Interestingly, Gothmog is indirectly referenced in Return of the King. In both the book and the film, the Witch-King's lieutenant is named after him. While it suggests that Sauron's army fondly ...

Do you remember the first time you witnessed the Balrog? I do. First, a distant flicker, an orange hue cascading down the pillars deep within Moria. Then, a rumble, deep and guttural. A pan to ...

In season one, we learned the Balrog makes an appearance in The Rings of Power‘s Second Age. Though this messes with Tolkien’s timeline, it’s an inevitable part of the story as we watch the ...

The Balrog is an important creature in J.R.R. Tolkien's legendarium and Khazad-dûm's history specifically. Still, the changes The Rings of Power made to this particular story create an extra plot ...

Maiar like Gothmog, Mairon, and Durin's Bane served and fought for evil forces, posing threats to Middle-earth. Tolkien's vast universe of The Lord of the Rings stretches well beyond Peter Jackson ...

The one in the Peter Jackson movies has wings. But what if I told you that when Peter Jackson and crew chose to depict the balrog with wings, they were making a somewhat controversial choice?

"Or, Sauron finally reveals himself and grants Adar clemency only after tossing lava on him, melting away his regal corpse, and forever onward, he will be known as Gothmog, the same bloated Orc we ...