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Check out this mix on @8tracks: Forge Music / Rise & Ruin by PrinceWesley.

Forge Music / Rise and Ruin

“The operations of Sauron naturally and inevitably resembled or repeated those of his master. That a people in possession of such a legend or tradition should have later been deluded by Sauron is sad but, in view of human history generally, not incredible. Indeed if fish had fish-lore and Wise-fish, it is probable that the business of anglers would be very little hindered.” — J.R.R. Tolkien, Morgoth’s Ring

Nascence — Austin Wintory

Volga Boatman —Alexander Gorbatov
“Now we fell the stout birch tree,/ Now we pull hard: one, two, three./ Ay-da, da, ay-da!/ Ay-da, da, ay-da! / Now we pull hard: one, two, three.”

Räven— Hedningarna
“Wild and sly you hunt in time of darkness;/ long sleeves hide your claws;/ with your prey you play;/ your mouth is red with blood./ You are wild and frighteningly beautiful”

Bozrah—Daniel McCabe, Elizabeth Anker, Joel Frederiksen, William Hite

Dringo Bell — Mediaeval Baebes

The Might of Rome — Lyndhurst Orchestra

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Croí Cróga — Clannad
“Champion without a soul,/ Champion without hope./ Hanging? thirty— Thirty without./ And the boy was young./ Cruel heart.”

Sverker — Corvus Corvax
“Your arms are stronger than I can imagine,/ You will surely prevail./ But consider this:/ When a knight takes sword in hand/ many will weep.”

The Battle Drums — Joe Hisaishi

Karangailyg Kara Hovaa (In the Endless Black Steppe) — Yat-Kha

Bonden — Hedningarna

Unquiet Grave — Helium Vola (Joel Fredericksen)
“I’ll do as much for my sweetheart/ as any young man may./ I’ll sit and mourn all on his grave/ for twelve month and a day.”

Blow, Northerne Wynd — Helium Vola (Joel Fredericksen)
“In all this wordlike won,/ A bird of blood and of bone,/ I know not ever none/ Lussomore in londe./ Blow northern wind!/ Send thou me my sweeting!”

Nothing Else Matters (Metallica) — Apocalyptica
“Never opened myself this way,/ Life is ours, we live it our way,/ All these words I don’t just say,/ And nothing else matters.”

Farewell — Apocalyptica

Davy Jones — Hans Zimmer

Reise Reise — Rammstein
“Arise, arise seaman arise!/ And the waves cry softly;/ /In their blood a spear is lodged,/ They bleed softly into the ocean,/ The lance must be drowned in flesh./ Fish and man sink to the depths/ Where the black soul dwells;/ there is no light on the horizon.”

Bad Moon Rising — 16 Horsepower
“I hear hurricanes a-blowin’/ I know the end is comin’ soon./ I see the rivers overflowin’/ I hear the voice of wreck and ruin./ Don’t go around tonight;/ it’s bound to take your life;/ There’s a bad moon on the risen./ I hope you got your things together./ I hope you are prepared to die here./ Looks like we’re in for nasty weather;/ One eye is taken for an eye.

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Check out this mix on @8tracks: Isle of Werewolves by PrinceWesley.

Mord — Helium Vola

Voltaic — Jack Wall

Vandemar — Joachim Witt

Big Furry Head — Amon Tobin

Drafur & Gildur — Hedningarna

Njaalkeme (Hunger) — Garmarna

Varulven (Werewolf) — Garmarna

Uguisu (Nightingale) — Yoshikazu Mera

Salve Rex Gloriae — Anúna

Sublunaris — Stillste Stund

The Unquiet Grave — Helium Vola

Bloodstone — Amon Tobin

The Parting Glass — Loreena McKennit

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Check out this mix on @8tracks:
Women of Arda: Work, Love, and War
by PrinceWesley.

Ebudæ – Enya  
“Look, women working by day and late at night,/ They sing of bright days that were/ A long way back and forth forever.”

The Tartara Women Work Song – Joe Hisaishi  
“The golden love of a Tatara woman/  Melts and flows, and changes into a blade.”

The Star of the County Down – Loreena McKennitt
“She looked so sweet from her two bare feet/  To the sheen of her nut brown hair/ Such a coaxing elf, sure I shook myself/ For to see I was really there.”

Woman King – Iron & Wine
“Hundred years, hundred more/ Someday we may see a/ Woman king, sword I hand/ Swing at some evil and bleed.”

Gold Dust Woman – Fleetwood Mac
“Rock on, ancient queen/ Follow those who pale in your shadow/ Rulers make bad lovers/ You better put your kingdom up for sale.”

You Better Leave the Stars Alone – Ego Likeness
“And some give us names/ And some give us chains/ And some just try to give us away in vain/ But we might be maidens/ We might be Queens/ But we are not made to realize your dreams”

Lady of the Flowing Waters – Peg Millet
“Lady of the shining star/ Lady of the moon light/ Lady of the dew wet dawn/ Lady of the twilight.”

Uf der Linden – Helium Vola  (not included in mix)
“Methinks it has been a thousand years/ that my love was holding me in his arms./ Without my fault he stays away day after day./ Since I’ve not seen flowers anymore,/ not heard any birdsong,/ my joy was shortened,/ my misery overlong.“

Albatross – Judy Collins
“Many people wander up the hills from all around you/ Making up your memories and thinking they have found you/ They cover you with veils of wonder as if you were a bride/ Young men holding violets are curious to know if you have cried/ And tell you why and ask you why, either way you answer…”

Wild Fire – Shook Twins
“Honey I’ve gone to walk along the sea/ and I wrote your name into the sand just to watch those crashing waves take it away/ but then I swallowed the ocean down/ and you twisted and you tumbled around/ Honey I’ve gone to find how much space there is inside me/ if I even have room for you./ But there’s fire, wild fire, inside of you.”

Witwenklage – Helium Vola
““Now it is summer, they say/ blissfulness has come/ that I should enjoy it as always/ So advise and tell me: how?/ Death took away from me/ what I will never recover from.”

Even Gods Do – Thea Gilmore
“When she comes with the ghost of a smile/ And she runs through his eyes for a while/ Days turn; there’s empty ground somewhere./ Bring the gods; line them up one by one./ Turn the coin, sound the fife and the drum./ Rake it down, till kingdom comes back here.”

Bells for Her – Tori Amos
“…Now she seems to be sand under his shoes/ There’s nothing I can do./ Can’t stop what’s coming, can’t stop what is on it’s way./ And now I speak to you, are you in there?/ You have her face and her eyes/ But you are not her.”

Funeral – BeauSoleil

Shule Aroon (Siúil a Rún) – The Bergerfolk
”I’ll sell my rod, I’ll sell my reel/ I’ll sell my only spinning wheel/ To buy my love a sword of steel/ Johnny has gone for a soldier.“  

Daffodil Lament – The Cranberries
“I have decided to leave you forever./ I have decided to start things from here./ Thunder and lightning won’t change what I’m feeling/ and the daffodils look lovely today…/ In your eyes I can see the disguise/ In your eyes I can see the dismay/ Has anyone seen lightning?/ Has anyone looked lovely?”

Wicked Little Witness – Shook Twins
“Can they keep this fury up? I just don’t know./ ‘Cus I hear questions; like ‘what the hell do you have us fighting for?’/ ‘Cus we’re marching round in circles, seeing what we’ve done/ and realizing no one here has won.” 

Die Andre – Helium Vola
“I’ve always been the other one; never the one./ Great love never found me./ And nobody knows it, because I do not cry/ only there, where nobody can hear me./ More than I am, more than my life/ more than I have, I would give back to you./ All my wishes, all my effort,/ for your love, for your luck.”

I Hide Myself – Eric Whitacre
“I hide myself within my flower,/That wearing on your breast,/ You, unsuspecting, wear me too/ And angels know the rest./ I hide myself within my flower,/ That, fading from your vase,/ You, unsuspecting, feel for me/ Almost a loneliness.” –Emily Dickinson 

Na Laetha Geal M’Óige – Enya
“The bright days of my youth/ They were full of hope/ The great journey that was before me then,/ Was what was destined to be; farewell./ Now I’m sorrowful,/The day is long past.”

Little Earthquakes – Tori Amos 
“We danced in graveyards/ With vampire till dawn/ We laughed in the faces of kings/ Never afraid to burn…/ And I hate, and I hate/ Disintegration/ Watching us wither/ Black winged roses/ that safely changed their color…/…Give me life/ Give me pain/ Give me myself again.”