And no horror author has inspired metal bands more than the American sci-fi/horror pioneer H.P. Given the aggressive and abrasive nature of the music in general, horror literature goes even better with it. From Iron Maiden’s interpretation of Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s Rime Of The Ancient Mariner to the entire Lord of The Rings based catalogue of Summoning, metal is filled with songs based on popular literary works. While those subjects do form a minor chunk of metal music, a lot of people would be surprised by how much of metal is influenced by works of literature. For the uninitiated, Heavy Metal’s lyrical themes just deal with violence, bloodshed and copious amounts of drug usage. In fact, for most of them, it couldn’t be far from it. Heavy Metal is one of the last genres of music that most outsiders would consider to be literary.
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