D&D is so METAL

[Teflon Billy]

Watch the beat!

I'M BAD!

 

[Remus Lupin]

The helmets make me think of "A Song of Ice and Fire."

 

[ShadowX]

For me, D&D music is:
- Metallica, old or new (from "Am I Evil?" to "No Leaf Clover", with tons of good stuff in between)
- Zep (sure, sure, "Stairway" and "Ramble On", but also "Immigrant Song", "Battle of Evermore", "No Quarter", "Kashmir", and about a dozen more)
- Rush ("The Necromancer" 20-minute opus on "Caress of Steel" and most of the album "Fairwell to Kings". I'm convinced By-Tor and Snowdog were their D&D character names, but I might be nuts!)
- Conan soundtrack & the like
- Other "perfectly themed" songs like the Jimi Hendrix cover of "All Along the Watchtower"
- certain Irish traditional music (The Chieftain's album "Long Black Veil" has some good stuff like the cover track, "The Foggy Dew", and "Mo Ghile Mear (Our Hero)").
- certain songs by Sting or Mark Knofler

I would just like to point out that "Am I Evil" is not a Metallica song. It is in fact a song by the much superior Diamond Head. Metallica ended up covering nearly the entire early discography of Diamond Head and Metallica's output at the beginning of their career also display the massive influence of Diamond Head. Which is not to say that pre-Black Album Metallica does not merit the highest praise.

 

[Gentlegamer]

Does anyone remember Armored Saint?

Those guys were "D&D Metal" personified...

Their lead singer is the current frontman for Anthrax, any they did a scorching cover of March of the Saint

Ironically, I'd say Armored Saint's artwork is more D&D than [current] D&D's artwork.

 

[Gentlegamer]

I would just like to point out that "Am I Evil" is not a Metallica song. It is in fact a song by the much superior Diamond Head. Metallica ended up covering nearly the entire early discography of Diamond Head and Metallica's output at the beginning of their career also display the massive influence of Diamond Head. Which is not to say that pre-Black Album Metallica does not merit the highest praise.

The band formerly known as Metallica also very happily let people assume that those covers were their own work back in the day.

 

[Slife]

The helmets make me think of "A Song of Ice and Fire."

The castle made me think that it's only a model.

 

[+5 Keyboard!]

Heh, I love the articles reference to the Temple of Elementary Evil.

"This temple is dedicated to evil of Grades 1-3..."

Ya beat me to it, Teflon. That's hilarious journalism

 

[Asmor]

Reminds me of a link on Fark a few years back where some local newspaper's website, when talking about the musical group NWA (which stands for something Eric's grandma wouldn't like), thought it stood for Northwest Airlines.

That's some fine journalism, Lou.

 

[Griffith Dragonlake]

Ironically, I'd say Armored Saint's artwork is more D&D than [current] D&D's artwork.

QFT

 

[Griffith Dragonlake]

KISS' Music from The Elder is about as D&D an album as you can get….

The basic plot of Music from “The Elder” involves the recruitment and training of a young hero (The Boy) by the Council of Elders who belong to the Order of the Rose, a mysterious group dedicated to combating evil. The Boy is guided by an elderly caretaker named Morpheus. The album’s lyrics describe the boy's feelings during his journey and training, as he overcomes his early doubts to become confident and self-assured. The only spoken dialogue is at the end of the last track, “I.” During the passage, Morpheus proclaims to the Elders that The Boy is ready to undertake his odyssey.

For AD&D, I created a secret society called The Order of the Rose which bears some similarity to the Harpers of FR but predates publication of FR. I also created a race of Elven ancestors called “The Elder” who may or may have been inhabitants of some lost continent e.g. Atlantis, Lemuria, or Mu.

For 2nd Ed. AD&D, I created a psionic prestige paladin class.

For 3x … it has been a struggle. :\