Rock Bands and Tolkien (Nightwish and more)

[Lindale]

Originally Posted by Lalwendë

If bands want to be really cool then they reference someone like JG Ballard or Nabokov or Illuminatus!, not Tolkien, because Tolkien still isn't really what you'd call 'cool' - and that's part of the appeal for many of us

I love you guys. Even though I live in a different universe

*goes to the neighborhood underground in search of the things you're all saying*

Sometimes I wonder, was I born in the wrong continent? My tummy says hell no, but my ears say yea.

Originally Posted by Hakon

One thing I have noticed is that the majority of bands that make Tolkien references or references to mythology(usually Norse)are almost always heavy metal or death metal bands.

Hmm, I never thought of that before. Interesting. It reminds me heavily of Manowar. Does it have any Tolkien references?