A lot of music I like is inspired by the trinity of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror.
These three popular culture staples provide a fertile hunting ground for music. If I go back to my roots, in the 1970’s, I can come up straight away with one band, album or song in each of the three areas. Let’s say
Science Fiction
- Hawkwind – “Space Ritual” – “Orgone Accumulator”
Fantasy
- Led Zepellin – “Led Zepellin IV” – “Misty Mountain Hop” / “The Battle of Evermore”
Horror
- Black Sabbath – “Sabbath Bloody Sabbath” – “Sabbath Bloody Sabbath”
If we move forward in time, I find similar parallels
Science Fiction
- Iron Maiden – “Somewhere in Time” – “Stranger in a Strange Land”
Fantasy
- Blind Guardian – “Nightfall in Middle-Earth” – “Time Stands Still (At the Iron Hill)”
Horror
- Cradle of Filth – “Midian“- “Her Ghost in the Fog”
And coming up to date, it’s still there
Science Fiction
- Sleep – “The Sciences” – “Marijuanaut’s Theme”
Fantasy
- Gimli, Son of Glóin – “The Most Noble Adventures of Erebor’s Finest Son, In His Quest To Butcher Orcs And Save The World” – “Foully Seized By The Hands Of A Pointy-Eared Elvish Princeling”
Horror
- Tortuga – “Deities” – “Black Pharoah II”
There many other ‘trinities’ I could have chosen in each of the categories and I may well re-visit this topic of The Trinity of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror and take a different path.
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