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Belwen_of_nargothrond
07-06-2008, 02:11 PM
I highly recommend the CD "Nightfall in Middle Earth" by Blind Guardian. I have only just discovered this and it's fantastic. Most of the songs have to deal with things from The Silmarillion. My favorite song is "The Curse of Feanor". It came out in 1998.
hectorberlioz
12-20-2008, 12:06 PM
Isn't Blind Guardian a rock or heavy metal group? It's interesting to think what Tolkine would have made of their take on his work :D.
DARKastheRAIN
02-16-2009, 06:47 PM
Have it and love it :)

Harvest of Sorrow is my favorite just cause it's so pretty.

I think it'd be Tolkien's favorite too. :D if he had to pick
Lefty Scaevola
02-12-2010, 05:12 PM
Harvest of Sorrow is from a diferrent ablum is is not?
Hirulin
06-15-2010, 09:45 PM
It's not really my kind of music (but it's Tolkien related so I have it! :D ) But I'd have to say Blood Tears! For the melodic moments! Pure tear worthy! ( but not blood ones hopefully! )
brownjenkins
06-15-2010, 09:54 PM
Sounds cool!

I'll have to look it up.
Morwen
06-21-2010, 02:10 PM
Tolkien metal. I love it :D
Onnedhiel
01-19-2011, 10:50 AM
Absolutely LOVE that album! "A Dark Passage" (sung from Melkor's point of view) is my personal favourite song on it, followed, probably, by "Time Stands Still". But the true gems of that particular album, for me personally, were those little bits of non-musical dialogue in between the tracks ("Captured", "The Steadfast", "War of Wrath" etc). If there was a audiobook/recording of the entire Silmarillion in that style, and with those voice actors playing Melkor and Sauron, I'd be a very happy girl. :heart:
Lefty Scaevola
01-19-2011, 01:27 PM
A lot of the somgs thereon has lyrics from multiple POVs. I believe a dark passage has a couple of verses from Hurin, and some from Morgoth's minions, as well as those from Morgoth.
Onnedhiel
01-19-2011, 03:33 PM
A lot of the somgs thereon has lyrics from multiple POVs. I believe a dark passage has a couple of verses from Hurin, and some from Morgoth's minions, as well as those from Morgoth.

Oh, you're totally right that his is not the only PoV in that particular track, Lefty. But over half of the lyrics, including the chorus, are sung as if by him, and the track is, after all, alternatively known as/subtitled "Melkors Song". :)