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In a basement in Austria, there lived a black metal band. It was not a black metal band filled with satanic themes and a low recording quality, nor was it a Norwegian band that stabbed people or burned churches in it's spare time.

It was Summoning

And that means Tolkien inspired lyrics, majestic atmospheric soundscapes, and a much needed change of pace for black metal.

https://youtu.be/Vb1-yX3WhnA

Welcome to Metal Transmitted by Relays. This month we're featuring metal bands influenced by Tolkien.

And the time has come to dive into Black Metal, but don't be scared, it's not really as black as you've been led to believe, a fact I largely credit to Summoning.

They borrowed the foundation of their sound from the Black Metal subgenre but rather than focusing on anger, despair, or anti religion themes, they wrote songs about Middle Earth.

https://youtu.be/JvzY5aQDe70

They also recorded the first metal song written entirely in the Black Speech of Mordor.

https://youtu.be/phjb-PLK6DI

Their career has spanned over eight albums in which they've established a deep Tolkien nerd credibility far beyond any other band I've ever come across. They also pioneered the atmospheric black metal scene in inspiring several other bands to contribute to their particular style of black metal.

But if you're a fan of the classic black metal sound, they have an album for that too.

https://youtu.be/bAYqEiysNmA

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Saturday evening means it's time for Metal Transmitted by Relays.

For the remainder of September, we're going to look at some instances where Metal has intersected with ... Tolkien.

Starting with the power metal band Blind Guardian

https://youtu.be/y6Pq5H0odaI

Blind Guardian is a German band that has been cranking out power metal for many years now, but we're going to focus on their 1998 album "Nightfall in Middle Earth."

https://youtu.be/6EyNjmspx64

It is a concept album based on J.R.R. Tolkien's "The Silmarillion", and tells the story of the Noldor elves in the First Age and their sorrowful war against Morgoth to regain the stolen Silmarils.

https://youtu.be/6Yz4_1mZarA

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