Top 10 Blind Guardian Songs Inspired by J.R.R. Tolkien
Blind Guardian are a German metal band formed in the mid-80s but they are still making great music.Their singer and lyricist Hansi Kürsch is a massive Tolkien fan and as a result they have many songs inspired by Tolkien.
Blind Guardian even released a whole album - an excellent concept album with 22 tracks based on Tolkien's The Silmarillion (Nightfall in Middle-Earth, 1998). The cover art depicts Lúthien dancing for Morgoth.
The song sample is from their live album 2017. You can hear the crowd singing.
The original version was released in 1990, over a decade before the film series that made this Tolkien masterpiece popular. Obviously Blind Guardian, and Hansi in particular, were much ahead of their time.
This song has several studio versions (all great) and many live versions.
This song is about Maeglin deciding to betray Gondolin (The Silmarillion).
This song is about Turgon who builds the city of Gondolin (based on The Silmarillion).
The song is about Fingolfin riding to the gates of Angband to challenge Morgoth to a duel. Fingolfin wounds Morgoth seven times but is eventually killed (song refers to The Silmarillion).
The song sample presents another live version recorded in 2015.
The original song is from 1998 and is about Morgoth and Ungoliant who fight for the possession of the Silmarils.
The best utilization of 44 seconds - it's a short track but it's one of the most beautiful things I've ever heard in my life. It's about the battle in which Morgoth breaks the Siege of Angband using his Balrogs and dragons.
It's about Finrod Felagund and his farewell to his people, while dying from his wounds.
It's about Morgoth (The Silmarillion). A song with interesting vocals, especially after 5:00.
It's a cover song (very good Uriah Heep cover) but the original was inspired by Tolkien, so it counts.
It's about Sauron - he advises his master Morgoth to flee the triumphant Valar in the War of Wrath.
This isn't a song, it's a track that contains sounds and the scream of Morgoth with which he fights off Ungoliant.