Meshuggah Vocalist Roars on ‘Rings of Power’ Soundtrack Song

Meshuggah vocalist Jens Kidman roars on “The Last Ballad of Damrod,” the primary unique track off The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power Season Two soundtrack. It was composed by Emmy-Award winner Bear McCreary and likewise options steel drummer Gene Hoglan (Dethklok, Dark Angel, ex-Testament, ex-Death).

Don’t let the title deceive you — this isn’t some sappy ballad. Not even shut.

Pounding tribal drums and battle-cry horns assist this cinematic symphonic providing conjure prompt visuals in your head as Damrod, a murderous troll, will get hungry and begins severing limbs, snapping bones and consuming meat.

Kidman’s agonized howl is the proper accompaniment to such carnivorous violence, too.

Of the track, McCreary states,

When I first glimpsed Damrod, the murderous troll in The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power Season Two, I knew instantly I needed to name Jens Kidman. The aggressive frontman of
Meshuggah, Jens put a searing model on ‘The Last Ballad of Damrod’ together with his blistering vocal efficiency. I’m exhilarated to crew up with Roadrunner Records, residence to some of my favourite bands of all time like Gojira and Slipknot, to deliver our track to the world.

My collaboration with Jens, alongside virtuoso drummer Gene Hoglan, on ‘The Last Ballad of Damrod,’ presents an introduction to my exploration of the darker recesses of J.R.R. Tolkien’s legendarium and units the stage for the remainder of the sweeping rating to return.

Listen to “The Last Ballad of Damrod” beneath and be taught extra in regards to the upcoming season of The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power additional down the web page.

Brear McCreary, “The Last Ballad of Damrod” ft. Jens Kidman (Meshuggah)

In humid mildew, Troll sits alone—
No good friend or kin to name his personal.
Troll gnaws on skins;
Raw shanks and shins;
Rips meat from reeking dragon bone.
His reeking dragon bone.

With laughter deep and throaty groan,
He rises from his seat of stone
From darkened cave
A bloodlust crave
Set free upon the hills to roam,
Far on the hills to roam.

Snap go the bones (Snap! Snap!)
Crunch go the tooth! (Crunch! Crunch!)
Troll cracking spines (Crack! Crack!)
Beneath his toes! (Crunch! Crunch!)

Now the battle horn has blown,
From ultimate struggle he has been proven
To darkened cave
A cold grave
He sits with coronary heart, a hardened stone.
His coronary heart of hardened stone.

In humid mildew, Troll sits alone—
Rips meat from reeking dragon bone.
Troll gnaws on skins;
Raw shanks and shins;
No good friend or kin to name his personal.
No good friend to name his personal.

Snap go the bones (Snap! Snap!)
Crunch go the tooth! (Crunch! Crunch!)
Troll cracking spines (Crack! Crack!)
Beneath his toes! (Crunch! Crunch!)

Snap go the bones (Snap! Snap!)
Crunch go the tooth! (Crunch! Crunch!)
Troll cracking spines (Crack! Crack!)
Beneath his toes! (Crunch! Crunch!)

Troll turns foe flesh to meat

About The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power Season Two

Season Two of the Amazon Prime Video TV present debuts on Aug. 29, whereas the soundtrack shall be launched the week prior on Aug. 23.

The Lords of the Rings: The Rings of Power relies off the appendices of the fantasy novels written by J.R.R. Tolkien and likewise popularized by The Lords of the Rings movie sequence directed by Peter Jackson.