{"id":824904,"date":"2026-11-05T11:34:15","date_gmt":"2026-11-05T11:34:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/824904\/"},"modified":"2026-11-05T11:34:15","modified_gmt":"2026-11-05T11:34:15","slug":"stranger-things-star-jamie-campbell-bower-listened-to-sleep-token-to-prep-for-his-new-lord-of-the-rings-tv-role","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/824904\/","title":{"rendered":"Stranger Things star Jamie Campbell Bower listened to Sleep Token to prep for his new Lord Of The Rings TV role"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sleep Token<\/a> to help get into character for his new role in The Lord Of The Rings: The Rings Of Power.<\/p>\n

Talking to IMDb, the actor\/musician says that the UK masked metal band\u2019s 2023 track Euclid was on repeat as he prepared to play the elf Celeborn in the show\u2019s third season.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI listened to Euclid by Sleep Token a lot,\u201d the 37-year-old explains. \u201cLyrically, there\u2019s so much beauty in it. It talks about a lot of nature stuff and trees. It just felt very, very Celeborn.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Bower\u2019s co-star Benjamin Walker, who plays Gil-galad, says he doesn\u2019t \u201cfeel the need to get pumped up with Rage Against The Machine<\/a> before work\u201d. However, Isuldur actor Maxim Baldry comes to metal\u2019s defence, calling his character \u201ca black metal kinda guy\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s Slipknot<\/a>, it\u2019s dark, it\u2019s aggressive,\u201d he adds. \u201cI actually think, weirdly, [The Lord Of The Rings\u2019 overarching villain] Sauron has a heavy metal<\/a> playlist. I would share it with Charlie [Vickers, The Rings Of Power co-star], as well. I think his song is Wanted Dead Or Alive by Bon Jovi.\u201d<\/p>\n

Bower is best known for playing the villainous Vecna in Stranger Things\u2019 fourth and fifth seasons. In 2022, he revealed that he listened to extreme metal bands<\/a> such as Sunn O))), Mayhem and Darkthrone to get into character.<\/p>\n

\u201c[There was] a lot of black metal kind of stuff that I just really latched onto and thought, \u2018Wow, this is great,\u2019\u201d he said on the Kyle Meredith With\u2026 podcast. \u201cThere\u2019s also something about the sensitivity in the way black metal is made and their belief system which I really fucking vibe with.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Bower is a rock musician as well as an actor. After being a member of the punk band Counterfeit from 2015 to 2020, he started a solo career. In 2024, he launched the experimental metal project BloodMagic<\/a> with the single Death \/ Rebirth, although the outfit haven\u2019t released any further music.<\/p>\n

Bower released a cover of Sleep Token\u2019s Euclid<\/a> via YouTube last year.<\/p>\n

The Rings Of Power\u2019s third season, which will mark Bower\u2019s debut on the show, is set to hit streaming service Amazon Prime from Wednesday, November 11.<\/p>\n

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