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pasitheaThe broken sword is Tyrfing, not Stormbringer. Albeit, Tyrfing, nearly forgotten in modern times is certainly the blade that inspired many later fantasy writers. I might suppose Tyrfing truly existed once upon a time. Forged from a star, a black blade that never rusted, dripped blue fire and caused death to whoever it struck but was cursed and would eventually turn upon its owner.
It's almost plausible. A sword forged from a meteorite perhaps. steel, nickel, chromium, and carbon. Perhaps even slightly radioactive. It would be far harder than bronze or even iron. Mostly I'm being silly but I did a google search and found that if such a sword never existed, it does now.
http://www.spacedaily.com/news/meteor-01a.html
Though swords were definitely made from meteorite iron. They just may not have been as fabulous as legend. :)
On a semi-related note... There's been a LOT of music written that incorporates StormBringer. Someone should compile a disk and play it. :)
* Mournblade was a British NWOBHM band who made two albums in the 1980s: Time's Running Out and Live Fast Die Young. Several of their songs feature references to Michael Moorcock's work.
* In the song Hell Patrol (Painkiller album), Judas Priest sings "Night riders, death dealers, sormbringers, tear up the ground"
* The band Hawkwind, who have had a long association with Moorcock, released an entire album about the story of Elric and Stormbringer, The Chronicle of the Black Sword. They have also released both a single and double live album expanding upon this work, Live Chronicles. The double live album package includes an Elric short story. The album itself contains various narrations and poems read by Moorcock.
* The 1980 Blue Öyster Cult song Black Blade on the Cultosaurus Erectus album was created as a collaboration between Eric Bloom and Michael Moorcock.
* UK hard rock band Magnum has a song named Stormbringer, about Elric and his sword, on the reissue of their Kingdom of Madness album. It was one of the very first songs they recorded, and was not commercially available until this reissue.
* Seminal hard rock/metal act Deep Purple has a track entitled "Stormbringer" on their 1974 album of the same name. According to Moorcock, the band members were familiar with his work before they chose that name, but were apparently under the misimpression that "Stormbringer" was a name from mythology, when in fact it was invented by Moorcock. [3]
* The German metal band Blind Guardian’s song Fast to Madness is based on Elric and references Stormbringer several times. It is found on their Follow the Blind album.
* The Italian metal band Domine has a number of songs based on the Elric saga and referencing Stormbringer and Mourneblade. Additionally, Elric and Stormbringer are featured on the cover art for all four albums. Michael Moorcock himself is specifically thanked and noted as an influence in the liner notes for each of their albums.
o The Chronicles of the Black Sword [4]
o Last of the Dragonlords (Lord Elric’s Imperial March) [5]
o Dragonlord (The Grand Master of the Mightiest Beasts) [5]
o Horn of Fate [6]
o The Bearer of the Black Sword [6]
o For Evermore [6]
o Dawn of a New Age (A Celtic Requiem) [6]
o The Song of the Swords [7]
* The song Bane of the Black Sword by American metal band Apollo Ra on their Ra Pariah album deals with the adventures of Elric and Stormbringer.
* The American metal band Cirith Ungol’s song Nadsokor from their One Foot In Hell album references Elric, Stormbringer and the city of beggars found in the Elric saga. Michael Whelan’s paintings of Elric and Stormbringer are also featured on the cover art of all four Cirith Ungol albums.
* The song Mourning Sword by the Greek metal band Battleroar on their self-titled album deals with Stormbringer.
* The Spanish metal band Dark Moor features an Elric and Stormbringer related song titled The Fall of Melnibone as a bonus track on the Japanese edition of their album Hall of the Olden Dreams. The song was later made available to the American and European markets on the album Between Light and Darkness.
* The song "Borrowed Time" by the NWOBHM band Diamond Head on their Borrowed Time album deals with Elric and is told from his point of view. In this song, he refers to himself as “a slave to this black blade”. Elric and Stormbringer are also featured on the album’s cover artwork.
* The song Sword's Lament by American metal band Cauldron Born references both Stormbringer and Mournblade, along with a host of other fantasy swords.
* Finnish band Turmion Kätilöt released a song Stormbringer on their EP Niuva 20.
* Italian epic metal band Assedium has the Elric and Stormbringer based song "The Messenger of Chaos" on their debut album Rise of the Warlords.
* The song "Legacy of Kings" by Hammerfall contains the line "Stormbringer lead us into the unknown."
* Hailing from tiny Whitley Bay in the Northeast of England, the Tygers of Pan Tang name originated from Michael Moorcock's novel Stormbringer.[8]
It's almost plausible. A sword forged from a meteorite perhaps. steel, nickel, chromium, and carbon. Perhaps even slightly radioactive. It would be far harder than bronze or even iron. Mostly I'm being silly but I did a google search and found that if such a sword never existed, it does now.
http://www.spacedaily.com/news/meteor-01a.html
Though swords were definitely made from meteorite iron. They just may not have been as fabulous as legend. :)
On a semi-related note... There's been a LOT of music written that incorporates StormBringer. Someone should compile a disk and play it. :)
* Mournblade was a British NWOBHM band who made two albums in the 1980s: Time's Running Out and Live Fast Die Young. Several of their songs feature references to Michael Moorcock's work.
* In the song Hell Patrol (Painkiller album), Judas Priest sings "Night riders, death dealers, sormbringers, tear up the ground"
* The band Hawkwind, who have had a long association with Moorcock, released an entire album about the story of Elric and Stormbringer, The Chronicle of the Black Sword. They have also released both a single and double live album expanding upon this work, Live Chronicles. The double live album package includes an Elric short story. The album itself contains various narrations and poems read by Moorcock.
* The 1980 Blue Öyster Cult song Black Blade on the Cultosaurus Erectus album was created as a collaboration between Eric Bloom and Michael Moorcock.
* UK hard rock band Magnum has a song named Stormbringer, about Elric and his sword, on the reissue of their Kingdom of Madness album. It was one of the very first songs they recorded, and was not commercially available until this reissue.
* Seminal hard rock/metal act Deep Purple has a track entitled "Stormbringer" on their 1974 album of the same name. According to Moorcock, the band members were familiar with his work before they chose that name, but were apparently under the misimpression that "Stormbringer" was a name from mythology, when in fact it was invented by Moorcock. [3]
* The German metal band Blind Guardian’s song Fast to Madness is based on Elric and references Stormbringer several times. It is found on their Follow the Blind album.
* The Italian metal band Domine has a number of songs based on the Elric saga and referencing Stormbringer and Mourneblade. Additionally, Elric and Stormbringer are featured on the cover art for all four albums. Michael Moorcock himself is specifically thanked and noted as an influence in the liner notes for each of their albums.
o The Chronicles of the Black Sword [4]
o Last of the Dragonlords (Lord Elric’s Imperial March) [5]
o Dragonlord (The Grand Master of the Mightiest Beasts) [5]
o Horn of Fate [6]
o The Bearer of the Black Sword [6]
o For Evermore [6]
o Dawn of a New Age (A Celtic Requiem) [6]
o The Song of the Swords [7]
* The song Bane of the Black Sword by American metal band Apollo Ra on their Ra Pariah album deals with the adventures of Elric and Stormbringer.
* The American metal band Cirith Ungol’s song Nadsokor from their One Foot In Hell album references Elric, Stormbringer and the city of beggars found in the Elric saga. Michael Whelan’s paintings of Elric and Stormbringer are also featured on the cover art of all four Cirith Ungol albums.
* The song Mourning Sword by the Greek metal band Battleroar on their self-titled album deals with Stormbringer.
* The Spanish metal band Dark Moor features an Elric and Stormbringer related song titled The Fall of Melnibone as a bonus track on the Japanese edition of their album Hall of the Olden Dreams. The song was later made available to the American and European markets on the album Between Light and Darkness.
* The song "Borrowed Time" by the NWOBHM band Diamond Head on their Borrowed Time album deals with Elric and is told from his point of view. In this song, he refers to himself as “a slave to this black blade”. Elric and Stormbringer are also featured on the album’s cover artwork.
* The song Sword's Lament by American metal band Cauldron Born references both Stormbringer and Mournblade, along with a host of other fantasy swords.
* Finnish band Turmion Kätilöt released a song Stormbringer on their EP Niuva 20.
* Italian epic metal band Assedium has the Elric and Stormbringer based song "The Messenger of Chaos" on their debut album Rise of the Warlords.
* The song "Legacy of Kings" by Hammerfall contains the line "Stormbringer lead us into the unknown."
* Hailing from tiny Whitley Bay in the Northeast of England, the Tygers of Pan Tang name originated from Michael Moorcock's novel Stormbringer.[8]
