Top 10 Metal Songs Referring to Books
Songs may be based on books, inspired by books, mentioning books / characters, or just alluding to.
It was inspired by "The Charge of the Light Brigade" by Tennyson.
Based on Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time series.
This epic song retells Dante's Inferno.
It is based on Ernest Hemingway's 1940 novel of the same title.
Based on The Iliad by Homer and it's about Cassandra - one of the characters.
It is about The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux.
Yeah, you will notice that several metal bands read a lot - Iron Maiden, Blind Guardian, Iced Earth.
It's about Dracula by Bram Stoker.
Based on Homer's epic of the same name.
Based on The Dark Tower by Stephen King, from Randall Flagg's point of view (the main antagonist from the series).
Inspired by the Lord of the Rings.
Based on Shakespeare's Hamlet, from Prince Hamlet's point of view.
Based on Orson Scott Card's novel Seventh Son.
It is about Stephen King's The Stand.
Based on Tolkien's The Silmarillion.
It is based on Milton's Paradise Lost, about the downfall of Lucifer.
Based on Michael Moorcock's fantasy novels. Tanelorn is a fictional city set in the Multiverse.
Based on Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time series.
The Silmarillion by Tolkien.
Tolkien - The Silmarillion