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Check out the interview with The Planet of Doom writer David Paul Seymour and director Tim Granda on the Into The Void Radio podcast! Also treat your ears to lots of killer deep cuts from our movie bands: Cirith Ungol, Orchid, Conan, Wo Fat, Mos Generator, Order of the Owl, Slow Season, The Well, Summoner, Goya, Mother Crone, Scorpion Child, and Ironweed!

Cirith Ungol

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Ventura, CA’s CIRITH UNGOL, one of the most underrated bands from the early ’80s metal scene, released four albums between 1980 and 1991. The group is known for lyrics based on fantasy (particularly sword and sorcery) and is considered one of the earlier epic doom and power metal bands.

Their first album, Frost and Fire, was closer to a hybrid between 1970s hard rock and metal with songs written by then bassist and guitarist Greg Lindstrom, but from King of the Dead and onwards they played a progressive rock influenced kind of doom metal with song lyrics primarily written by vocalist Tim Baker and drummer , however the compositions were usually composed with the inclusion of all the members.

The name CIRITH UNGOL is pronounced “kirith ungol” and is an Elvish phrase meaning “pass of the spider”, which is something that Lord of the Rings fans will surely recognize. The name is, of course, indicative of the band’s fantasy-oriented lyrics, themes and beautiful album artwork.

We at TPOD couldn’t be more excited to finally reveal that ’80s metal legends CIRITH UNGOL have joined the film as one of our bands!!! Being fans of CU since high school, we approached the band excitedly and found these guys were super into our project and were genuinely stoked on it. Big thanks especially to singer Tim Baker. A very cool dude indeed. Welcome aboard, Cirith Ungol!

Bring YOUR movie, The Planet of DOOM, to LIFE through our Kickstarter campaign, which runs from April 11th through May 11th!

Become part of The Helping Hands of Doom fundraising campaign, which has already raised more than $20,000 in support through sponsorships. Show your love by helping get this unique film underway, while getting some exclusive Kickstarter-only goodies in the process: everything from an HHOD official shirt, original art, having yourself featured in the film as an animated “extra” and much more!

Our Kickstarter campaign will also feature the brand new 3-minute TRAILER! The picture you’re looking at right now is an untouched rendered frame from it, and we’ll have a lot more sneak peeks in the days to come.

Please share these announcements will all your buds! Let’s make this happen!

We are stoked to announce that STB Records has come on-board as an official Helping Hands of DOOM sponsor! Their most generous sponsorship and belief in this most epic project means a lot to the whole crew. Thanks a ton to STB Records!