Country of origin: Slovakia Location: Bratislava, Bratislava Status: Active Formed in: 2000 Genre: Melodic Black/Folk/Heavy Metal Lyrical themes: Fantasy Current label: Unsigned/independent Years active: 2000-?, 2004, 2018-present Orkrist is the Slovak name of Orcrist, the sword wielded by the Dwarf named Thorin Oakenshield in J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle Earth. This sword's name is translated as "Goblin-cleaver". Although officially already split up at that time, Orkrist played a concert together with three other bands in Bratislava on 18 December, 2004.