The prospect, in every song, is overturned. Yet it is this pride, dictated by the great love for these works, to stand at the base of the poetic grandeur of the Teutonic group. Blind Guardian, however, were the first and so far the only, to place themselves on the same floor of the author, with the same shamelessness and arrogance that allowed them to "impersonate" Jesus Christ and John the Baptist, to make them flesh and blood, distorting their holiness and making them feel human. They don't add a thing to what Tolkien wrote, almost as if they were nothing but a mere shining star and the Professor a distant sun, which doesn't let the stat shine in its presence if not of reflected light. However, references to the work of Tolkien by these bands are odd, different, and, strange to say, without that poetry that, in other cases, has marked their songs. Bands like the Finnish Battlelore and Nightwish drew from the latter issues. But it is not only dark and perverse seduction of evil that inspired musicians, but also light and hope, the epic and tragic. Even Fenriz, Darkthrone's drummer, was inspired by Tolkien for his project Isengard, the fortress name that will be inhabited by Saruman the White, and above all, the Austrians Summoning, that use the melodies of a more symphonic and epic black metal and unite those with original verses from the Professor. Its same pseudonym, Count Grishnakh, is borrowed from a character from Lord of the Rings. Great successes were also forged between the folds of the Norwegian black metal scene: Varg Vikernes, the mastermind behind Burzum, word in the language of Mordor meaning "darkness", is an avid reader and connoisseur of Tolkien's works. The Cirith Ungol, the US group, take their name name to the homonymous pass, located in a plateau region in the region of Ephel DĂșath (name, among other things of an italian avant-garde metal band ), a vast mountainous area west of Mordor. It was in the next decade that the first bands directly inspired by the works of Professor were born. Recall the famous Ramble On, contained in Led Zeppelin II (1969), the magnificent and evocative The Battle of Evermore, which mixed together Tolkien's mythology with the myths of Anglo-Saxon tradition, and Misty Mountain Hop, with its references to The Hobbit, both contained in Led Zeppelin IV (1971), without forgetting bands like Black Sabbath and Rush.
Led Zeppelin were among the first to feed on these emotions and feelings, thanks to the imaginative words of Robert Plant and sophisticated harmonies woven by Jimmy Page.