Middle-Earth band names

[TealDude4]

I've been planning on making a band. And I though that it would be cool if the band had a LotR related name. The band is going to be somewhere in the middle of Punk Rock and Heavy Metal. What do you guys think?

[Rumil]

ShagRat?

[Meela]

A Lotr related band, cool!

One already exists smilies/smile.gif Dead Stewards Society sprang up a while ago, although it was forgotten just as quickly by all but me. Members include Denethor the Drummer on drums, Haldir the Hummer on vocals, and Strider the Strummer on guitar.
And myself on tambourine. Plus I'm their agent.

Do you want it to be an obvious Lotr name, or a subtle one? Cos right now all I can think of is obvious names like The Lorien Elves or whatever. I'd probably pick The Rangers for my own band.

[TealDude4]

I want more of a subtle band name.

[Iarwain]

I've got one for you! How about: Sammath Naur, or Tasarinan, or Tauremorna? Wonderful names, though I think Tauremorna is the only bandish one among them.

Iarwain

[QuickSlash]

If you look hard enough, you can find a band titled Galadriel.

Name? I suggest you make something out of elvish, or dwarvish, or whatever suits your fancy. Or take the Sil, look through the back, and find some obscure character. Find something close to heart.

[Talon Stormcrow]

Hmm I too have been thinking about this. Here are some ideas that I got them from the Simarillion Index smilies/biggrin.gif

Conquer
Ancalagon
Edain
Mourning
Black Glass--Helevorn a lake north of Thargelion
Sharp Glance--from Maeglin
Hanging Flame--from Glingal

Thats all I can come up with now but Ill prolly come up with more later hehe smilies/smile.gif smilies/cool.gif

[Gorwingel]

Is it going to be really Heavy Metal? Because than you could have a name like Morgoth, pure evil smilies/evil.gif. That would be kind of cool, but that is really directly Middle Earth. If you want an elvish name I would probably look in the Sil too, it would have some good names that were not so reconizable that people would immidiately think "oh, that name is from LOTR"

I will try to think up some more ideas and get back to this thread smilies/cool.gif

[Olorin]

ME band name, good idea! smilies/smile.gif Shame I can't think of any. If one comes to me, I'll be back.

[Noxomanus]

Might be because I don't like rock at all,but you'd better make a gangsta-rapperscrew with a name like The Kinslayers or Killer Hai or Demons of Fire or something.

[Tarien Ithil]

I thought up a few:

The Undying Band

Lindale (this means “music”)

Vanima Raun (this means “beautiful noise”)

Varda Valasse (this means “exalted divinity”)

The Dwarvish Axemen


Hope you can use one! smilies/smile.gif

[Yavanna228]

I hope I don't get in trouble for suggesting a member's name, but how about Hobbit Punk? smilies/smile.gif
Peace

[peonydeepdelver]

Conquer
Ancalagon
Edain
Mourning
Black Glass--Helevorn a lake north of Thargelion
Sharp Glance--from Maeglin
Hanging Flame--from Glingal

Hmmm, out of those I think hanging Flame suits a band the most, or Black Glass...

[Talon Stormcrow]

Yeah I was quite partial to Black Glass and Hanging Flame.

Vanima Raun sounds really cool smilies/biggrin.gif but Im not sure for a metal/punk band

[Benbo]

The Black Riders

[Yavanna228]

Vanima Raun (this means “beautiful noise” smilies/wink.gif
Heh heh, 'noise' is right. smilies/biggrin.gif
How about...Desperate Seekers? Hm, I'm really not good at thinking up things like this. If ever I'm in a band, we'll be the Unnamed. smilies/wink.gif
Peace

[TealDude4]

The Black Riders. How could I have missed that one! Welcome to the Downs, Benbo.

[Lady_Galadriel]

Yeah, the Black Riders would be cool!!
or Morgoth would be cool!!!!!
smilies/evil.gif smilies/evil.gif

[Duncariel]

How 'bout 'The Ringers'

oooo boy that was pathetic, sorry.

[Finwe]

I'm quite partial to The Kinslayers or Killer Hai. I love the last one! I think Hanging Flame and Black Glass are also good.

[Silmiel of Imladris]

Black Glass is a good one. If I had to chose anything I would go with that.

[arianrod]

Black Riders is good, but if you want one that sounds a bit more imposing you could be The Wraiths. Or you could take the number of people you have in your band, and the name could be that number in Elvish. That'd be cool.

[Snowdog]

Heavy Metal Punk... Hmm....

The ORCS or simply the ORCS

Though Shagrat would be good, except any non-Tolkien people in the club may think you guys get wierd after the show... smilies/wink.gif

[Finwe]

I really like the name Shagrat for a band, although, like you said, non-Tolkienites would probably take it entirely the wrong way.

[Duncariel]

Killer Hai and Kinslayers are great names for a band. I'm especiall partial to Kinslayers, great for Heavy Metal/Punk.

[Yavanna228]

TealDude,
Just a caution- if your band ever makes it big, make sure that you can take the flack that alot of Tolkienites might give you for having a band with a Tolkien-related name. In fact, there's even a thread somewhere on here about that very thing, some band called Khazad Doom. But maybe you needn't worry. smilies/wink.gif
Peace

[Horse-Maiden of the Shire]

If some of your band members are Downers, how about The Dead Ringers? I suggested that for the What are we? thread as well.

[peonydeepdelver]

You could also name the band The Oathbreakers, or something about the Paths of the Dead, I dunno, punk bands remind me of Gothic stuff, and Gothic stuff reminds me of death... I dunno, I'm weird... smilies/tongue.gif

[The Saucepan Man]

Here are my suggestions, for what they are worth.

I feel that Caradhras would make a great name for a band. And, being a cruel, blood-tinged peak, it seems suitable for the style of music that you play.

Or, on a more gothic theme, how about a werewolf name, like Carcharoth (Red Maw), or Draugluin (Blue Wolf).

[ June 28, 2003: Message edited by: The Saucepan Man ]

[Yavanna228]

Agarwaen- 'blood-stained'
I don't know if that's the sort of name you're looking for, but, there it is.
Peace

[Cuthalion]

Hmmmmmmm...ok, here ya go:

Black Speech

The Void

Stormcrow

Just a few thoughts...

[Lyta_Underhill]

To whomever had suggested Shagrat as a band name--believe it or not, it was already taken, in the 70's, I believe. Former T. Rex member Steve Peregrin Took (no lie! He changed his name to this!) formed the band called Shagrat. I'm sure you can find a reference online. I found Mr. Took's website long ago while doing endless searches about Pippin!

Cheers,
Lyta

[Balin999]

Actually, I think there already is a band called Morgoth.

What about "The Grey Company"?
Hm, people who don't know LotR wouldn't know what it's about.
There is a death metal band called Amon Amarth which is acutally "Barad-Dur" in some other language.

[Yavanna228]

Amon Amarth means 'hill of doom' in Sindarin, I believe.
Peace

[Cuthalion]

Forgot this obvious one...FoeHammer.

[Tarien Ithil]

Hey, Balin,

Grey Comapany sounds like a really good band name! Hmmmm..wonder why I didn't think of that. smilies/wink.gif

[Faramir the Ranger]

Hey there I think the awesomest name for a lotr band would be the Drunken Hobbits, the Lead Guitarist would be Pippin, th Lead singer would be frodo, the Drummer would be sam and the bassist would be merry. there manager would be old bilbo himself

[Atariel]

Methinks "Stormcrow" sounds like a nice one. Or "Thorin Oakenshield and the Miners" but that's bordering on ridiculous.

[Oddwen]

What of "Sgt. Pippin's Lonely Pint's Club Band?"

[Everdawn]

Wraiths sounds a bit too much like the Waifs, who are a punk rock band... What about.. nah, i got nuthin'. smilies/biggrin.gif

[Lyta_Underhill]

There's also a New Age type musician who is named David Arkenstone (been around quite a while) and of course, the electronic band Shadowfax! I think Middle Earth has been influencing band names for a long time now! A worthy tradition!

Perhaps some names from the Silmarillion: Thangorodrim, Ungoliant, Sons of Fëanor, Gothmog is just begging for it (probably taken already), Helcaraxë , Miriel Serinde, Glorfindel (nice name, whether its a band or not!). Come to think of it, his horse Asfaloth would make a great band name too! If Shadowfax, why not Asfaloth? smilies/wink.gif Or Gildor Inglorion...back to the LOTR now! Well, can't think of much else for now...

Cheers,
Lyta

[Meneltarmacil]

In my opinion "Ancalagon" would make a great band name. You could even have this cool evil dragon symbol for it.

[Aredhel Ar Feiniel]

Sharp Glance--from Maeglin

Nice. But maybe that's just because I love Maeglin. *grins*

The Last Alliance
Irensaga

That's all for now.

[ July 14, 2003: Message edited by: Aredhel Ar Feiniel ]

[Tarien Ithil]

Hmmmm...The Last Alliance has a ring to it.

How about Grey Company? Or has that been mentioned.

TealDude, can you confirm whether you like the ideas? smilies/smile.gif

[TealDude4]

Thanks a lot, everybody. After thinking it over, we (the band) have decided to use Black Glass as our band name. But keep on thinking of new one for people who might want to start a band of there own.

I AM SO HAPPY TO BE BACK AT THE BARROW DOWNS!!!! smilies/biggrin.gif smilies/biggrin.gif smilies/biggrin.gif smilies/biggrin.gif smilies/biggrin.gif

[Amarthol]

Is anyone familiar to Ferris Bueler's Day Off(movie) and the part where the water tower says "save Ferris" ? You could name your band "Save Haldir" in triubte to our fallen heroe.

[Elwen_starmaiden]

I thought of this before: TLOE (or TLE) means The Light of Elendil, or maybe Earendil, what ever you want.

[Meela]

My band will be called The Pyre.

When I get a band, that is...

Or perhaps Into The Fire (also in dedication to one of my favourite songs). Or Broken. Or just Crazy Deranged Denethor Fans (even though I'll be the only fan...).

If you have any ideas for my band name, please let me know.

Or perhaps I will use Dead Stewards Society.

[lore_master]

my bands name is THE FEANTURI (masters of spririts).
we were thunking about THE DRUNKEN MONKEYS, but decided to go with something tolkein

[Reg Pither]

I was in a band (Metal of course!) some twenty years ago (Yikes!) called Mordor. Simple, effective, never understood and always misspelled in any promotional material... smilies/wink.gif

[Balin999]

Is anyone familiar to Ferris Bueler's Day Off(movie) and the part where the water tower says "save Ferris" ? You could name your band "Save Haldir" in triubte to our fallen heroe.

As I have repeated very often, Haldir has not fallen. He has just accepted that you don't meddle with the books or you might not fare well smilies/wink.gif
But I have seen the movie "Ferris' Day off" and I like the idea, maybe change the name.
"Save Theoden" or "Save Sauron" or "Save Morgoth" but that would fit for a Death Metal Band, but doesn't sound like death metal at all.
An Austrian Black metal and tolkien-related band is called "Summoning".

[The Witch-King of Angmar]

There are so many Bands with LoTR-names .. Amon Amarth, Amon Duul, Ancalagon, Arathorn, Burzum, Count Grishnack, Dagorlad, Elbereth, Ephel Duath, Evereve, Fangorn, Galadriel, Isengard, Khazad-dûm, Lothlorien, Lugburz, Marillion, Minas Tirith, Minas Morgul, Morannon, Morgul, Nargothrond, Nazxul, Rhûn, Rivendell, Shagrath, Shadow Host and so on .. smilies/biggrin.gif