Riders of Rohan (Album)

"Riders of Rohan" is a self-titled heavy metal album released in May of 20221 by the band Riders of Rohan. The album is a concept album, with each track describing events taking place in J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings. The album was released under the Crypt of the Wizard label. The album contains references to The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers, and The Return of the King as well as material from The Hobbit and The Silmarillion. The band is comprised of Tim (bass guitar/vocals), Stickan (guitar/vocals), and Lisa (drums/vocals). The album was recorded and engineered by Marcus Ferreira Larsen at No Master's Voice Studio in Copenhagen, Denmark.
== Track Listing ==
# "Muster the Rohirrim 02:48
# "A Night at the Prancing Pony" 02:23
# "Nan Curunír" 02:57
# "Whispers of a Nameless Fear" 03:01
# "Longbeards" 02:05
# "A Land of Our Own" 04:06
# "Fog on the Barrow Down" 03:55
# "Black Rider" 02:42 (Rewritten arrangement of "Black Diamond" by KISS)
# "No Mortal Man" 02:38
# "Strider" 04:34
# "Bow to No One" 03:34
== Lyrics ==
=== "Muster the Rohirrim" ===
We ride with pride, our roars will be heard
Bold but not cruel, wise but unlearned
Freedom comes at a cost, we ride and fight for those we’ve lost
Heralds of fear, the Rohirrim are here
They see us ride
A blood day
They see us ride
Protectors of the realm, protectors of the land
Swords held high, together we stand
Never will we let them cross, stop them at whatever cost
Their end is near, the Rohirrim are here
They see us ride
A sword day
They see us ride
=== "A Night at the Prancing Pony" ===
Breeward bound, to the finest inn for miles around, the jewel of their town
With the tallest tales and the best ale west of Dale
Tired to my core, I can’t go on anymore, my very soul is sore
I wanna sleep for a week, forget my destiny
But in the next room, somebody’s making a fool out of themselves, singing about the moon
I guess I oughta shut them up before they’re outta luck
They say that ranger with a clear path will never tire
But we sometimes wish for some pipeweed and a warm fire
The Wardens of the Wilds have wills of steel
But no one ever really asks how we feel
=== "Nan Curunír" ===
Witchcraft rules this town
Smoke rises from the underground
Stronger now than ever before
Isengard is going to war
The first of the ancient order
Saruman of Many Colours
I am the lord of this land
I am the Great White Hand
This valley holds ancient power
My castle, a jet black tower
Mister Stormcrow
Bring me the halfling
We could rule together
If we had the Master Ring
My fighting Uruk-hai
My alliance with the All-seeing Eye
Will bring an end to the Age of Man
I am the Great White Hand
=== "Whispers of a Nameless Fear" ===
In you nightmares a probing yellow eye
Evil whispering, poisoning your mind
On the eastern winds a darkness drawing near
It’s in the water and air, whispers of a nameless fear
Widespread paranoia, boiling strife and unrest
Love and loyalty will be put to the test
Every waking moment’s filled with creeping dread
Cowering in fear of the reaping scythe of death
Darkness falls under a great winged horror
Your world torn apart by famine, plague and murder
Bend your knee and swear the unholy oath
Join the ranks of the Necromancer’s ghost
=== "Longbeards" ===
Bring me a bucket of mead, ripe meat right off the bone
Thousands of eyes, glittering like mithril
When you’re with us, you’ll never walk alone
We’ve got what you want, we’ve got what you need
Filth and squalor is our familiar, rough is our breed
In the great hall of Khazad-Dûm
Beneath the Misty Mountains
With riches beyond count and comrades in thousands
We’re the great Dúrin’s folk, oldest and wisest of all
We’re the great Khazads of Moria and we’ll never fall
=== "A Land of Our Own" ===
Ash falls like rain over Gorgoroth
We’ve been marching through the night, no rest for us
So weary I feel like I could die
Oh I dare you, sergeant, call me maggot one more time
Sick of the yoke and the billowing smoke
Sick the stench from the birthing trench
Sick of the whispered rumours of war
You better believe it that when this is over, we’re getting a land of our own
They handed out swords and shields
Talked of duty and other lofty ideals
Said we ought to be proud to go defend the border
That we’re fighting for peace, truth, law and order
They sounded the horns late last night
Now we’re stumbling through Morgul’s corpselight
No time to send a letter home
We’re rotating out to the front, oh no
Sick of the trips and the crack of the whips
Sick of the cause they’re killing us for
Sick of the near constant fear
If we make it out of this nightmare alive, we’re getting a land of our own
Will anyone remember me?
Will anyone come look for me?
Will there be nothing left but my service number on a cenotaph?
=== "Fog on the Barrow Down" ===
Night unfolds its wings around the waxing moon
Shadow overtakes an unsuspecting band of fools
The evil in this land will make a mess out of your mind
Can’t tell left from right, best friend from barrow-wight
The last liege of Cardolan lies in this tomb
Fallen before the glorious, ultimately victorious Carn Dûm
Tonight’s sacrifices all in white gowns
Sleep beneath the fog on the Barrow-downs
Our prize, the four pale travelers, emit a greenish radiance
Dreaming fitfully in vain about deliverance
Laid across their necks a silver blade
Hungry for a hand to seal their fates
So it begins the bell now strikes the hour
The chamber starts to crackle with our returning power
A bone-chilling, blood-curdling chant comes from deep within the mound
Echoing through the fog on the Barrow-downs
Never more to wake from your stony bed
Never till the sun fails and the moon is dead
In the black winds, the stars shall die
No light can stand against the might of the Lidless Eye
=== "Black Rider" ===
Sometimes I wonder what could have been
If I hadn’t taken his ring
I’ve been a slave for so long
Now he’s got me under his thumb
Are you really fooled so easy
To think I’d be someone’s tool?
I’m a scourge on the land, I’m a wraith, not a man
All my intentions are cruel
Black rider
Darkness will fall on your cities
The end has only begun
And though you ask for pity
There’s nothing that you can do
Black rider
Out on the hunt for the halfling
Now we know the thief’s name
Onwards to the Shire we’re riding
Your world will never be the same
=== "No Mortal Man" ===
I got hopes and dreams of freedom for all
But were all surrounded by anger and rage
I’m not afraid that one day we all shall fall
But the one thing I truly fear is a cage
No mortal man am I
Begone, foul Dwimmerlaik, lest thee be deathless
I’m a child of kings, shieldmaiden of the Rohirrim
Come not between me and my kin, for living or dark undead
I will smite thee down for wrath and ruin
No mortal man am I
=== "Strider" ===
Strider, son of the morning star
Strider, vanquisher of the dark
Strider, wielding the sword reforged
Strider, hero of the Pelennor
Many a fair maiden and squire hath lent him a longing gaze
The wiry warrior with the razor eyes and the brooding face
Nervously dreaming of a chance to bed the man at dusk
The pretender to the throne of the West with the masculine musk
Strider, son of the morning star
Strider, vanquisher of the dark
Strider, wielding the sword reforged
Strider, hero of the Pelennor
The lonesome wanderer breaks hearts wherever he goes
But what sorrows he carries in his own, nobody knows
He’ll come to you, a dark ranger in the night, covered in a hard day’s dust
With a king’s experienced hand and a mighty thrust
His lovin’ is hard and fast (hard and fast)
Never meant to last (oh no no)
His kissin’ is tender and wet (so wet)
Gonna make you sweat (oh yeah yeah)
His touch electric (AC)
Gonna make you crave it (DC)
His hunger is wild and raw (oh ah)
Keeps you comin’ (back for more)
=== "Bow to No One" ===
Now we’re home again
The journey’s at its end
The deed is done, victory won
The burden cast into the flames from whence it came
I think we’ve earned some rest
Believe we passed the test
We have undone what my cousin began
Long ago on Thorin’s quest
Can you believe it, we’ve been to a real coronation
Where the king bent his knee to me and you
Under his rule, the lands will blossom and prosper
King Elessar is righteous, handsome and true
We journeyed into night
We chose to stand and fight
Your hand in mine in the face of the tide
There’s no one in the world that I’d rather have by my side
We heard the Nazgûl’s call
Saw empires fall
Short but standing tall
Together through it all
I put down the quill, sigh with relief, I’m finally done with the story
Despite the horrors within, I’d do it again in a heartbeat
To see you for a second safe in the loving arms of your family
This is the only proper home that I have ever known but I didn’t save it for me
The road goes ever on and on, like a river running strong
It swept us there and back again, from the slopes of the Orodruin
When I was much too weak to stand, you carried me through the blackened lands
To the end of everything and there’s still no place I would have rather been
Soon I will be gone
But you must carry on
I’ll only be a world away
And we’ll meet again some day...
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