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awfullotofocelots t1_j1l5wyi wrote

A lot of Metal is inspired by fantasy fiction. Copy pasting from elsewhere on reddit, thanks to u/esa1996:

Evertale's (Power Metal) first album is about Dragonlance Chronicles, and their second is mostly about Warhammer 40k.

Lyra (Power Metal / Melodic Death Metal) has two songs about Wheel of Time (Betrayer of Hope and The Sword That Could Not Be Broken)

Caladan Brood's (Atmospheric Black Metal) entire discography is about the Malazan: Book of the Fallen series.

Blind Guardian (Power Metal) has songs about Dark Tower, Wheel of Time, ASOIAF, and Otherland (And an album about the Silmarillion).

Nightwish (Symphonic Metal) has a song about Kingkiller Chronicle (Edema Ruh)

Dragony (Power Metal) has a song about Wheel of Time (Flame of Tar Valon).

Katana (Power Metal) has a song about Wheel of Time (Wisdom of Emond's Field)

Beast in Black and Battle Beast (Both are power metal) both have plenty of songs about Berserk.

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Esa1996 t1_j1lgp3k wrote

Hey, thanks for quoting my comment! :D

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Here is some more fantasy inspired metal:

Blind Guardian's (Power Metal) latest album has a songs about The Witcher and American Gods.

Bloodbound (Power Metal) has songs about A Song of Ice and Fire and Lord of the Rings.

Cain's Offering (Power Metal) has a song about The Sandman (Morpheus in a Masquerade).

Crystal Eyes (Power Metal) has a song about Forgotten Realms (Forgotten Realms).

Eternity's End (Power Metal) has a song about The Dark Tower (The Dark Tower).

Sabaton (Power Metal) mostly sings about history but they have a song about Lord of the Rings as well (Shadows).

Wind Rose (Power Metal) has a song about Lord of the Rings (The Breed of Durin, probably others as well).

Summoning (Atmospheric Black Metal) reportedly has plenty of songs about LOTR (I only know one song so I can't confirm that, but that's what I've heard).

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There are also dozens of metal bands that create their own fantasy stories* and then write songs about them. Some examples of these are Dragonland, Fairyland, Rhapsody, Twilight Force, and Marius Danielsen.

*These stories aren't usually released as books however, only as songs.

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