Cirith Ungol is an American heavy metal band formed in 1972.
In 1975, they made the song Shelob's Lair, which explicitly refers to the events of the eponymous chapter. While the original was never released, the band did release a re-recorded version in their 2021 album Half Past Human.[1]
In 1981, when contacting Tolkien Enterprises about the legal use of Cirith Ungol, the Saul Zeantz company informed the band that they have “no objection to your use of the term CIRITH UNGOL as the name of your musical group on the conditions that you not use any other names, characters or places from THE LORD OF THE RINGS or THE HOBBIT in your material”.[2]