Battle metal is a sub-genre of black metal drawing on themes of medieval or fantasy battle and fighting, and in the opinion of some would be suitable for the soundtrack for a RPG fantasy game. Battle metal bands like Summoning were thought to be possible contributors to the soundtrack of the Lord of the Ringsmovies, but this was mainly because of the Tolkien-related content of their music and they did not appear on the soundtrack. Most bands who play battle metal also contribute to other sub-genres of black metal: for instance, Bathory are prominent in the Viking metal sub-genre, and Waylander are pioneers of three sub-genres of black metal: this one, folk metal and Celtic Metal.
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Bal-SagothBal-Sagoth are a Battle Metal band from Yorkshire, England. The name 'Bal-Sagoth' is taken from a Robert E. Howard work 'The Gods of Bal-Sagoth. The band incorporates brief black metal moments into an overall grandiose canvas painting a picture of battles
BelinusBelinus the Great was a legendary king of the Britons as accounted by Geoffrey of Monmouth. He was the son of Dunvallo Molmutius and brother of Brennius. In an effort to win the crown of Britain, Brennius and Balinus waged war between each other to determ
ManowarManowar is an American heavy metal band from Auburn, New York, which formed in 1980. Biography Joey Demaio was working as a bass / pyrotechnic for Black Sabbath when he met with Manowar's original guitarist Ross the Boss who was playing for a group called
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MortiisMortiis is a Norwegian Troll Metal musician. He is credited with starting the sub-genre of Troll Metal, as well as another, Battle Music. All of his albums, up to 1999's The Stargate were composed entirely on synthesizers, creating a sound that was descri
War metalWar metal is a subgenre of Heavy metal music. There are two main varieties: Australian Warmetal particular to Australia The music performed by British band Bolt Thrower See also Battle metal Heavy metal.
