D&D is so METAL

[haakon1]

A Mix Tape of D&D Music

D&D is so classic rock . . . and metal . . . and Irish trad.

Here's my mix of D&D music, telling a story from beginning to end, like a symphony, evne with songs referring back to other songs (Fairwell to Kings contains an air from Closer to the Heart, and the change of bands and then back again works as a reference for the rest, I think).

Shall I even ask if you dig the storyline? It seems clear to me.

I'm listing the performers, not the authors -- yes, I know Jimi didn't write Watch Tower, etc.

1) Closer to the Heart = Rush
2) Fields of Gold = Sting
3) The Long Black Veil = The Chieftains
4) A Fairwell to Kings = Rush
5) All Along the Watch Tower = Jimi Hendrix
6) Call of Ktulu = Metalicca (with San Francisco Orchestra)
7) The Thing That Should Not Be = Metalicca (with San Francisco Orchestra)
8) Am I Evil? = Metalicca
9) One Leaf Clover = Metalicca (with San Francisco Orchestra)
10) Our Hero = The Chieftains
11) The Battle of Evermore = Led Zeppelin
12) The Foggy Dew = The Chieftains
13) No Quarter = Led Zeppelin
14) The Necromancer = Rush
15) Roam = Metalicca

I suppose you could right additional story arcs with songs like "Over the Hills and Far Away", "Kashmir", "Stairway", and "Tangerine" about a trip to visit the elvish elders . . .

What to do with "Immigrant Song", though?

 

[Thurbane]

D&D is so soft rock . . . I heard an old "Heart" song the other day on the radio . . . seems to fit, oddly.

"In a wood full of princes, freedom is a kiss
But the prince hides his face from dreams in the mist
These dreams go on when I close my eyes
Every second of the night I live another life"

I used to have a massive crush on the sisters from Heart.

If any one song sums up D&D for me, as someone already said, it has to be "The Dungeons are Calling" by Savatage...

...although several Manowar and Blind Guardian songs come close...

 

[Asmor]

My player's PCs would probably have their horses sodomize that Prince, then urinate on his corpse. Then the PCs would go try to seduce the Prince's wife with a story about how they bravely tried to save his life from a pack of horny Ogres.

The PCs are THAT F***ING METAL!

My PCs would probably sodomize the prince's horses, then have their horses urinate on the prince's wife, then try to seduce the prince's dead grandmother with a story about how they bravely tried to save a pack of horny ogres from him.

My PCs are THAT [bleep]ING METAL.

 

[imurphy943]

You can play M4now4r, I'll stick to my old M3tallica albums and stuff like that.

I stick to B1ack sabbath and and Led '0'ppelin.

 

[Dausuul]

I stick to B1ack sabbath and and Led '0'ppelin.

For this thread, it would have to be Rob Zombie.

 

[imurphy943]

For this thread, it would have to be Rob Zombie.

Led Zeppelin seemed more 0e (assuming metallica is 3 and sabbath is 1- I don't necessarily equate them.) actually, I don't want that much to do with 4e, smacktalking it or playing it, but I love manowar as gaming music. It gets the adrenalin and d&d lyrics well. Amon Amarth would also be really cool, except I can't understand a word of the vocals. It's a shame, too, cause they kick ass.
I definitely like armored saint, if only for the art. Hammerfell's pretty good.

Led Zeppelin remains one of my favorites, and it usually fits well with non-combat situations. Black sabbath is more the 1e of metal than it is 'music that goes well with 1e', I don't use it very much with my group.
I like to use 'orchid', 'embryo', 'solitude', and 'planet caravan', but they aren't really the typical sabbath music so I'm not recommending the band as a whole for gaming music.

I like cowboys from hell occasionally, even though it isn't fantasy specific.
Rob zombie works well for antihero (not to be confused with flawed hero) moments- my favorite remains, and yes it betrays my only passing affiliation with the band, 'Dragula'. I CAN NEver DIE.

I can say with certainty that Dragonforce is not my voice.

Iron Maiden is good.
I never really liked deep purple- smoke on the water is overrated.
I like to slip in some Hendrix (Voodoo child, Spanish castle magic).

The Sword: meh, but I haven't listened to a whole lot yet.
I don't know that I need more bands that I have to root through to find the
goods.
Metallica's good, but not really D&D to me.
Dio's pretty good.

And D&D IS so metal.

 

[S'mon]

Fun thread Necro! My current Wilderlands 4e game is very much inspired by '70s/'80s Heavy Metal. Which I have just realised I never explained properly to the players... *eep*

 

[Asmo]

Epic!

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nna0-SQPH2o&feature=related]Blind Guardian - Lord of the Rings Live - YouTube[/ame]

Asmo

 

[S'mon]

Fun thread Necro! My current Wilderlands 4e game is very much inspired by '70s/'80s Heavy Metal. Which I have just realised I never explained properly to the players... *eep*

BTW the not-very-Grandma-friendly ad for 'Grimm's Fairy Tales' which in recent weeks is usually at the top of ENW & rpgnet pages, featuring a buxom mermaid being attacked by an octopus, certainly seems very 'Metal'.

 

[brewdus]

I recently ran a Pathfinder adventure heavily inspired by the Black Sabbath album "Headless Cross"! It was very metal! They even went to Hell!