Rock music's development was influenced by fantasy-fiction literature. As the result a fantasy rock trend emerged on the music scene. It mainly combines elements of metal and it's subcultures, including heavy metal, black metal, pagan metal and others. The power?Cfantasy metal is peculiar of academic vocal, light guitar tunes and application of "fantasy" instruments as violin, and flute. Lyrics slightly remind medieval poems contending legends about dragons, primeval forests, gorgeous ladies and brave knights.

Criticisms claim that fantasy rock stars aims at combining two of modern society's most debilitating obsessions-celebrity worship and fantasy sports-into one fabulous national pastime. Thus, in fantasy rock stars, instead of touchdowns or home runs, your drafted team of divas, punks and indie-rock sacred cows racks up points for boneheaded press quotes, sex scandals, unseemly cover songs, violent altercations and onstage mental breakdowns.

The trend was reputedly promoted by the "Hammerfall" and the "Blind Gvardian", however, experts claim the CD album "Gnomes, released by the Pink Floyd in 1967 was the first to introduce fantasy rock among rock fans. Led Zeppelin, Queen and David Bowie are among the bands to make numerous attempts to refer to the musical trend. The most dazzling fantasy-rock star of nowadays is considered the Jetro Tull. Their music combines rock, flute motive and fabulous-like lyrics.

Fantasy-rock was predicted to develop into a separate trend. While statement of listening to rock music in 1960s was to admit to your high style, a similar statement of devotion to metal in 1990s will lead to a confusion, as metal was divided into multiple subcultures.

Bands, playing genuine fantasy rock were repeatedly referring to Tolkin's Lord of the Rings. There are different cases, however, for instance, the "She is my sin" CD of the Nightwish displayed different side of the fantasy metal, bitter tragic and complicated for understanding.