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1* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: See [[Awesome/BlindGuardian here.]]
2* CompleteMonster: [[Literature/TheSilmarillion Morgoth]], the Enemy, from ''Nightfall in Middle-Earth'', was a former Valar who [[{{Turncoat}} turned against his fellows]] and destroyed the lights of Valinor. Fleeing to Middle-Earth after murdering the Noldor king, Morgoth kills countless elves in their pursuit of him, even slaying their king Fingolfin as painfully as he can in single combat after wiping out the Noldor host. It is revealed Morgoth [[ColdBloodedTorture tortures]] many prisoners in his dungeons, boasting that nobody ever escapes him. When the hero Hurin defies Morgoth, Morgoth tortures him and forces him to see the ruin of Hruin's own kin for "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FDLK5gjwK0A troubl(ing) (his) day]]", obsessed with his own power and domination, declaring that all who stand oppose him shall be damned in the end.
3* FanNickname: The Bards.
4* FirstInstallmentWins: From the two songs titled "The Bard's Song" on ''Somewhere Far Beyond'', the first one "The Bard's Song - In the Forest" is far more popular and well-known than the second one, "The Bard's Song - Hobbit".
5* HilariousInHindsight: The ending of [[spoiler: "Somewhere Far Beyond"]], which manages to predict the ending of ''[[spoiler: Franchise/TheDarkTower]]'' more than a decade early.
6-->[[spoiler: ''What will I find, when the dark tower appears? Will it be the end, or just a new quest after all?'']]
7-->[[spoiler: ''I am the narrator; and now I'll tell you where I'd been, and what I saw, and how it ends.'']]
8** The lines “Curse me, hate me, hurt me, kill me” from "Voice in the Dark" (a song about [[Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire Brandon Stark]]) become this after Bran's NeverLiveItDown moment of [[spoiler: causing of Hodor to become Hodor]] in season 6 of ''Series/GameOfThrones''.
9* MemeticBadass: According to the Rules of Power Metal, Hansi is God. Also, ''Battlefield'' was used as the theme music for the HeavyMetal Expansion of ''VideoGame/RobotUnicornAttack''.
10* MemeticMolester: Their music video for "Mr. Sandman". Hope you like ''paedo clowns!''
11* SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome: You know you've made it as a band when you don't even have to ''sing'' half the lyrics to your song — [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wkapxf2ZeEw because the audience]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zklqr1xj32Q does it for you]].
12* NightmareFuel: The music video for their cover of "Mr. Sandman" involves {{Monster Clown}}s and is either hilarious or terrifying, depending on when you watch it.
13* SignatureSong: Either "Mirror Mirror" or "The Bard's Song", even though Hansi considers "And Then There Was Silence" to be the best song he's ever written.
14* SongAssociation: "Battlefield", from ''A Night At The Opera'', made its way to ''VideoGame/RobotUnicornAttack''.

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