Blind Guardian & Tolkien: Nightfall In Middle-Earth and beyond

Blind Guardian’s music is heavily influenced by the world of Middle-Earth, created by J. R. R. Tolkien, the author of the Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit and The Silmarillion. In this episode of “Tolkien & Metal“ we will explore Tolkien’s influences on Blind Guardian, starting with the band’s debut album Battalions of Fear, through the songs Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit, the album Nightfall in Middle-Earth and onwards. I also invited the band’s frontman Hansi Kürsch to answer some of the most important Tolkien-related Blind Guardian questions, including how did his interest in the world of Arda arise, who is the song “Majesty“ about, did Blind Guardian really plan to submit music for the Peter Jackson’s Lord of the Rings movie adaptations and wether they will do that for the Lord of the Rings Amazon Prime series, and of course... wether we will ever hear new Tolkien-related material by Blind Guardian! (Yup, I actually placed those in different parts of the v