Bands

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Every damn black metal band out there sounds like it was taken from Middle Earth and it seems like there is a band for every character in the writings of JRR Tolkien.

Jason Fisher

There are various bands who make music inspired by Tolkien and his works. For the complete list of bands with more than an eponymous connection, see the Bands Category.

Major Tolkien-themed bands by Genre

Classical and Early Music

• Clamavi De Profundis
• Tolkien Ensemble

Folk, Filk and World Music

• Brobdingnagian Bards
• The Fellowship

Metal

• Summoning
• Blind Guardian
• Battlelore
• Rivendell

Rock

• Soundestiny

Bands that only have a eponymous connection to Tolkien

Symphonic

• Eye of Melian

Metal

• Amon Amarth
• Balrog (Belarusian band)
• Balrog (French band)
• Balrog (Italian band)
• Elvenking
• Falls of Rauros
• Gandalf (Finnish band)
• Gorgoroth
• Isengard (Swedish band)
• Saruman

Rock

• Gandalf (American band)
• Lórien (American band)

Psycho-Synth

• Morthond(Swedish)

See also

• A list of Bands
• Music

External links

• Alexander Melzer, "JRR Tolkien - A Metal-pioneer?", at The Metal Observer
• Tolkien-Music.com
• Amy H. Sturgis, "Lord of the Rings, Rock On! A music consideration of Lord of the Rings", at PopThought