Ī more subtle nod to the series is the song The Necromancer, unless of course you’ve actually read the book and recognize that “The Necromancer” is another name Sauron (the big glowing eye), or listen to the lyrics, which reference such things as “three travellers” (a nod to Frodo, Sam, and Gollum) and multiple allusions to wraiths, and kick-ass giant towers from which to brood and survey the landscape. Songs showing how much the writers’ of YYZ enjoyed being called huge nerds in high school include the unimagintely titled Rivendell, a song so clearly inspired by Tolkien that the best quality version of it on YouTube is set to poorly edited Lord of the Rings footage (as seen above). We’d go on, but you already know that we’re just going to bring up LOTR again. As a result, their songs have been inspired by everything from philosophy to science fiction. The legendary prog-rockers have sold millions of records and changed how they sound more times than a drunk Valley Girl in the south over the years. Rush is a band that needs no introduction, because if they had one, their sets would be so long there’d be a risk that some of the people in their audience would die of old age. Of course, being a Megadeth song, said lyrics are sandwiched between half a dozen blisteringly fast guitar solos, something we’re suddenly inspired to petition to have implemented into the audiobook version of the series. The song’s lyrics were primarily inspired by the speeches given by the characters of Aragorn and Théoden during the Battle of the Morannon and Battle of the Pelennor Fields, respectively. More specifically, the LOTR inspiration can be found with the song This Day We Fight, which fans of the series may recognize as a direct quote from Return of the King. Thundering riffs, squealing guitar solos, and all of that other good stuff that tests the tensile strength of the vertebrae in your neck.ĭave Mustaine, the band’s chief songwriter, has admitted that despite the band’s sound being typically categorized as “all of the fast,” he has drawn inspiration from a diverse range of sources, including The Beatles, George Orwell, and more pertinently to this article, LOTR. MegadethĮven if you’re not familiar with their music, we’d hope that the name “Megadeth” sort of clues you in on what exactly this band is all about. It may come as a surprise, though, to learn that there are many bands out there, from almost every conceivable genre of music, that cite JRR Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings (henceforth shortened to LOTR) as a major influence for some of their songs and, in some cases, their entire discography. Music can be inspired by many things, such as love, family, and how much you miss the plains down in Africa.