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===Music=== * The name of the album [[Stormbringer (album)|Stormbringer]] by the British [[heavy metal music|heavy rock]] band [[Deep Purple]] is based on Elric's sword "Stormbringer". * ''[[The Chronicle of the Black Sword]]'' is a 1985 album by UK [[space rock]] band [[Hawkwind]]. Moorcock and Hawkwind had, at this stage, collaborated a number of times. An expanded live album, ''[[Live Chronicles]]'', was released in 1986. This included several [[spoken-word]] interludes by author Moorcock in his capacity as on-stage narrator. The live show also included a [[mime]] artist portraying Elric himself. A video [[concert film]] entitled ''The Chronicle of the Black Sword'' appeared on VHS and later on DVD.<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Chronicle of the Black Sword DVD @ Discogs.com|url=https://www.discogs.com/release/649634-Hawkwind-The-Chronicle-Of-The-Black-Sword|access-date=2022-11-03|website=Discogs.com}}</ref> * The song "[[Black Blade (song)|Black Blade]]" was recorded for the album ''[[Cultösaurus Erectus]]'' (1980) by [[Blue Öyster Cult]], written by singer/guitarist Eric Bloom with lyrics by Moorcock. Moorcock also collaborated on the songs "The Great Sun Jester" (''[[Mirrors (Blue Öyster Cult album)|Mirrors]]'' (1979)) and "[[Veteran of the Psychic Wars]]" (''[[Fire of Unknown Origin]]'' (1981)).{{citation needed|date=February 2022}} * The [[Heavy metal music|heavy metal]] band [[Tygers of Pan Tang]] take their name from the fictional islands of Pan Tang in the Elric series, where the ruling wizards keep pet tigers.{{citation needed|date=February 2022}} * The UK space rock (later heavy metal) band [[Mournblade (band)|Mournblade]] take their name from the sister-sword of Elric's blade Stormbringer.<ref>https://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Mournblade/11009</ref> *[[New wave of British heavy metal]] band [[Diamond Head (English band)|Diamond Head]] made Elric one of the primary lyrical subjects of their 1982 release ''[[Borrowed Time (Diamond Head album)|Borrowed Time]]''. The album also featured the character on the cover art, painted by [[Rodney_Matthews]].<ref>https://rideintoglory.com/chronicle-of-the-black-sword-rock-and-metal-inspired-by-michael-moorcocks-multiverse/</ref> *[[Blind Guardian]], a German [[power metal]] band, included the song ''Fast to Madness'' in their 1989 album ''[[Follow the Blind]]'', about Elric of Melniboné.<ref>https://www.metal-archives.com/albums/Blind_Guardian/Follow_the_Blind/10</ref> * Italian Power Metal Band DOMINE have released four albums based heavily on Elric, namely "Champion Eternal" in 1997, "Dragonlord" in 1999, "Stormbringer Ruler" in 2002 and "Emperor of the Black Runes" in 2004.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Domine/755 | title=Domine - Encyclopaedia Metallum: The Metal Archives }}</ref> * The song "Ilian of Garathorm" from ''Times of Obscene Evil & Wild Daring'' (2019) by [[Heavy metal music|heavy metal]] band [[Smoulder (band)|Smoulder]] is based on Ilian, one of the iterations of the [[Eternal Champion]].<ref>https://rideintoglory.com/chronicle-of-the-black-sword-rock-and-metal-inspired-by-michael-moorcocks-multiverse/</ref> Moorcock himself both wrote and narrated the introduction to the song "Victims of Fate" from the band's second album ''Violent Creed of Vengeance'' (2023). <ref>https://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Smoulder/3540439938</ref><ref>https://www.decibelmagazine.com/2023/03/22/track-premiere-smoulder-victims-of-fate/</ref>
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