the Uruk Hais, or the thousands of bands called Nazgul...

Just play with the MA search, there are a bunch of bands called Aragorn too, and some kind of Dimmu parody called Gimli Balrog. Plus a bunch of bands called Balrog. And a couple called Gollum.

Haha yeah Amon Amarth-- name of the mountain right?

Oh jeez, far too many to list, though I think the obvious ones have already been listed. I'm really surprised to find out Bal-Sagoth is not Tolkien related.

Mine was just a quick off the top of hte head list, i do want to come up with some comprehensive list for shits and giggles just to see how many there are.

Written by Bad English on 04.12.2008 at 01:26


Galadriel - Slovenia DOOM metal

Slovakia, not Slovenian.

Minas Morgul from Germany, Pagan Black.

And the immensily overrated Summoning. Not a Tolkien bandname, but a Tolkien concept and quite a lot of album titles from the LoTR world.

Written by Lucas on 04.12.2008 at 21:32

And the immensily overrated Summoning. Not a Tolkien bandname, but a Tolkien concept and quite a lot of album titles from the LoTR world.

they are better then the immensily overrated emo band Shining

the heavy doom band Cirith Ungol also took it's name of tolkien's world and some songs.

Written by VPeter on 04.12.2008 at 22:09

Written by Lucas on 04.12.2008 at 21:32

And the immensily overrated Summoning. Not a Tolkien bandname, but a Tolkien concept and quite a lot of album titles from the LoTR world.

they are better then the immensily overrated emo band Shining

You mean Swedish Shining who play BM opr other, because I hate Shining, one of rear bands what I hate

Written by Bad English on 04.12.2008 at 23:10

Written by VPeter on 04.12.2008 at 22:09

Written by Lucas on 04.12.2008 at 21:32

And the immensily overrated Summoning. Not a Tolkien bandname, but a Tolkien concept and quite a lot of album titles from the LoTR world.

they are better then the immensily overrated emo band Shining

You mean Swedish Shining who play BM opr other, because I hate Shining, one of rear bands what I hate

emo black metal yes

Back on topic Shinig has nothing to do with this topic.

Gandalf and Isengard


Edit: almost forget Isengard

Why hasn't anyone mentioned the great band Summoning yet? Their lyrical themes are way soooooo Tolkien :p

Written by Nightmare^ on 05.12.2008 at 12:03

Why hasn't anyone mentioned the great band Summoning yet? Their lyrical themes are way soooooo Tolkien :p

surely summoning is one the most famous tolkien-inspired bands (and one of the most overrated Tolkien-inspired bands) but the point is the name of the bands not their lyrical themes

I know a bm band "mordagor" that means dark war

Written by Nightmare^ on 05.12.2008 at 12:03

Why hasn't anyone mentioned the great band Summoning yet? Their lyrical themes are way soooooo Tolkien :p

Lucas mentioned it a couple of posts above yours. But he rightly called them vastly overrated

Only ones I can think of from the top of my head which haven't been mentioned are Avathar, and Rivendell. There are loads though I'm sure.

Written by Bad English on 04.12.2008 at 01:26

IMO Battlore was too insuprated from Tolkien

Yes Battlelore is inspired by the Tolkien universe, but the topic is about BAND NAMES not lyric themes

@Bitter: will you be listing the bands in the first post? Could be good fun to see how many you'll end up with

Written by Dangerboner on 04.12.2008 at 01:33

Borknagar sounds Tolkieny to me

but I guess it could be Norwegian or something

Borknagar isn't.
read this

Arwen is the only one i can think of that isnt mentioned.

Written by GT on 06.12.2008 at 22:47

Written by Bad English on 04.12.2008 at 01:26

IMO Battlore was too insuprated from Tolkien

Yes Battlelore is inspired by the Tolkien universe, but the topic is about BAND NAMES not lyric themes

@Bitter: will you be listing the bands in the first post? Could be good fun to see how many you'll end up with

Battlelore is a band is it not?

Written by Doc G. on 12.12.2008 at 10:12

Written by GT on 06.12.2008 at 22:47

Written by Bad English on 04.12.2008 at 01:26

IMO Battlore was too insuprated from Tolkien

Yes Battlelore is inspired by the Tolkien universe, but the topic is about BAND NAMES not lyric themes

@Bitter: will you be listing the bands in the first post? Could be good fun to see how many you'll end up with

Battlelore is a band is it not?

Yep, but the band name doesn't come from tolkien

Written by Guest on 12.12.2008 at 11:00

Written by Doc G. on 12.12.2008 at 10:12

Written by GT on 06.12.2008 at 22:47

Written by Bad English on 04.12.2008 at 01:26

IMO Battlore was too insuprated from Tolkien

Yes Battlelore is inspired by the Tolkien universe, but the topic is about BAND NAMES not lyric themes

@Bitter: will you be listing the bands in the first post? Could be good fun to see how many you'll end up with

Battlelore is a band is it not?

Yep, but the band name doesn't come from tolkien

Ah I see, misunderstood the post.

Gorgoroth
Enslaved's Isa album,
Burzum used to be Uruk Hai and whatnot...

Written by LeChron James on 14.12.2008 at 05:18


Enslaved's Isa album,

How so?

Isa? yeah, i missed the boat on that one as well.

Bas - I will get around to compiling the list on the first post. been busy as, well, to fit the theme of the topic at hand, busy as mordor the past couple weeks. hooray work.

Orkrist - Slovak band

''Orkrist is a slovak translation of Orcrist, which is a Sword of dwarf named Thorin Oakenshield. This sword is translated as "Goblin-cleaver". (Lord Of The Rings, of course)''