to Lenore and many others :
The main thing is you can'y deny that most of the metalheads and goths like The Lord Of the Rings for a simple reason :
They've been seduced by the same universe/atmospheres that in the music they listen to : fantastic, epic, imaginary, fairy sometimes...
The reason why you aren't touched by LOTR is maybe because you're not touched by metal/goth music as well.
Personnaly, I've been caught very young in this kind of atmosphere, I've always been found of fairy tales and fantasy.
I usually read his kind of litterature, I use to go to Theatre to watch this kind of movies, listen to the music that fits to it, and so on...
I'm not saying that LOTR is fo metalheads, but some of you will surely understand what I mean.
Listenning to Immortal "Battles in the North", Summoning " Dol Guldur " or Enslaved, Empyrium, Saturnus, Morgul...even Iron Maiden makes sense when you like LOTR...
So please, as it has been said before, there are people who like it and people who don't...but why denigrate it for free ?
Just don't go and read the thread where we're debating about it !