One does not simply rock into Mordor

[ferrumaeternum]

I've just about mastered the Tengwar writing system for English. Then all I have to do is actually learn Quenya. Or Sindarin. Or both. I guess the sad thing about this is I've made previous attempts, but I've actually gone through with it this time, and quite frankly, I'm proud of myself. Tengwar is a beautiful script to write in.

I also made two mixes more or less for my own enjoyment: one for The Silmarillion and one for The Lord of the Rings trilogy.

01. Sinergy - Lead Us to War
02. Battlelore - Elves of Lúva
03. Howard Shore - Twilight and Shadow
04. Turisas - As Torches Rise
05. Blind Guardian - War of Wrath
06. Blind Guardian - Into the Storm
07. Blind Guardian - Lammoth
08. Rivendell - A Drinking Song
09. Blind Guardian - Nightfall
10. Battlelore - Valier - Queen of the Valar
11. Blind Guardian - The Minstrel
12. Rivendell - Luthien
13. Blind Guardian - The Curse of Feanor
14. Eluveitie - Giamonios
15. Blind Guardian - Captured
16. Blind Guardian - Blood Tears
17. Howard Shore - Breath of Life
18. Blind Guardian - Mirror Mirror
19. Ensiferum - Tale of Revenge
20. Blind Guardian - Face the Truth
21. Blind Guardian - Noldor (Dead Winter Reigns)
22. Ensiferum - Into Battle
23. Blind Guardian - Battle of Sudden Flame
24. Ensiferum - Ferrum Aeternum
25. Blind Guardian - Time Stands Still (At the Iron Hill)
26. Ensiferum - Ad Victoriam
27. Blind Guardian - The Dark Elf
28. Blind Guardian - Thorn
29. HammerFall - Glory to the Brave
30. Blind Guardian - Nom the Wise
31. Rivendell - The Fall of Finrod
32. Blind Guardian - The Eldar
33. Cruachan - The Fall of Gondolin
34. Blind Guardian - When Sorrow Sang
35. Blind Guardian - Out on the Water
36. Dead Can Dance - Severance
37. Blind Guardian - The Steadfast
38. Blind Guardian - A Dark Passage
39. Blind Guardian - Final Chapter (Thus Ends...)
40. Rivendell - The Fall of Gil-Galad
41. Turisas - Victoriae & Triumphi Dominus
42. Nightwish - Elvenpath

Yes, it was necessary to include Blind Guardian's entire Nightfall in Middle-Earth album in this.

01. Elvenking - The Wanderer
02. Howard Shore - Concerning Hobbits
03. Big Country - In a Big Country
04. Rivendell - Rivendell
05. Enya - The Council of Elrond
06. Howard Shore - Evenstar
07. Blind Guardian - By the Gates of Moria
08. Howard Shore - The Steward of Gondor
09. Ensiferum - Raised by the Sword
10. Howard Shore - The Ride of the Rohirrim
11. Ensiferum - Warrior's Quest
12. Howard Shore - Lothlórien
13. Battlelore - Touch of Green and Gold
14. Howard Shore - Farewell to Lórien
15. Blind Guardian - Gandalf's Rebirth
16. Howard Shore - The Breaking of the Fellowship
17. Blind Guardian - The Bard's Song (In the Forest)
18. Blind Guardian - The Bard's Song (The Hobbit)
19. Howard Shore - The Riders of Rohan
20. Cruachan - Ride On
21. Emiliana Torrini - Gollum's Song
22. Ensiferum - Iron
23. Howard Shore - The Hornburg
24. Blind Guardian - The Piper's Calling
25. Turisas - Til the Last Man Falls
26. Ensiferum - The New Dawn
27. Howard Shore - Forth Eorlingas
28. Ensiferum - Victory Song
29. Howard Shore - The Return of the King
30. The Corrs - Toss the Feathers
31. Enya - May it Be
32. Annie Lennox - Into the West
33. Blind Guardian - Lord of the Rings

Scarily enough, I have even more Tolkien-related songs in my library and more yet to come once I get my hands on the extended soundtracks and the rest of Battlelore's discography.

With my paycheck, I am also going to buy the extended LotR DVDs. (Honestly, I don't know why I hadn't got them originally, but I probably couldn't find them as I live in the middle of nowhere.) $65 is definitely worth 12 hours of film. So yeah, this is basically what I've been doing during my time off.